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<- 51967 | 51968 | 51969 ->

Vehicle 51968

Class 124

BR Diagram 579

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

06/07/60 New to 55H (Neville Hill)
4w/e 25/03/67 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73Depot code changeBG
p/e 30/11/80 Withdrawn

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51951 51968 59774 59765 51969 51952 As delivered to 55H - 6th July 1960
51961 51968 51971 59766 59775 59768 51980 51967 Noted 30/08/1964 - enhanced formation for a BR / RERPS Cumbrian Scenic tour
51961 51968 59768 51972 51962 Noted 09/05/1969 - Leeds, working 15.40 Hull to Liverpool service.1
51966 51984 59770 51968 51958 Noted 16/05/1969 - Leeds, on 16.00 Liverpool to Hull service1
51964 51971 59766 59780 51968 51962 Noted 23/05/1969 - Leeds, on 13.40 Hull to Liverpool service1
51958 51982 59766 59780 51968 51962 Noted 07/06/1969 - Leeds, on 13.40 Hull to Liverpool1
51964 51982 59766 59780 51968 51962 Noted 11/06/1969 - Leeds, on 13.40 Hull to Liverpool1
51952 51968 59770 51971 51963 Noted 10/12/1969 - Leeds1
51952 51968 59770 51973 51963 Noted 12/12/1969 - Leeds, on 14.00 Liverpool to Hull1
51952 51968 59773 51972 51957 Noted 31/12/69 - in Leeds City2
51956 51968 59770 51982 51963 Noted 13/03/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
51963 51970 59771 59777 51968 51956 Noted 29/04/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
51952 51971 59765 51968 51957 Noted 06/11/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
51967 51972 59777 51968 51958 Noted 11/12/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
51958 51968 59773 59777 51983 51961 Noted 18/12/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
51952 51968 59773 51974 51953 Noted 08/09/73 - at York2
51959 51968 59777 59767 51970 51966 Noted 06/08/1974 - at Manchester Victoria4
51962 51968 59777 59767 51970 51966 Noted 29/08/1974 - at Liverpool Lime Street4
51957 51968 59771 59779 51984 51508 Noted 09/01/75 - at Selby2
51955 51981 59765 51968 51961 Noted 28/02/76 - at York2
51951 51968 59767 51977 51957 Noted 15/04/1978 - at York 4
51967 51968 59766 51970 51952 Noted 17/06/1978 - Leeds5
51967 59772 51968 52103 Noted 10/11/19793
51953 51968 59772 52091 Noted 08/04/19803
51953 51968 59772 52097 Noted 10/04/19803
51956 51968 59819 52097 Noted 30/05/1980 - at Sheffield Midland 5
51952 51968 59768 52103 Noted 08/06/1980 - on Newton Heath depot 5
52105 51968 59239 51963 Noted 19/07/19803
51952 51968 59834 51962 Noted 20/09/1981 - at Hull Paragon 5

Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Martin Lumley

Images:

Class 124 DMU at Leeds

20th March 1979

Trans-Pennine Motor Second Brake E51968 is seen at Leeds on March 20, 1979. Malcolm Clements.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 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.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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