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Vehicle 59773

Class 124

BR Diagram 573

Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Trans Pennine
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Lot Number: 30605
Diagram: 573

Allocations

30/12/60 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20/05/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

59773 was involved in the following incident:

5/9/77 - Farnley Junction, ER

Collision involving Class 124 / Class 47

Info from Bill Read

Class 124 in collision with 47 402, stationary at head of mail train. E51959-E59773-E51969-E51965. Both drivers killed. 9 passengers needed hospital treatment. E51959 suffered extensive damage and twisting of the underframe. The whole of the cab on 47 402 was destroyed. The accident was caused by a replacement relay being wired with incorrect polarity, causing the points to move out of correspondence.

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51955 51979 59773 51978 51953 Noted 09/05/1969 - Leeds, on 18.08 service to Hull1
51955 51979 59773 51983 51953 Noted 16/05/1969 - Leeds, on 16.00 Liverpool to Hull service1
51963 51979 59773 51983 51953 Noted 19/05/1969 - Leeds, on 07.45 Liverpool to Hull service1
51956 51979 59773 51983 51961 Noted 23/05/1969 - Leeds1
51956 51979 59776 59773 51977 51953 Noted 11/06/1969 - Leeds, on 15.45 to Liverpool1
51952 51968 59773 51972 51957 Noted 31/12/69 - in Leeds City2
51951 51973 59773 51984 51959 Noted 07/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
51951 51979 59773 51975 51952 Noted 21/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
51966 51981 59773 51983 51958 Noted 11/05/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
51967 51983 59773 51981 51952 Noted 23/05/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes, Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
51952 51973 59773 59777 51980 51953 Noted 27/06/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
51964 51983 59773 51974 50559 Noted 06/11/1970 - 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
51961 51981 59773 59775 51980 51963 Noted 29/08/74 - on Hull Botanic Gardens depot2
51955 51981 59773 51971 51956 Noted 11/1974 - at Leeds 4
51967 51976 59773 51975 51959 Noted 02/01/75 - at Selby2
51954 51973 59773 51979 51959 Noted 10/01/76 - at Brough5
52103 59773 51969 51958 Noted 05/04/19803
51958 59773 52103 Noted 08/04/19803
52103 59773 51970 51958 Noted 11/04/19803
51967 59773 51970 51953 Noted 28/06/19803
52088 59773 59826 52096 Noted circa 10/19823
52095 59826 59773 52105 Noted circa 10/19823
52088 59773 59826 51958 Noted circa 10/19823
51957 59773 59827 52094 Noted circa 03/19833
51953 59773 59838 52097 Noted circa 01/19843

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: August 1982

Hybrid BR (Swindon) "Trans Pennine" Standard Mk.I Class "124" 4-car dmu formed of #52089 + E59826 + E59773 + E52103 departing Manchester (Piccadilly) on a service to Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Leeds (City), 08/82. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: August 1982

Hybrid BR (Swindon) "Trans Pennine" Standard Mk.I Class "124" 4-car dmu which include former cars from BR (Swindon) Inter City Class 123 dmu's. The set is made of Nos. E52089 (IC 123/2), E59826 (IC 183), E59773 (TP 180), E52103 (IC 123/1) with plated-up headcodes and front gangway doors in BR Inter City Rail Blue & Grey livery and all yellow front ends departing Manchester (Piccadilly) on a service to Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Leeds (City), 08/82. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: August 1982

Hybrid BR (Swindon) Trans Pennine Standard Mk.I Class 124 4-car dmu which include former cars from BR (Swindon) Inter City Class 123 dmu's. The set is made of E52089, E59826, E59773, E52103 with plated-up headcodes and front gangway doors in BR Inter City Rail Blue & Grey livery and all yellow front ends awaiting departure at Manchester (Piccadilly) on a service to Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Leeds (City), 08/82. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 19th August 1982

E52103, E59773, E59826 and E52089 are seen in the old Green Eyre platform at Lancaster Castle on the 19th August 1982. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 19th August 1982

E52089, E59826, E59773 and E52103 in the old Green Eyre platform at Lancaster Castle on the 19th August 1982. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 19th April 1984

An EMU and DMU line-up at Manchester Piccadilly on 19 April 1984. Right to left are Class 123 E52096 (with E59824 + E59773 + E52089), Class 104 M53450 (with M59187 + M53491), the single-engined Class 104 M78601 (with M78851) and a Class 506 EMU. Keith Long.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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