Vehicle 51601
Class 127
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
| 11/07/59 | New to | Chaddesden | - pending allocation |
| 4w/e 30/01/60 | Transferred to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CW | |
| 31/12/77 | Withdrawn from | CW (Cricklewood) |
51601 was involved in the following incident:
8/11/77 - Napsbury, LMR
Collision involving Class 127 / Class 127
Info from Peter Mullen
A set (5C26) travelling from Bedford to St. Pancras collided at about 40mph with the rear of a St. Albans to St. Pancras empty coaching stock train (2C65) which was standing at a signal. The collision resulted in the derailment of the two leading coaches of the passenger train as well as the rear coach of the empty stock train. The driver, guard and two passengers in the passenger train were injured and taken to hospital. Both trains were 4-car Class 127 DMUs comprising of vehicles 51626, 59609, 59643 and 51641 (5C26) and 51617, 59617, 59631 and 51601 (2C65) respectively. The accident was a result of the signalman forgetting about the stationary train at the St. Albans Up Slow Starting Signal and instructing the driver of the passenger train to pass the St. Albans Inner Home signal at Danger into an already occupied section.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Norwich at Luton Yard
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51601 | 59594 | 59624 | 51602 | As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 11th July 1959 - pending allocation | |||||
| 51601 | 59647 | 59598 | 51604 | Noted 20/03/71 - at Luton1 | |||||
| 51601 | 59630 | 59609 | 51642 | Noted 05/1975 - at St Pancras 2 | |||||
| 51593 | 59593 | 59644 | 51601 | Noted 17/04/76 - on 05:45 Kettering – St. Pancras3 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Phil Shatford
Images:
circa Jul-59
An official image (Derby Works negative 59/572) showing the driving compartment on 51601 circa July 1959. British Railways.
circa Jul-59
An official image (Derby Works negative 59/573) showing the driving compartment on 51601 circa July 1959. British Railways.
circa Jul-59
An official image (Derby Works negative 59/574) showing a DMBS interior, probably 51601, circa July 1959. British Railways.
circa Jul-59
An official image (Derby Works negative 59/575) showing a DMBS (lot 30521) interior, probably 51601, circa July 1959. British Railways.
circa Jul-59
An official image (Derby Works negative 59/579) showing the rear of a guards compartment (lot 30521, probably 51601), circa July 1959. British Railways.
circa Jul-59
An official image (Derby Works negative 59/580) showing the rear of a guards compartment (lot 30521, probably 51601), circa July 1959. British Railways.
Unknown date
A Rolls-Royce powered Derby suburban quad ('Bed-Pan') set at St. Albans City. Date unknown, the yellow panel dates it to circa mid-1960s. Graham Clark.