Class 127 DMU images identified by Set No.
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17th July 1985
55983
127 parcels set 3 (presumably 55983 + 55973, later set 913) at Newton Heath on 17th July 1985. Michael Kaye 55A.
334
10th September 1991
59596
Class 127 TS M59596 carries it's Tyseley set number under the vehicle number. Seen at Snailwell on 10th September 1991. Nicholas Youngman.
4
6th October 1985
55974
55974 and 55984 are led by 55979 with 55969 (out of sight) and are hauling a BG when seen at Carnforth on 6/10/85. Robert Frise.
14th December 1985
55984
Class 127 parcel set 4 in Manchester Victoria on 14 December 1985. M55984 still has to have a roller door fitted, M55974 has the experimental roller door at the front of the vehicle. Robert Forsythe.
6
22nd July 1985
55976
Class 127 parcel DMUs on 22nd July 1985, which have not yet had roller shutter door conversions. Set 6 closest is presumably 55976 + 55986 and would later be set 916. Jonathan Hazan.
circa late 1985
55976
Class 127 newspaper/parcel conversions - location and date unknown but before the roller shutter doors were added to circa late 1985. Closest is 55976 presumably paired with 55986. Mike Bunker.
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circa July 1985
51637
Three newly converted Class 127 parcel sets at Newton Heath depot, circa July 1985. This was the initial conversion before roller shutter doors were fitted. The closest vehicle is believed to be the former 51637, at this time numbered 55988 (which had been a Class 128 number) but would soon be renumbered as 55968. Michael Boot.
9
circa late 1985
55969
Newly converted Class 127 parcel DMU set 9 in Manchester Piccadilly circa late 1985. Closest is 55989, once 51606, and would be renumbered again to 55969. Mike Bunker.
circa late 1985
55969
Newly converted Class 127 parcel DMU set 9 in Manchester Piccadilly circa late 1985. Closest is 55989, once 51606, and would be renumbered again to 55969. Mike Bunker.
6th October 1985
55979
55979 with 55969 (and behind, out of sight are 55974 and 55984 and a BG). Taken at Carnforth on 6/10/85. Robert Frise.
910
circa 1986
55980
Class 127 parcels unit 910 (55980 + 55970) seen at Blackpool North circa 1986/7. David Faircloth.
23rd March 1986
55970
Ex Class 127 Parcels/Newspaper DMU formed of cars M55970 + M55980 (910) was stabled between duties at Croft Street Sidings at Preston on March 23rd 1986. Eleven of these two-car DMU's fitted with roller shutter doors had been converted from former Bedford - St Pancras Class 127 Driving Cars in 1985. They were all withdrawn in 1989. Martyn Hilbert.
23rd March 1986
55980
Stood alongside milepost 0 on what was the old Preston & Lancaster route, a former Bedford - St Pancras Class 127 Diesel-Hydraulic DMU, converted to a Parcels Unit complete with roller-shutter doors, was stabled for the weekend in Croft Street Sidings adjacent to Preston PSB on March 23rd 1986. Formed of cars 55980 & 55970 (Set 910), the pair was one of 11 similar units that had been formed/converted in 1985. Martyn Hilbert.
22nd September 1986
55980
Converted parcels DMU 55980/55970 at Bletchley on 22 September 1986. Lewis Bevan.
1988
55970
55970 with 55980 - Longsight parcels set 910 at Manchester Piccadilly. Robert Chilton Collection.
22nd May 1988
55980
Ex Class 127 DMU (55980 + 55970), now in Parcels service, heads south over Grafton Lane, just south of Hereford between the site of Redhill Junction and Merryhill/Redhill Tunnel, 22nd May 1988. Hereford Driver Neil Marsh is at the controls. John Crooks.
8th April 1989
55970
Class 127 55970, set number 910, is seen stabled at Tyseley along with sister car 55980 on 08.04.1989. It has had the 'Newspapers' text removed from the bodyside. Andy Cole.
911
October 1986
55981
I photographed this Diesel Parcels Unit, carrying the set number 911, at Northampton in October 1986. The set is made up of vehicles 55981/55971, converted from Class 127 cars 51612/51597. Both vehicles had been new in August 1959 and were converted to DPUs in May 1985. The unit was withdrawn from service in May 1989 and both vehicles were scrapped by Mayer Newman at Snailwell. Lewis Bevan.
28th June 1987
55971
Class 127 55971, set number 911, is seen on Tyseley Carriage sidings on 28.06.1987 . One of the cars was labeled for Parcels and one was for Newspapers. How times change when both types of traffic have been lost. This was converted from 51597. Andy Cole.
27th February 1988
55981
Class 127 parcels DMU set 911 (55981) at Manchester Piccadilly on the 27th February 1988. Andrew J Crowther.