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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-73	Depot code change	BG
20/05/84	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)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
51963	51970	59765	51976	51960		Noted 09/05/1969 - Leeds, 16.04 service to Hull¹
51959	51970	59765	51976	51967		Noted 23/05/1969 - Leeds¹
51966	51979	59766	51976	51960		Noted 17/10/1969 - Leeds, on 14.00 Liverpool to Hull¹
51954	51981	59778	59769	51976		Noted 31/12/69 - in Liverpool Lime Street, other DMC not recorded²
51960	51982	59777	59772	51976	51964	Noted 07/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.³
51964	51976	59767	59779	51981	51960	Noted 21/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.³
51953	51970	59771	59777	51976	51951	Noted 23/05/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.³
51962	51976	59767	59779	51978	51951	Noted 27/10/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.³
51962	51976	59767	59776	51975	51951	Noted 06/11/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.³
51960	51976	59767	59776	51970	51955	Noted 18/12/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.³
51952	51976	59765	51979	51955		Noted 13/04/73 - on 1450 Manchester Victoria - York
51953	51974	59768	51976	51959		Noted 01/09/74 - at Preston²
51953	51974	59768	51976	51959		Noted 04/09/74 - in Manchester Victoria²
51967	51976	59773	51975	51959		Noted 02/01/75 - at Selby²
51955	51974	59772	51976	51963		Noted 29/07/1977 - Seen at Preston³
51953	51973	51976	59769	51961		Noted 17/08/78 - on 11:45 Hull - Liverpool⁴
52093	51976	59826	51957			Noted 03/1980 - at Hull Paragon ⁵
51967	59822	51976	52089			Noted 19/07/1980³
51956	51976	59239	51954			Noted 01/11/1980³
51956	51976	59239	51954			Noted 01/11/1980³
52104	59237	59838	51960			Noted circa 04/1982³
52090	59819	59838	52096			Noted 27/08/82
51951	59838	59766	51962			Noted circa 09/1982³
51956	59838	59236	51952			Noted circa 10/1982³
51952	59838	59239	52105			Noted circa 02/1983³
51963	59237	59838	52105			Noted circa 10/1983³
51953	59773	59838	52097			Noted circa 01/1984³
52102	59765	59838	51954			Noted 18/02/1984³
51951	59838	59823	51956			Noted circa 05/1984³

Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Phil Shatford
5: Martin Lumley

Images:

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:

Date: 27th August 1982

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

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.

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.

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