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Set 918

The set number was suffixed with a small "A" or "B" which corresponded with the car branded for Newspapers (A) or Express Parcels (B)

These formations have been noted:

55968 55978 Listed at Longsight - Summer 1986 - Parcels
55968 55978 Noted 21/11/86 - on Bletchley depot1
55968 55978 Noted 20/08/88 - with set 912 (55972 + 55982) at Stafford
55978 55968 Noted circa 12/19882

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn

Class 127 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

20th February 1986

Class 127 parcel conversion 55978 + 55968 in Manchester Piccadilly alongside 87 034 on 20 February 1986. John Carter.

Class 127 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

6th March 1986

Class 127 parcel conversion 55968 seen in Manchester Piccadilly on 6 March 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 127 DMU at Watford Junction

5th September 1986

Class 127 DPU set 918 (55968 + 55978) at Watford Junction heading Up at 16:55 on 5 September 1986. Note the 104 on the right. Dave Warby.

Class 127 DMU at Watford Junction

5th September 1986

Class 127 DPU set 918 (55978 + 55968) at Watford Junction heading Up at 16:55 on 5 September 1986. Dave Warby.

Class 127 DMU at Tyseley

1st August 1987

Class 127 55978, set number 918, is seen poking out of the factory at Tyseley on 01.08.87. It had just been on the wheel lathe. It was converted from 51608. Andy Cole.

Class 127 DMU at Tyseley

1st August 1987

Class 127 55978, set number 918, is seen on the wheel lathe at Tyseley, 01.08.1987. This was converted from 51608. Andy Cole.

Class 127 DMU at Liverpool Lime Street

12th December 1987

Class 127 parcel unit 55968 (and presumably 55978) seems to be undergoing some attention at Liverpool Lime Street on 12 December 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 127 DMU at Stafford

20th August 1988

When the Class 127 DMUs finally bowed out of the St. Pancras - Bedford services, 22 power cars were resurrected from store at Carlisle Upperby (one of them, the pioneer 51591, was re-claimed from the NRM) and converted for parcels use. They were formed into 11 two car sets and allocated to Longsight in Manchester. Here set 918 with 55978 at the rear of 55968 is being led by set 912 (55972 & 55982) at Stafford, 20/Aug/1988. Robert Chilton.

Class 127 DMU at Cardiff Riverside

28th February 1989

Class 127 DPU set 918 (presumably 55968 + 55978) stabled at Cardiff Riverside on 28 February 1988. Robert Thomas.

Class 127 DMU at Crewe Gresty Lane

28th May 1990

Parcels unit 918 (55978 formerly 51608 and 55968 formerly 51637), converted from the power cars of a former "Bed-Pan" hydraulic class 127 set, sitting sadly withdrawn and awaiting it's fate at Crewe Gresty Lane sidings. Three of these ex-parcels power cars were preserved and currently (2018) all three are at the Midland Railway - Butterley. Robert Chilton.

Class 127 DMU at Snailwell

21st February 1992

Class 127 parcels conversion M55978 has signs of repair on the corner of the cab when seen at Snailwell on 21 February 1992. Nicholas Youngman.


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