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Vehicle 51633 / 55980

Class 127

BR Diagram 588

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square / Red Triangle
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Engines: Rolls Royce 238hp
Transmission: Hydraulic
Lot Number: 30521
Diagram: 588

Allocations

17/10/59 New to Chaddesden - stabled pending allocation
Dec-59 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
06/05/73Depot code changeCW
07/08/83 Withdrawn from CW (Cricklewood)
circa May-85 To Parcels Sector at LO (Longsight)
circa Dec-88 Sector Change to RPXN
15/05/89 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight) RPXN

Notes

6th May 1989 - Seen at Longsight depot with parts removed
24th September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Crewe Basford Hall Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51633 - original number
55980 - from May-85 (parcels conversion)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51633 59610 59640 51634 As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 17th October 1959
51633 59612 59621 51635 Noted 03/1975 - at st Pancras 1
51591 59589 59625 51633 Noted 06/06/76 - on 08.20 St. Pancras – Bedford2
51624 59600 59595 51633 Noted 09/04/77 - on 16.25 St. Pancras – Bedford (two lavatories)2
51591 59594 59643 51633 Noted 08/09/78 - on 09.10 Bedford – St. Pancras2
51633 59590 59638 51638 Noted 03/01/79 - on 07.34 Bedford – St. Pancras2
51633 59616 59637 51650 Noted 12/03/79 - on 09.17 Cricklewood – Luton with 51624 + 59594 + 59641 + 516252
51613 59616 59637 51633 Noted 16/03/79 - on 01.45 Bedford – Cricklewood2
51613 59616 59637 51633 Noted 21/03/79 - on 21.15 Luton – Cricklewood2
51613 59616 59637 51633 Noted 28/03/79 - on 09.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood with 51621 + 59612 + 59627 + 516492
51606 59616 59637 51633 Noted 05/04/79 - on 11.00 Bedford – Luton2
51606 59616 59637 51633 Noted 30/04/79 - on 15.16 Luton – Bedford2
51622 59616 59637 51633 Noted 01/05/79 - on 16.17 Cricklewood – Luton with 51634 + 59609 + 59631 + 516352
51622 59616 59637 51633 Noted 10/05/79 - on 15.03 Luton – Cricklewood2
51622 59616 59637 51633 Noted 19/05/79 - on 13.17 Cricklewood – Bedford2
51622 59616 59637 51633 Noted 24/05/79 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood with 51593 + 59607 + 59646 + 516352
51633 59616 59637 51622 Noted circa 06/19793
51622 59616 59637 51633 Noted 11/06/79 - on 05.05 Bedford – Cricklewood2
51622 59616 59637 51633 Noted 08/08/79 - on 15.42 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2
51622 59616 59637 51633 Noted 02/09/79 - on 20.50 Bedford – Cricklewood2
51608 59606 59632 51633 Noted 23/10/79 - on 14.02 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2
51608 59606 59632 51633 Noted 30/10/79 - on 12.42 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2
51608 59606 59632 51633 Noted 31/10/79 - on 07.32 St. Albans – Cricklewood2
51606 59607 59640 51633 Noted 24/11/79 - on 09.15 Luton – Cricklewood2
51633 59590 59647 51649 Noted 09/12/79 - on 16.46 Hendon – Bedford2
51633 59590 59647 51649 Noted 17/12/79 - on 05.05 Bedford – Cricklewood2
51633 59602 59626 51634 Noted 21/01/80 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
51633 59602 59626 51634 Noted 15/02/80 - on 14.02 Cricklewood – St. Pancras (59602 presumed based on the previous day)2
51633 59611 59633 51648 Noted 01/05/80 - on 20.10 Bedford – Cricklewood2
51618 59611 59629 51633 Noted 03/05/80 - on 20.42 Luton – Cricklewood2
51618 59611 59629 51633 Noted 15/05/80 - on 15.38 St. Pancras – Bedford2
51618 59611 59629 51633 Noted 16/05/80 - on 15.38 St. Pancras – Bedford2
51618 59611 59629 51633 Noted 20/06/80 - on 09.40 Bedford – Luton2
51612 59605 59647 51633 Noted 07/07/80 - on 21.07 Cricklewood – Luton2
51623 59590 59639 51633 Noted 25/07/80 - on a Cricklewood – Bedford working2
51621 59609 59640 51633 Noted 29/10/80 - on 03.31 Cricklewood – Bedford2
51621 59609 59640 51633 Noted 01/11/80 - on 01.54 St. Pancras – Bedford2
51628 59607 59639 51633 Noted 15/01/81 - on 2C35 11.00 Luton – St. Pancras2
51628 59607 59639 51633 Noted 22/01/81 - on 2G27 19.37 St Pancras – Bedford2
51626 59605 59621 51633 Noted 12/02/81 - on 2C02 01.45 Bedford – St Pancras (Staff)2
51606 59616 59640 51633 Noted 28/02/81 - on 2H07 14.05 St Pancras – Luton2
51614 59592 59641 51633 Noted 29/03/81 - on 16.20 Bedford – Cricklewood2
51614 59592 59641 51633 Noted 30/03/81 - on 21.15 Luton – Cricklewood2
51623 59590 59643 51633 Noted 11/05/81 - on 22.07 Cricklewood – Luton2
51615 59611 59638 51633 Noted 29/06/81 - on 14.00 Bedford – Cricklewood2
51615 59611 59638 51633 Noted 30/06/81 - on 14.00 Bedford – Cricklewood2
51615 59611 59638 51633 Noted 17/07/81 - on 03.31 Cricklewood – Bedford2
51615 59611 59638 51633 Noted 21/07/81 - on 16.29 St. Pancras – Luton and 17.25 Luton – St. Pancras2
51633 59605 59621 51650 Noted 16/08/81 - on 10.30 Bedford – Cricklewood and 17.52 Cricklewood – Bedford2
51633 59603 59621 51650 Noted 18/08/81 - on 17.44 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
51633 59605 59621 51650 Noted 21/08/81 - on 17.44 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
51633 59605 59621 51650 Noted 08/09/81 - on 14.00 Luton – Cricklewood2
51633 59605 59621 51650 Noted 10/09/81 - on 17.03 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
51599 59614 59626 51633 Noted 08/10/81 - on 06.15 Bedford – Cricklewood2
51599 59614 59626 51633 Noted 22/10/81 - on 02.05 Cricklewood – Bedford2
51626 59600 59626 51633 Noted 30/11/81 - on 07.14 Bedford – Flitwick2
51626 59600 59626 51633 Noted 14/12/81 - on 06.15 Bedford – St. Pancras2
51626 59600 59626 51633 Noted 24/12/81 - on 13.39 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2
51633 59607 59627 51649 Noted 26/01/82 - on 10.20 Luton – Cricklewood2
51633 59607 59627 51649 Noted 15/02/82 - on 14.00 Bedford – Cricklewood2
51608 59596 59636 51633 Noted 05/03/82 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
51608 59596 59636 51633 Noted 12/03/82 - on 15.38 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
51633 59615 59645 51638 Noted circa 06/19823
51633 59615 59634 51638 Noted 04/06/82 - on 10.16 Luton – Bedford2
51628 59592 59621 51633 Noted 06/08/82 - on 11.00 Bedford – Cricklewood2
51633 59612 59637 51648 Noted 08/10/82 - on 12.09 Cricklewood – Luton2
51633 59600 59648 51638 Noted 26/10/82 - on 20.17 Cricklewood – St. Albans2
51606 59600 59648 51633 Noted 12/11/82 - on 15.00 Luton – St. Pancras, 16.40 St. Pancras – Bedford and 21.07 Cricklewood – Luton2
51606 59600 59648 51633 Noted 16/11/82 - on 07.44 St. Pancras – Bedford2
51606 59600 59648 51633 Noted 20/11/82 - on 05.47 Cricklewood – Bedford2
51633 59603 59628 51649 Noted 13/01/83 - on 03.31 Cricklewood – Bedford and 22.34 Cricklewood – Bedford2
51633 59603 59628 51649 Noted 15/01/83 - on 21.45 Luton – Cricklewood2
51633 59603 59628 51649 Noted 18/01/83 - on 12.39 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2
51633 59603 59628 51649 Noted 21/01/83 - on 08.50 Bedford – Luton2
51633 59603 59628 51649 Noted 25/01/83 - on 20.17 Cricklewood – St. Albans2
51633 59603 59628 51649 Noted 29/01/83 - on 12.50 Bedford – Cricklewood2
51633 59603 59628 51650 Noted circa 02/19833
51633 59603 59628 51650 Noted 03/02/83 - on 16.50 St. Pancras – Luton and 17.55 Luton – St. Pancras2
51633 59603 59628 51650 Noted 04/03/83 - on 11.05 Bedford – Luton2
51633 59603 59628 51650 Noted 24/03/83 - on 05.35 St. Pancras – Bedford2
51633 59593 59639 51650 Noted 09/04/83 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood2
51633 59593 59639 51650 Noted 12/04/83 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
51633 59614 59619 51645 Noted circa 05/19833
51633 59613 59639 51650 Noted 12/05/83 - on 02.06 Cricklewood – Bedford2
51633 59614 59619 51645 Noted 27/05/83 - on Cricklewood – Bedford working (at 03.50 or 23.27)2
51633 59614 59619 51645 Noted 01/06/83 - on 20.10 Bedford – Cricklewood2
51633 59614 59619 51645 Noted 02/06/83 - on 20.10 Bedford – Cricklewood2
51633 59614 59619 51645 Noted 13/06/83 - on 20.12 Cricklewood – St. Albans2
51633 59614 59619 51645 Noted 16/06/83 - on 13.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
51633 59614 59619 51645 Noted 17/06/83 - on 20.12 Cricklewood – St. Albans2
910 55970 55980 Listed at Longsight - Summer 1986 - Parcels
910 55970 55980 Noted circa 04/19883
910 55970 55980 Noted circa 12/19883

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 127 DMU at Newton Heath depot

5th March 1985

Class 127 power cars M51633 and M51635 under conversion to a parcel car in Newton Heath depot on 5 March 1985. This was the first pair to be tackled, just one week later on the 12th they had been repainted and were presented to the newspaper trade in Manchester Victoria. Chris Thorp.

Class 127 DMU at Blackpool North

circa 1986

Set number: 910

Class 127 parcels unit 910 (55980 + 55970) seen at Blackpool North circa 1986/7. David Faircloth.

Class 127 DMU at Croft Sidings, Preston

23rd March 1986

Set number: 910

Stood alongside milepost 0 on what was the old Preston & Lancaster route, a former Bedford - St Pancras Class 127 Diesel-Hydraulic DMU, converted to a Parcels Unit complete with roller-shutter doors, was stabled for the weekend in Croft Street Sidings adjacent to Preston PSB on March 23rd 1986. Formed of cars 55980 & 55970 (Set 910), the pair was one of 11 similar units that had been formed/converted in 1985. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 127 DMU at Bletchley

22nd September 1986

Set number: 910

Converted parcels DMU 55980/55970 at Bletchley on 22 September 1986. Lewis Bevan.

Class 127 DMU at south of Hereford

22nd May 1988

Set number: 910

Ex Class 127 DMU (55980 + 55970), now in Parcels service, heads south over Grafton Lane, just south of Hereford between the site of Redhill Junction and Merryhill/Redhill Tunnel, 22nd May 1988. Hereford Driver Neil Marsh is at the controls. John Crooks.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 23rd March 1986

Set number: 910

Ex Class 127 Parcels/Newspaper DMU formed of cars M55970 + M55980 (910) was stabled between duties at Croft Street Sidings at Preston on March 23rd 1986. Eleven of these two-car DMU's fitted with roller shutter doors had been converted from former Bedford - St Pancras Class 127 Driving Cars in 1985. They were all withdrawn in 1989. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 1988

Set number: 910

55970 with 55980 - Longsight parcels set 910 at Manchester Piccadilly. Robert Chilton Collection.

DMU

Date: 8th April 1989

Set number: 910

Class 127 55970, set number 910, is seen stabled at Tyseley along with sister car 55980 on 08.04.1989. It has had the 'Newspapers' text removed from the bodyside. Andy Cole.

DMU

Date: 6th May 1989

Set number: 914

Class 127 parcel vehicles M55984 + M55980, M55983 + M55973 and M55981 sit behind 03170 (the last ever Swindon works overhaul) and a brake van on Longsight TMD, 6-5-89. It was just over a week before the whole fleet of Class 127 DPUs were withdrawn, but these five were already out of use and used as a source of spare parts. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 24th September 1989

ADB977191, 915 M55975 + M55985, M55969+M55968, 914 M55980 + M55984 and 911 M55970 + M55971 at Crewe Basford Hall on 24-9-89. Kevin Dowd.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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