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Vehicle 51958


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

15/09/60 New to 55H (Neville Hill)
4w/e 25/03/67 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73Depot code changeBG
27/05/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51957 51974 59768 59777 51975 51958 As delivered to 55H - 15th September 1960
51956 51978 59768 51982 51958 Noted 16/04/73 - in Manchester Victoria1
51957 51969 59772 59776 51975 51958 Noted 01/08/73 - on 1M03 1148 Hull-Liverpool
51958 51984 59765 59776 51982 Noted 29/08/1974 - at Liverpool Lime Street sixth vehicle not recorded2
51958 51970 59765 59776 51992 51964 Noted 04/09/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street1
51958 51978 59765 51964 Noted 04/01/78
51958 51977 59769 52091 Noted 09/06/19793
51952 51983 59768 51958 Noted 10/11/19793
52103 59773 51969 51958 Noted 05/04/19803
51958 59773 52103 Noted 08/04/19803
52103 59773 51970 51958 Noted 11/04/19803
51962 59766 51969 51958 Noted 27/10/19803
51962 59765 51969 51958 Noted 01/11/19803
52088 59773 59826 51958 Noted circa 10/19823
51964 59768 59834 51958 Noted circa 02/19833
51958 59842 59821 51957 Noted circa 01/19843
51953 59835 59765 51958 Noted circa 05/19843

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 124 DMU at Manchester Victoria

23rd March 1975

Trans-Pennine DMU nos. 51958, 51978, 59769, 59777, 51983 and (out of picture) 51956 is seen at Manchester Victoria having arrived on the 1250 from Hull (Sundays). Suthen Softy.

Class 124 DMU at Leeds

25th October 1977

From a slide that is showing signs of aging - a Class 124 DMU with E51958 closest is seen in Leeds City station on 25 October 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 124 DMU at Doncaster

circa 1982

Two Trans-Pennine DMUs in Doncaster station at 7.30pm one evening, with a queue of people waiting to board the set in platform 4. There were no details with this transparency. The condition of the DMC on the left - with the missing white dots and the offset lamp bracket on the right - matches E51958 circa 1982. The DMC on the right with the plated headcode and headlamp matches E51961 at this time. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 124 DMU at Leeds

25th January 1982

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

Class 124 DMU at Hull Paragon station

28th April 1984

The class 124 'Trans-Pennine' DMUs worked from Hull from their initial introduction in 1959 to their enventual demise in the mid-80s. By 1984 they were operating in 4-car 'hybrid' sets along with former WR class 123 units. Here DMC E51958 rests at Hull Paragon's buffer stops on 28/04/1984. 53A Models of Hull Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 2nd June 1983

A Swindon-built DMU formation (51954 + 59838 + 59235 + 51958) is seen in Sheffield station with a Manchester - Hull service on 2/6/83. Most vehicles are Class 124 Trans-Pennines, the third in the formation is a Class 123 trailer second. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 30th April 1984

Swindon-built "Inter City" set with E52102 nearest the camera has just arrived at Hull Paragon with a train from Manchester on 30th April 1984. In the background, Trans-Pennine DMU E51958 is at the front of another service over the "Backbone of England". This was the last photo I took of these rather wonderful units, as within a few days of this they were all withdrawn from service. Syd Young.