Vehicle 51975 / 59839
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
| 15/09/60 | 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| 20/05/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |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:
51975 - original number
59839 - from Aug-81 (MBS to TBS conversion)
Modifications
Aug-81 - Engines removed
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51957 | 51974 | 59768 | 59777 | 51975 | 51958 | As delivered to 55H - 15th September 1960 | |||
| 51960 | 51978 | 59765 | 51975 | 51965 | Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria1 | ||||
| 51957 | 51969 | 59772 | 59776 | 51975 | 51958 | Noted 01/08/73 - on 1M03 1148 Hull-Liverpool | |||
| 51957 | 51978 | 59766 | 51975 | 51960 | Noted 30/08/1974 - at York1 | ||||
| 51966 | 51978 | 59767 | 51975 | 51967 | Noted 11/1974 - at Leeds 1 | ||||
| 51967 | 51976 | 59773 | 51975 | 51959 | Noted 02/01/75 - at Selby2 | ||||
| 51967 | 51975 | 59770 | 51981 | 51955 | Noted 19/03/19773 | ||||
| 51960 | 51975 | 59768 | 51965 | Noted 01/04/78 - on 11:10 Liverpool - Hull4 | |||||
| 51966 | 51975 | 59770 | 51972 | 51957 | Noted 10/06/19783 | ||||
| 51957 | 51972 | 59770 | 51975 | 51966 | Noted 18/06/19783 | ||||
| 51951 | 51975 | 59818 | 52102 | Noted 13/02/1980 - at Brightside 5 | |||||
| 51966 | 51975 | 59768 | 52102 | Noted 03/1980 - at Hull Paragon 5 | |||||
| 51966 | 51975 | 59768 | 51965 | Noted 05/04/19803 | |||||
| 52102 | 59766 | 51975 | 51951 | Noted 28/06/19803 | |||||
| 52102 | 51975 | 59766 | 51951 | Noted 19/07/19803 | |||||
| 51951 | 51975 | 59766 | 52102 | Noted 26/07/1980 - at Crewe 5 | |||||
| 51951 | 51975 | 59818 | 52102 | Noted 27/10/19803 | |||||
| 51951 | 51975 | 59818 | 52102 | Noted 02/01/19813 | |||||
| 51951 | 59769 | 59839 | 51960 | Noted circa 19833 | |||||
| 52100 | 59822 | 59839 | 52099 | Noted circa 03/19833 | |||||
| 51955 | 59839 | 59771 | 51956 | Noted circa 09/19833 | |||||
| 52103 | 59822 | 59839 | 52099 | Noted 16/11/1983 - at Sheffield3 | |||||
| 51963 | 59769 | 59839 | 52093 | Noted circa 05/19843 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Phil Shatford
5: Martin Lumley
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 12th September 1977
A Trans-Pennine DMU in Stalybridge station on 12 September 1977. The vehicles were recorded on the slide as 51956 + 51981 + 59769 + 51975 + 51958. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 15th June 1980
E51951 leads a Liverpool Lime Street - Hull special into Sheffield on June 15, 1980. The complete rake was E51951, E51975, E59718, E59766, E52102, M51859, M59718, M59723 and M51561. John Carter.
Date: 19th November 1981
A four-car Swindon built DMU in Doncaster station with the 11:17 Sheffield to Hull service on 19 November 1981. The vehicles were recorded as 51960 + 59839 + 59821 + 52100, two 124s and two 123. Derek Hoskins.
Date: 25th January 1982
E51958 + E59767 + E59839 + E51951 arrive into Leeds on January 25, 1982. John Carter.