Vehicle 51980 / 59842
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
| 12/11/60 | 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| 20/05/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Notes
Dec-81 - E51980 was the last Class 124 MBS to be converted to a trailer brake in December 1981.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
51980 - original number
59842 - from Nov-81 (MBS to TBS conversion)
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51963 | 51980 | 59771 | 59780 | 51981 | 51964 | As delivered to 55H - 12th November 1960 | |||
| 51961 | 51968 | 51971 | 59766 | 59775 | 59768 | 51980 | 51967 | Noted 30/08/1964 - enhanced formation for a BR / RERPS Cumbrian Scenic tour | |
| 51951 | 51980 | 59767 | 51984 | 51964 | Noted 31/12/69 - in Leeds City1 | ||||
| 51953 | 51980 | 59767 | 59777 | 51979 | 51964 | Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria2 | |||
| 51961 | 51981 | 59773 | 59775 | 51980 | 51963 | Noted 29/08/74 - on Hull Botanic Gardens depot1 | |||
| 51956 | 51978 | 59772 | 51980 | 51966 | Noted 07/01/75 - at York1 | ||||
| 51952 | 51980 | 59771 | 51969 | 51963 | Noted 09/09/76 - at Preston1 | ||||
| 51960 | 59236 | 51980 | 52099 | Noted 09/06/19793 | |||||
| 51962 | 59237 | 51980 | 52091 | Noted 06/09/19803 | |||||
| 51957 | 59235 | 59842 | 52103 | Noted circa 09/19833 | |||||
| 51957 | 59772 | 59842 | 52104 | Noted 16/11/1983 - at Sheffield3 | |||||
| 51958 | 59842 | 59821 | 51957 | Noted circa 01/19843 | |||||
| 51966 | 59769 | 59842 | 51963 | Noted 18/02/19843 | |||||
| 52098 | 59821 | 59842 | 52100 | Noted circa 05/19843 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
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