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Vehicle 51951


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: 30603
Diagram: 577

Allocations

06/07/60 New to 55H (Neville Hill)
4w/e 25/03/67 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73Depot code changeBG
19/08/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51951 51968 59774 59765 51969 51952 As delivered to 55H - 6th July 1960
51951 51980 59767 51984 51964 Noted 31/12/69 - in Leeds City1
51951 51971 59777 59765 51969 51953 Noted 06/01/75 - at Selby1
51951 51984 59775 59770 51972 51956 Noted 15/09/75 - at Brough2
51951 51978 59770 51966 Noted 01/04/78 - on 12:10 Liverpool - York3
51951 51968 59767 51977 51957 Noted 15/04/1978 - at York 4
52092 51984 59766 51951 Noted 27/10/19795
52102 59766 51975 51951 Noted 28/06/19805
52102 51975 59766 51951 Noted 19/07/19805
51951 51975 59818 52102 Noted 27/10/19805
51951 51975 59818 52102 Noted 02/01/19815
51951 59838 59766 51962 Noted circa 09/19825
51967 59840 59238 51951 Noted circa 10/19825
51951 59769 59839 51960 Noted circa 19835
51951 59838 59823 51956 Noted circa 05/19845

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Phil Shatford
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 124 DMU at Swindon Works

circa June 1960

An official photograph (Swindon Works negative MT/101) showing brand new Trans-Pennine DMC E51951 at Swindon Works. On the underframe is a paint date of 19-4-60 and a varnish date of 22-4-60. It would be allocated new to Neville Hill on 6-7-60. British Railways.

Class 124 DMU at Neville Hill depot

circa July 1960

An official image (probably NER publicity) showing a brand new Trans-Pennine DMU. E51951 is closest, presumably with 51968 + 59774 + 59765 + 51969 + 51952, and the location seems to be Neville Hill depot where they were first allocated. British Railways.

Class 124 DMU at Neville Hill depot

circa July 1960

An official image (probably NER publicity) showing a brand new Trans-Pennine DMU. E51951 is closest, presumably with 51968 + 59774 + 59765 + 51969 also visible, and the location seems to be Neville Hill depot where they were first allocated. British Railways.

Class 124 DMU at Neville Hill depot

16th July 1960

The first Trans-Pennine Class 124 set at Neville Hill Leeds after delivery from Swindon works 16th July 1960. I can't remember how long they retained the white cab roof, it wasn't very long, but it did give them a bit of extra style and they were a very stylish unit anyway. Keith Long.

Class 124 DMU at Neville Hill depot

22nd September 1962

Trans-Pennine Class 124 E51951 inside the steam roundhouse at Neville Hill Leeds 22nd April 1962. Keith Long.

Class 124 DMU at Interior, Hull

8th September 1978

View of the flight deck of Trans-Pennine unit E51951 before leaving Hull with a service to Sheffield on 8th September 1978. Syd Young.

Class 124 DMU at Longsight depot

17th June 1979

A Class 124 "Trans-Pennine" DMU, with E51951 nearest, on Longsight Depot 17th June 1979. Paul James.

Class 124 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

1979

A Trans-Pennine DMU in Manchester Piccadilly station in 1979, 51951 closest. John Law.

Class 124 DMU at Sheffield

15th June 1980

E51951 leads a Liverpool Lime Street - Hull special into Sheffield on June 15, 1980. The complete rake was E51951, E51975, E59718, E59766, E52102, M51859, M59718, M59723 and M51561. John Carter.

Class 124 DMU at Scun

Unknown date

A Swindon DMU with Class 124 E51951 closest seen at Scunthorpe, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 124 DMU at Doncaster

Unknown date

A Swindon DMU with Class 124 E51951 closest seen at Doncaster, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 124 DMU at Leeds

26th July 1983

Class 124 unit at Leeds on 26th July 1983. Ian Buck.

Class 124 DMU at Brough

2nd September 1983

A Trans-Pennine set arrives at Brough on 2nd September 1983 on a service to Hull with E51951 leading. These units were the mainstays on Hull to Manchester and Liverpool trains for around 20 years. Brough is still a mandatory stopping point for all services out of the city to York, Manchester and London. The large British Aerospace factory (formerly Blackburn's) still has a large percentage of it's workforce who travel to work by train. Syd Young.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 3rd May 1980

Swindon built class 124/123 hybrid DMU (Class 124 DMC E51951 leading) at Attercliffe Road with 2D71 16.23 Sheffield - Doncaster - 03/05/1980. Note the tail lamp, something rarely seen on trains these days. © 2012 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned from the original 35mm colour transparency; photograph by Garry Cartwright. 53A Models of Hull Collection.

DMU

Date: 25th January 1982

E51958 + E59767 + E59839 + E51951 arrive into Leeds on January 25, 1982. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 28th March 1984

Class 123/124 hybrid set E52103 + E59823 + E59838 + E51951 leaves Doncaster with a Hull-Manchester Piccadilly service on 28th March 1984. Kevin Law.