Vehicle 59778
Class 124
Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Trans Pennine
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Lot Number: 30606
Diagram: 562
Allocations
| 27/09/60 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 25/03/67 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| 26/10/75 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Notes
18/01/76 - 59775/6/7/8/9 and 79111 noted at Botanic Gardens depot, withdrawn, awaiting removal for scrap. All noted there again on 21/2/76.
06/03/76 - 59776/8 + 79111 noted at Botanic Gardens depot, withdrawn, awaiting removal for scrap
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51959 | 51976 | 59769 | 59778 | 51977 | 51960 | As delivered to 55H - 27th September 1960 | |||
| 51954 | 51981 | 59778 | 59769 | 51976 | Noted 31/12/69 - in Liverpool Lime Street, other DMC not recorded1 | ||||
| 51953 | 51970 | 59778 | 59769 | 51983 | 51961 | Noted 19/04/71 - in Leeds City1 | |||
| 51956 | 51978 | 59770 | 59778 | 51973 | 51963 | Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 23rd December 1974
An instamatic shot of a Trans-Pennine DMU seen heading east leaving Stalybridge about to head over (or through) the Pennines with the 1310 Liverpool Lime St to Hull service on 23rd December 1973. From the rear are E51960, E51973, E59778 and E59770. Suthen Softy.