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
20/06/59 | New to | Chaddesden | - pending allocation |
Jan-59 | Transferred to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
06/05/73 | Depot code change | CW | |
circa Apr-84 | Withdrawn from | CW (Cricklewood) | |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15/05/89 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) RPXN |
12/04/84 - Withdrawn vehicles 51596 + 51597 + 51600 + 51608 + 51611 + 51612 + 51624 + 51627 + 51639 + 51640 + 51642 + 51649 were noted being hauled through Wellingborough, Chesterfield and the Settle and Carlisle line to Carlisle behind 45 056. All would later become parcel vehicles at Longsight.
24th September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Crewe Basford Hall Yard
51597 - original number
55971 - from May-85 (parcels conversion)
25/06/76 - Luton, LMR
Collision involving Class 127 / Class 127
Info from Robert Frise and Bill Read
An empty stock Class 127 unit was struck on a crossover by another Class 127 unit which had passed two red signals. The latter was deflected towards the Down fast line where it was struck a glancing blow by an express passenger train hauled by a Class 45 locomotive. Minor injuries. More Details.
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
51597 | 59592 | 59622 | 51598 | As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 20th June 1959 - pending allocation | |||||
51597 | 59605 | 59625 | 51613 | Noted 23/08/75 - at Kentish Town1 | |||||
51597 | 59593 | 59640 | 51628 | Noted 28/12/78 - on 14.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood with 51592 + 59594 + 59619 + 516142 | |||||
51597 | 59604 | 59633 | 51643 | Noted 04/04/79 - on 12.03 Luton – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59604 | 59633 | 51643 | Noted 06/04/79 - on 12.03 Luton – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59604 | 59633 | 51643 | Noted 06/04/79 - on 19.27 St. Pancras – Bedford with 51621 + 59612 + 59627 + 516492 | |||||
51597 | 59604 | 59633 | 51643 | Noted 12/04/79 - on 17.59 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2 | |||||
51597 | 59615 | 59638 | 51623 | Noted 02/06/79 - on 09.22 Cricklewood – Luton2 | |||||
51597 | 59614 | 59634 | 51650 | Noted 03/07/79 - in St Pancras2 | |||||
51597 | 59614 | 59634 | 51650 | Noted 06/07/79 - on 12.00 Bedford – Luton2 | |||||
51597 | 59614 | 59634 | 51650 | Noted 13/07/79 - on 18.22 St. Albans – Bedford with 51607 + 59610 + 59625 + 516082 | |||||
51597 | 59614 | 59634 | 51650 | Noted 18/07/79 - on 19.17 Cricklewood – St. Albans2 | |||||
51597 | 59614 | 59634 | 51621 | Noted 26/08/79 - on 15.42 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59614 | 59634 | 51621 | Noted 18/09/79 - on 23.15 Luton – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59636 | 59644 | 51640 | Noted 10/10/79 - on 12.03 Luton – Cricklewood and 20.20 Cricklewood – Luton (no TSL)2 | |||||
51597 | 59606 | 59632 | 51646 | Noted 28/01/80 - on 14.02 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2 | |||||
51597 | 59606 | 59632 | 51646 | Noted 29/01/80 - on 14.02 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2 | |||||
51597 | 59593 | 59631 | 51598 | Noted 28/03/80 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59593 | 59631 | 51598 | Noted 02/04/80 - on 23.10 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59593 | 59631 | 51624 | Noted 03/05/80 - on 22.16 Cricklewood – St. Pancras 2 | |||||
51597 | 59591 | 59643 | 51645 | Noted 10/05/80 - on 05.05 Bedford – St. Albans2 | |||||
51597 | 59612 | 59627 | 51648 | Noted 30/05/80 - on 12.00 Luton – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59604 | 59621 | 51646 | Noted 16/06/80 - on 05.35 Bedford – Cricklewood and 12.39 Cricklewood – St. Pancras 2 | |||||
51597 | 59604 | 59621 | 51646 | Noted 17/06/80 - on 15.16 Luton – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59604 | 59621 | 51646 | Noted 19/06/80 - on 12.00 Luton – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59604 | 59621 | 51646 | Noted 02/07/80 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59604 | 59621 | 51646 | Noted 10/07/80 - on 12.15 St. Albans – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59604 | 59621 | 51646 | Noted 11/07/80 - on 12.00 Luton – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59604 | 59621 | 51646 | Noted 18/07/80 - on 07.30 St. Albans – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59604 | 59621 | 51646 | Noted 20/07/80 - on 19.52 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59612 | 59627 | 51643 | Noted 12/08/80 - on 16.47 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59602 | 59628 | 51646 | Noted 12/10/80 - on 10.54 Kentish Town – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59608 | 59626 | 51636 | Noted 29/10/80 - on 21.15 Luton – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59589 | 59627 | 51648 | Noted 21/05/81 - on 03.31 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59589 | 59627 | 51648 | Noted 27/05/81 - on 22.40 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59589 | 59627 | 51648 | Noted 30/05/81 - on 03.31 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59596 | 59627 | 51648 | Noted 09/07/81 - on 06.17 Cricklewood – Luton2 | |||||
51597 | 59609 | 59636 | 51620 | Noted 24/08/81 - on 21.07 Cricklewood – Luton2 | |||||
51597 | 59609 | 59636 | 51620 | Noted 28/08/81 - on 19.17 Cricklewood – Luton2 | |||||
51597 | 59609 | 59636 | 51620 | Noted 30/08/81 - on 04.35 Bedford – Cricklewood and 11.02 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59609 | 59636 | 51620 | Noted 03/09/81 - on 01.45 Bedford – Cricklewood and 11.09 Cricklewood – Luton2 | |||||
51597 | 59609 | 59636 | 51620 | Noted 4th September 1981 - BG 80546 as tail load | |||||
51597 | 59609 | 59636 | 51620 | Noted 04/10/81 - on 11.02 Cricklewood – Mill Hill Broadway2 | |||||
51597 | 59598 | 59628 | 51605 | Noted 24/10/81 - on 03.31 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59597 | 59638 | 51648 | Noted 25/01/82 - on 10.20 Luton – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59610 | 59645 | 51604 | Noted 05/04/82 - on 08.31 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59610 | 59645 | 51604 | Noted 11/04/82 - on 06.42 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59602 | 59637 | 51642 | Noted 30/04/82 - on 10.09 Cricklewood – Luton2 | |||||
51597 | 59597 | 59632 | 51604 | Noted circa 05/19823 | |||||
51597 | 59597 | 59632 | 51604 | Noted 17/05/82 - on 11.09 Cricklewood – Luton2 | |||||
51597 | 59597 | 59632 | 51604 | Noted 24/05/82 - on 14.36 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59597 | 59632 | 51604 | Noted 26/05/82 - on 13.36 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59597 | 59632 | 51604 | Noted 17/06/82 - on 12.36 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59597 | 59632 | 51639 | Noted 24/06/82 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59603 | 59626 | 51624 | Noted 11/08/82 - on 06.15 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59603 | 59631 | 51624 | Noted 21/08/82 - on 03.30 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59603 | 59631 | 51624 | Noted 26/08/82 - on 10.09 Cricklewood – Luton2 | |||||
51597 | 59603 | 59631 | 51624 | Noted 27/08/82 - on 07.44 St. Pancras – Harpenden and 08.48 Harpenden – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59603 | 59631 | 51624 | Noted 01/09/82 - on 15.00 Bedford – Luton2 | |||||
51597 | 59603 | 59631 | 51624 | Noted 01/09/82 - on 22.35 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59603 | 59631 | 51624 | Noted 03/09/82 - on 21.35 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59603 | 59631 | 51624 | Noted 21/09/82 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59603 | 59631 | 51624 | Noted 05/10/82 - on 04.25 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59603 | 59631 | 51624 | Noted 07/10/82 - on 07.30 St. Albans – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59614 | 59636 | 51650 | Noted 17/11/82 - on 20.10 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59614 | 59636 | 51622 | Noted 30/11/82 - on 12.00 Luton – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59593 | 59626 | 51648 | Noted circa 12/19823 | |||||
51597 | 59593 | 59626 | 51648 | Noted 11/12/82 - on 02.06 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59593 | 59639 | 51648 | Noted 06/01/83 - on 05.05 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59611 | 59625 | 51624 | Noted 31/01/83 - on 16.50 St. Pancras – St. Albans and 18.00 St. Albans – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51625 | 59611 | 59625 | 51597 | Noted circa 02/19833 | |||||
51597 | 59611 | 59625 | 51625 | Noted 07/02/83 - on 06.15 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59611 | 59625 | 51625 | Noted 08/02/83 - on 06.15 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51597 | 59596 | 59637 | 51604 | Noted 26/03/83 - on 09.34 St. Pancras – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59596 | 59637 | 51604 | Noted 27/03/83 - on 05.41 Cricklewood – St. Pancras and 06.30 St. Pancras – Bedford2 | |||||
51597 | 59596 | 59637 | 51604 | Noted 07/04/83 - on 10.09 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2 | |||||
51642 | 51597 | Noted circa 01/19843 | |||||||
51597 | 51642 | Noted 11/02/84 - on 12-15 Gospel Oak - Barking | |||||||
51597 | 51642 | Noted 05/03/84 | |||||||
911 | 55971 | 55981 | Listed at Longsight - Summer 1986 - Parcels | ||||||
911 | 55971 | 55981 | Noted 21/11/86 - on Bletchley depot1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn
M51597 leads a Rolls-Royce powered Derby suburban quad at Harpenden with the 6.45pm Bedford Midland Road-St Pancras service on 30 April 1963. Michael Mensing.
Class 127 DMU 51597 + 51642 after arriving at Barking on 11-2-84 with the 12-15 ex-Gospel Oak, they will next form the 13.00 to Gospel Oak. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Class 127 55971, set number 911, is seen on Tyseley Carriage sidings on 28.06.1987 . One of the cars was labeled for Parcels and one was for Newspapers. How times change when both types of traffic have been lost. This was converted from 51597. Andy Cole.
Class 127 DMU power twin 51642 + 51597 waits at Gospel Oak with the 12.15 to Barking, 11-2-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Class 127 DMU 51642 + 51597 at Barking with the 13-00 to Gospal Oak, 11-2-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
I photographed this Diesel Parcels Unit, carrying the set number 911, at Northampton in October 1986. The set is made up of vehicles 55981/55971, converted from Class 127 cars 51612/51597. Both vehicles had been new in August 1959 and were converted to DPUs in May 1985. The unit was withdrawn from service in May 1989 and both vehicles were scrapped by Mayer Newman at Snailwell. Lewis Bevan.
Class 127 55984, set number 914, is seen inside the factory at Tyseley while undergoing repairs on 01.04.1989. This car was rebuilt from 51639, from a passenger car into a parcels carrying car, complete with roller doors. These sets normally kept to formation, but 55984's partner 55974 was scrapped early on, and on this day it was partnered with 55971. Andy Cole.
ADB977191, 915 M55975 + M55985, M55969+M55968, 914 M55980 + M55984 and 911 M55970 + M55971 at Crewe Basford Hall on 24-9-89. Kevin Dowd.