Vehicle 59776
Class 124
Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Trans Pennine
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Lot Number: 30606
Diagram: 562
Allocations
| 24/08/60 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 25/03/67 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| 26/10/75 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Notes
18/01/76 - 59775/6/7/8/9 and 79111 noted at Botanic Gardens depot, withdrawn, awaiting removal for scrap. All noted there again on 21/2/76.
06/03/76 - 59776/8 + 79111 noted at Botanic Gardens depot, withdrawn, awaiting removal for scrap
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51955 | 51970 | 59767 | 59776 | 51971 | 51956 | As delivered to 55H - 24th August 1960 | |||
| 51957 | 51969 | 59772 | 59776 | 51975 | 51958 | Noted 01/08/73 - on 1M03 1148 Hull-Liverpool | |||
| 51958 | 51984 | 59765 | 59776 | 51982 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Liverpool Lime Street sixth vehicle not recorded1 | ||||
| 51964 | 51984 | 59765 | 59776 | 51982 | 51965 | Noted 29/08/74 - in Hull Paragon2 | |||
| 51958 | 51970 | 59765 | 59776 | 51992 | 51964 | Noted 04/09/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street2 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
Images:
Unknown date
Class 124 buffet 59776 is seen at Leeds in the early '70s. Malcolm Clements.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 18th April 1962
E51956, 51973, 59776, 59767, 51972 and 51955 approaching Neville Hill East with a Hull to Liverpool Lime Street train 18th April 1962. Keith Long.