Vehicle 51594
Class 127
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square / Red Triangle
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Engines: Rolls Royce 238hp
Transmission: Hydraulic
Lot Number: 30521
Diagram: 588
Allocations
| 06/06/59 | New to | Chaddesden | - stored pending allocation (although on lists as new to 14A) |
| 4w/e 30/01/60 | Transferred to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| w/e 19/11/66 | Withdrawn from | 14A (Cricklewood) | - Fire damage |
51594 was involved in the following incident:
18/08/65 - Sandridge, near St.Albans, LMR
Fire involving Class 127
Info from Peter Mullen
A 4-car DMU was travelling from St. Pancras to Luton when a fire broke out under the rear power car (M51594) about 1 mile north of St. Albans. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, Derby C&W Works
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51593 | 59590 | 59620 | 51594 | As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 6th June 1959 - stabled pending allocation |
Images:
circa June 1959
An official image (Derby Works negative 59/459) of 51594 and 59620, presumably with 59590 and 51593 at Rushton station on the Churnet Valley Line circa June 1959. British Railways.
circa June 1959
An official image (Derby Works negative 59/460) of 51594 and 59620, presumably with 59590 and 51593 at Rudyard Lake on the Churnet Valley Line circa June 1959. British Railways.