Vehicle 51984 / 59837
Class 124
Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Trans Pennine
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Engines: Albion 230hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30604
Diagram: 579
Allocations
| 10/01/61 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 25/03/67 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| 20/05/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
51984 - original number
59837 - from 28/06/81 (MBS to TBS conversion)
Modifications
Jun-81 - Engines removed
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51951 | 51980 | 59767 | 51984 | 51964 | Noted 31/12/69 - in Leeds City1 | ||||
| 51959 | 51984 | 59765 | 59777 | 51969 | 51966 | Noted 15/08/19702 | |||
| 51959 | 51984 | 59767 | 51981 | 51964 | Noted 13/04/71 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||
| 51958 | 51984 | 59765 | 59776 | 51982 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Liverpool Lime Street sixth vehicle not recorded2 | ||||
| 51964 | 51984 | 59765 | 59776 | 51982 | 51965 | Noted 29/08/74 - in Hull Paragon1 | |||
| 51955 | 59769 | 59779 | 51984 | 51508 | Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot1 | ||||
| 51957 | 51968 | 59771 | 59779 | 51984 | 51508 | Noted 09/01/75 - at Selby1 | |||
| 51952 | 51983 | 59770 | 59775 | 51984 | 51960 | Noted 10/09/75 - at Brough3 | |||
| 51951 | 51984 | 59775 | 59770 | 51972 | 51956 | Noted 15/09/75 - at Brough3 | |||
| 51957 | 51984 | 59766 | 51982 | 51961 | Noted 19/03/19774 | ||||
| 51952 | 59768 | 51984 | 51961 | Noted 01/09/19794 | |||||
| 52092 | 51984 | 59766 | 51951 | Noted 27/10/19794 | |||||
| 52090 | 59826 | 51984 | 52096 | Noted 27/10/19804 | |||||
| 52099 | 59837 | 59819 | 51952 | Noted circa 04/19824 | |||||
| 52099 | 59837 | 59819 | 51952 | Noted 13/04/1982 - R.C.T.S. (West Midlands Branch) The Bevercotes Collier Railtour 56407-50218 + 52099-59837-59819-51952 | |||||
| 51954 | 59837 | 59239 | 51955 | Noted 25/08/82 | |||||
| 51954 | 59837 | 59235 | 51961 | Noted circa 02/19834 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
13th April 1982
The RCTS "Bevercoves Collier" railtour is seen at Bevercotes Colliery on 13th April 1982. The vehicles in view, from left to right, are 51952, 59819, 59837 and 52099. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 13th April 1982
The Bevercotes Collier railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Shayne Lewis.
Date: 13th April 1982
The Bevercotes Collier railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Shayne Lewis.
Date: 13th April 1982
"The Bevercotes Collier" railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Chris Lings.
Date: 25th August 1982
E51954 + E59837 + E59239 + E51955 are seen at Lancaster Castle on the 25th August 1982. Robert Frise.