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
15/08/59 | New to | Chaddesden | - stabled pending allocation |
Dec-59 | Transferred to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
06/05/73 | Depot code change | CW | |
07/08/83 | Withdrawn from | CW (Cricklewood) | |
04/08/85 | 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15/05/89 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) RPXN |
12/04/84 - Withdrawn vehicles 51596 + 51597 + 51600 + 51608 + 51611 + 51612 + 51624 + 51627 + 51639 + 51640 + 51642 + 51649 were noted being hauled through Wellingborough,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24th September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Crewe Gresty Lane
51608 - original number
55978 - from Jul-85 (parcels conversion)
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
51607 | 59597 | 59627 | 51608 | As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 15th August 1959 - pending allocation | |||||
51608 | 59592 | 59634 | 51610 | Noted 11/07/69 - in St Pancras1 | |||||
51596 | 59614 | 59628 | 51608 | Noted 08/04/70 - in St Pancras1 | |||||
51608 | 59625 | 59592 | 51617 | Noted 20/03/71 - at Luton2 | |||||
51608 | 59611 | 59644 | 51648 | Noted 31/08/74 - at St Pancras1 | |||||
51608 | 59596 | 59624 | 51610 | Noted 28/03/76 - on 10.10 St. Pancras – Bedford3 | |||||
51648 | 59589 | 59625 | 51608 | Noted circa 09/19784 | |||||
51608 | 59609 | 59644 | 51624 | Noted 24/01/79 - on 07.14 Bedford – St. Pancras3 | |||||
51608 | 59609 | 59644 | 51624 | Noted 01/02/79 - on 14.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood with 51620 + 59605 + 59646 + 516443 | |||||
51608 | 59609 | 59638 | 51624 | Noted 02/02/79 - on 13.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59609 | 59638 | 51616 | Noted 23/02/79 - on 14.03 Luton – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59592 | 59634 | 51645 | Noted 29/03/79 - on 09.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood with 51617 + 59606 + 59636 + 516273 | |||||
51608 | 59592 | 59634 | 51622 | Noted 12/04/79 - on 13.09 Cricklewood – Luton3 | |||||
51595 | 59592 | 59634 | 51608 | Noted 25/04/79 - on 18.22 Luton – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51598 | 59610 | 59622 | 51608 | Noted 05/05/79 - on 07.45 Bedford – Cricklewood with 51607 + 59594 + 59641 + 516243 | |||||
51608 | 59595 | 59626 | 51628 | Noted 04/06/79 - on 18.22 Bedford – Luton3 | |||||
51608 | 59595 | 59626 | 51628 | Noted 06/06/79 - on 18.20 Bedford – Luton3 | |||||
51607 | 59610 | 59625 | 51608 | Noted 13/07/79 - on 18.22 St. Albans – Bedford with 51597 + 59614 + 59634 + 516503 | |||||
51608 | 59606 | 59632 | 51618 | Noted 12/09/79 - on 14.00 Bedford – Luton3 | |||||
51608 | 59606 | 59632 | 51618 | Noted 14/09/79 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59606 | 59632 | 51618 | Noted 23/09/79 - on 04.35 Bedford – Cricklewood, 06.42 Cricklewood – Milepost 21.25 and 12.25 St. Albans – Bedford3 | |||||
51608 | 59606 | 59632 | 51633 | Noted 23/10/79 - on 14.02 Cricklewood – St. Pancras3 | |||||
51608 | 59606 | 59632 | 51633 | Noted 30/10/79 - on 12.42 Cricklewood – St. Pancras3 | |||||
51608 | 59606 | 59632 | 51633 | Noted 31/10/79 - on 07.32 St. Albans – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59606 | 59632 | 51615 | Noted 05/11/79 - on 12.03 Luton – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59606 | 59632 | 51615 | Noted 12/11/79 - on 23.10 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59597 | 59636 | 51624 | Noted 20/12/79 - on 06.15 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59597 | 59636 | 51624 | Noted 27/12/79 - on 13.02 Luton – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59597 | 59636 | 51624 | Noted 15/01/80 - on 20.09 Luton – Bedford3 | |||||
51608 | 59597 | 59636 | 51624 | Noted 18/01/80 - on 19.17 Cricklewood – St. Albans3 | |||||
51608 | 59597 | 59636 | 51624 | Noted 25/01/80 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59597 | 59636 | 51624 | Noted 30/01/80 - on 12.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood and 15.35 St. Pancras – Bedford3 | |||||
51608 | 59597 | 59636 | 51624 | Noted 13/02/80 - on 14.02 Cricklewood – St. Pancras3 | |||||
51608 | 59597 | 59636 | 51624 | Noted 14/02/80 - on 14.02 Cricklewood – St. Pancras and 15.35 St. Pancras – Bedford3 | |||||
51608 | 59597 | 59636 | 51624 | Noted 19/02/80 - on 01.45 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59592 | 59628 | 51619 | Noted 15/08/80 - on 17.03 St. Pancras – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59592 | 59628 | 51620 | Noted 28/08/80 - on 16.47 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59592 | 59631 | 51639 | Noted 10/09/80 - on 12.00 Luton – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59592 | 59631 | 51643 | Noted 08/10/80 - on 23.10 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59592 | 59631 | 51643 | Noted 17/10/80 - on 16.47 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59592 | 59631 | 51643 | Noted 28/10/80 - on 03.30 Cricklewood – Bedford3 | |||||
51608 | 59592 | 59631 | 51643 | Noted 09/11/80 - on 11.30 St. Albans – Bedford3 | |||||
51608 | 59596 | 59642 | 51637 | Noted 18/12/80 - on 01.45 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59596 | 59634 | 51637 | Noted 17/01/81 - on 2G11 11.35 St Pancras – Bedford3 | |||||
51608 | 59596 | 59634 | 51637 | Noted 21/01/81 - on 2C33 10.20 Luton – St Pancras3 | |||||
51608 | 59596 | 59634 | 51637 | Noted 01/02/81 - on 2G15 19.40 St Pancras – Bedford3 | |||||
51608 | 59594 | 59645 | 51615 | Noted 24/03/81 - on 23.10 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59594 | 59645 | 51615 | Noted 03/04/81 - on 21.15 Luton – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59594 | 59645 | 51615 | Noted 04/04/81 - on 21.45 Luton – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59594 | 59645 | 51625 | Noted 17/04/81 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59615 | 59625 | 51634 | Noted 19/06/81 - on 05.35 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59615 | 59625 | 51634 | Noted 20/06/81 - on 07.45 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59615 | 59625 | 51634 | Noted 21/06/81 - on 14.02 Cricklewood – Bedford3 | |||||
51606 | 59598 | 59628 | 51608 | Noted 25/06/81 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59609 | 59636 | 51638 | Noted 16/07/81 - on 03.31 Cricklewood – Bedford3 | |||||
51608 | 59597 | 59638 | 51618 | Noted 02/10/81 - on 22.40 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59597 | 59638 | 51619 | Noted 08/10/81 - on 13.39 Cricklewood – St. Pancras and 14.27 St. Pancras – Bedford3 | |||||
51600 | 59596 | 59636 | 51608 | Noted 08/11/81 - on 10.02 Cricklewood – Mill Hill Broadway and 16.30 St. Pancras – Bedford3 | |||||
51608 | 59596 | 59636 | 51645 | Noted 11/12/81 - on 14.39 Cricklewood – St. Pancras and 15.38 St. Pancras – Bedford3 | |||||
51608 | 59596 | 59636 | 51642 | Noted 24/12/81 - on 12.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59596 | 59636 | 51642 | Noted 31/12/81 - in St Pancras | |||||
51608 | 59596 | 59636 | 51626 | Noted 30/01/82 - on 09.15 Luton – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59596 | 59636 | 51626 | Noted 02/02/82 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood 3 | |||||
51608 | 59596 | 59636 | 51626 | Noted 19/02/82 - on 14.00 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59596 | 59636 | 51626 | Noted 25/02/82 - on 14.00 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59596 | 59636 | 51633 | Noted 05/03/82 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59596 | 59636 | 51633 | Noted 12/03/82 - on 15.38 St. Pancras – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51596 | 59636 | 59596 | 51608 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
51596 | 59596 | 59636 | 51608 | Noted 17/05/82 - on 07.30 St. Albans – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51596 | 59596 | 59636 | 51608 | Noted 18/05/82 - on 13.16 Luton – Bedford3 | |||||
51592 | 59604 | 59622 | 51608 | Noted 09/06/82 - on 11.36 Cricklewood – Bedford3 | |||||
51592 | 59604 | 59622 | 51608 | Noted 22/06/82 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51600 | 59604 | 59622 | 51608 | Noted 09/08/82 - on 12.36 Cricklewood – Bedford3 | |||||
51608 | 59596 | 59633 | 51646 | Noted 30/09/82 - on 15.00 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59633 | 59596 | 51646 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||
51603 | 59596 | 59633 | 51608 | Noted 12/11/82 - on 23.14 Luton – Bedford3 | |||||
51608 | 59600 | 59648 | 51614 | Noted 15/12/82 - on 01.45 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51593 | 59600 | 59648 | 51608 | Noted 04/01/83 - on 12.09 Cricklewood – Luton3 | |||||
51608 | 59610 | 59621 | 51626 | Noted 25/01/83 - on 13.27 St. Pancras – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59610 | 59621 | 51626 | Noted 02/02/83 - on 16.50 St. Pancras – Luton and 17.55 Luton – St. Pancras3 | |||||
51608 | 59610 | 59621 | 51626 | Noted 04/02/83 - on 16.50 St. Pancras – Luton and 17.55 Luton – St. Pancras3 | |||||
51608 | 59610 | 59621 | 51626 | Noted 07/02/83 - on 08.59 Cricklewood – Luton3 | |||||
51608 | 59610 | 59621 | 51626 | Noted 10/02/83 - on 06.15 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59610 | 59621 | 51626 | Noted 11/02/83 - on 06.15 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59615 | 59645 | 51620 | Noted 03/03/83 - on 11.05 Bedford – Luton3 | |||||
51608 | 59602 | 59644 | 51649 | Noted 08/04/83 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59602 | 59644 | 51649 | Noted 13/04/83 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59600 | 59641 | 51649 | Noted 27/04/83 - on 02.06 Cricklewood – Bedford3 | |||||
51608 | 59600 | 59641 | 51649 | Noted 02/05/83 - on 13.39 Cricklewood – St. Pancras3 | |||||
51608 | 59606 | 59643 | 51646 | Noted 11/06/83 - on 05.05 Bedford – Cricklewood3 | |||||
51608 | 59606 | 59643 | 51646 | Noted 16/06/83 - on 20.12 Cricklewood – St. Albans3 | |||||
51608 | 59606 | 59643 | 51646 | Noted 26/06/83 - on 09.35 St. Pancras – Bedford3 | |||||
8 | 55978 | 55988 | Noted 28/07/85 - on 14:43 Barrow in Furness to Newton Heath TMD with 55977 / 55987, BG M92179 and GUVs W93634 and M93758 | ||||||
918 | 55968 | 55978 | Listed at Longsight - Summer 1986 - Parcels | ||||||
918 | 55968 | 55978 | Noted 21/11/86 - on Bletchley depot1 | ||||||
918 | 55968 | 55978 | Noted 20/08/88 - with set 912 (55972 + 55982) at Stafford | ||||||
918 | 55978 | 55968 | Noted circa 12/19884 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Phil Shatford
4: Eddie Knorn
M51608 + M59596 + M59636 + M51642 in London St.Pancras on December 31, 1981. John Carter.
Class 127 Derby Rolls Royce DMBS 51608 inside Cricklewood depot, 12-3-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Class 127 parcel conversion 55978 + 55968 in Manchester Piccadilly alongside 87 034 on 20 February 1986. John Carter.
Class 127 DPU set 918 (55978 + 55968) at Watford Junction heading Up at 16:55 on 5 September 1986. Dave Warby.
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 55978, set number 918, is seen on the wheel lathe at Tyseley, 01.08.1987. This was converted from 51608. Andy Cole.
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 parcels conversion 55978 seen after withdrawal at Crewe Basford Hall in January 1990. S Gaskell.
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 parcels conversion M55978 has signs of repair on the corner of the cab when seen at Snailwell on 21 February 1992. Nicholas Youngman.
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 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 DPU set 918 (presumably 55968 + 55978) stabled at Cardiff Riverside on 28 February 1988. Robert Thomas.