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<- 51974 | 51975 | 51976 ->

Vehicle 51975 / 59839


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: 30604
Diagram: 579

Allocations

15/09/60 New to 55H (Neville Hill)
4w/e 25/03/67 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73Depot code changeBG
20/05/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51975 - original number
59839 - from Aug-81 (MBS to TBS conversion)

Modifications

Aug-81 - Engines removed

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
51960 51978 59765 51975 51965 Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria1
51957 51969 59772 59776 51975 51958 Noted 01/08/73 - on 1M03 1148 Hull-Liverpool
51957 51978 59766 51975 51960 Noted 30/08/1974 - at York1
51966 51978 59767 51975 51967 Noted 11/1974 - at Leeds 1
51967 51976 59773 51975 51959 Noted 02/01/75 - at Selby2
51967 51975 59770 51981 51955 Noted 19/03/19773
51960 51975 59768 51965 Noted 01/04/78 - on 11:10 Liverpool - Hull4
51966 51975 59770 51972 51957 Noted 10/06/19783
51957 51972 59770 51975 51966 Noted 18/06/19783
51966 51975 59768 51965 Noted 05/04/19803
52102 59766 51975 51951 Noted 28/06/19803
52102 51975 59766 51951 Noted 19/07/19803
51951 51975 59818 52102 Noted 27/10/19803
51951 51975 59818 52102 Noted 02/01/19813
51951 59769 59839 51960 Noted circa 19833
52100 59822 59839 52099 Noted circa 03/19833
51955 59839 59771 51956 Noted circa 09/19833
52103 59822 59839 52099 Noted 16/11/1983 - at Sheffield3
51963 59769 59839 52093 Noted circa 05/19843

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 12th September 1977

A Trans-Pennine DMU in Stalybridge station on 12 September 1977. The vehicles were recorded on the slide as 51956 + 51981 + 59769 + 51975 + 51958. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 25th January 1982

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