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Vehicle 51976 / 59838


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

27/09/60 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20/05/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)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:

51976 - original number
59838 - from 12/07/81 (MBS to TBS conversion)

Modifications

Jul-81 - Engines removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51959 51976 59769 59778 51977 51960 As delivered to 55H - 27th September 1960
51954 51981 59778 59769 51976 Noted 31/12/69 - in Liverpool Lime Street, other DMC not recorded1
51952 51976 59765 51979 51955 Noted 13/04/73 - on 1450 Manchester Victoria - York
51953 51974 59768 51976 51959 Noted 01/09/74 - at Preston1
51953 51974 59768 51976 51959 Noted 04/09/74 - in Manchester Victoria1
51967 51976 59773 51975 51959 Noted 02/01/75 - at Selby1
51955 51974 59772 51976 51963 Noted 29/07/1977 - Seen at Preston2
51953 51973 51976 59769 51961 Noted 17/08/78 - on 11:45 Hull - Liverpool3
51967 59822 51976 52089 Noted 19/07/19802
51956 51976 59239 51954 Noted 01/11/19802
51956 51976 59239 51954 Noted 01/11/19802
52104 59237 59838 51960 Noted circa 04/19822
52090 59819 59838 52096 Noted 27/08/82
51951 59838 59766 51962 Noted circa 09/19822
51956 59838 59236 51952 Noted circa 10/19822
51952 59838 59239 52105 Noted circa 02/19832
51963 59237 59838 52105 Noted circa 10/19832
51953 59773 59838 52097 Noted circa 01/19842
52102 59765 59838 51954 Noted 18/02/19842
51951 59838 59823 51956 Noted circa 05/19842

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

Images:

Class 124 DMU at Leeds

2nd July 1977

Swindon-built MBSL E51952 in Leeds station while working the 1.43pm Hull - Manchester Victoria on July 2, 1977. The Trans-Pennine vehicle would have it's engines removed in July 1981 and be renumbered 59838. Michael Mensing.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 27th August 1982

E52090 + E59819 + E59838 + E52096 at Morecambe Promenade after an arrival from Leeds on 27 August 1982. Robert Frise.

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: 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.