Vehicle 55988

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This page is about the Class 128 parcel vehicle withdrawn in 1980. For details on the Class 127 parcel vehicle numbered 55988 from 1985 see 51637.

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Class 128

Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Parcels Van
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None / BR Standard
Engines: Albion 230hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30552
Diagram: 644

Allocations

09/01/60	New to	14A (Cricklewood)
5w/e 03/12/60	Transferred to	26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63	Depot code change	9D
May-73	Depot code change	NH
Oct-80	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	55988								Noted 28/08/75 - in Manchester Victoria1
	55988								Noted 10/09/76 - in Manchester Victoria1
	55988								Noted 04/09/1977 - on Longsight depot 2
	55988								Noted 25/08/1978 - on Longsight depot 2

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Martin Lumley

Images:

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May 1966

Gloucester parcel car M55988 in Manchester Victoria sometime in May 1966. David Russon.

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circa 1967

A Gloucester parcel car, probably on Newton Heath depot circa late 1966 or 1967. It is in an early version of the Rail Blue livery, with red buffers beams, BR logos on the cab doors, and three inch numbers - always hard to read in photos - but this seems to be M59988. Also of note are the yellow exhausts, blue solebar, and the short-lived use of brown for underframe equipment and bogies. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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circa 1971

Set number: NH017

Gloucester RC&W DMPV 55988 in Preston station with a BG in tow, circa 1971. John Grey Turner.