Vehicle 51624 / 55983

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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

12/09/59	New to	Chaddesden	- stabled pending allocation
Dec-59	Transferred to	14A (Cricklewood)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CW
p/e 24/12/83	Withdrawn
Jun-85	To Parcels Sector at	LO (Longsight)
circa Dec-88	Sector Change to	RPXN
15/05/89	Withdrawn from	LO (Longsight) RPXN

Notes

12/04/84 - Withdrawn vehicles 51596 + 51597 + 51600 + 51608 + 51611 + 51612 + 51624 + 51627 + 51639 + 51640 + 51642 + 51649 were noted being hauled through Wellingborough,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.
6th May 1989 - Seen at Longsight depot with parts removed

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51624 - original number
55983 - from Jun-85 (parcels conversion)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51623	59605	59635	51624					As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 12th September 1959 - stabled pending allocation
	51624	59618	59621	51635					Noted 20/03/71 - at Luton1
	51602	59604	59637	51624					Noted 03/04/76 - on 05.17 Bedford – St. Pancras2
	51624	59616	59641	51625					Noted 24/07/76 - on 18.10 Bedford – St. Pancras2
	51624	59600	59595	51633					Noted 09/04/77 - on 16.25 St. Pancras – Bedford (two lavatories)2
	51624	59607	59631	51645					Noted circa 09/19783
	51624	59595	59627	51636					Noted 21/12/78 - on 12.42 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2
	51608	59609	59644	51624					Noted 24/01/79 - on 07.14 Bedford – St. Pancras2
	51608	59609	59644	51624					Noted 01/02/79 - on 14.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood with 51620 + 59605 + 59646 + 516442
	51608	59609	59638	51624					Noted 02/02/79 - on 13.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51624	59594	59619	51625					Noted 14/02/79 - on 11.09 Cricklewood – Luton with 51614 + 59611 + 59622 + 516452
	51624	59594	59619	51625					Noted 17/02/79 - on 10.24 Luton – Bedford2
	51624	59594	59641	51625					Noted 19/02/79 - on 13.00 Bedford – Luton2
	51624	59594	59619	51625					Noted 24/02/79 - on 14.54 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2
	51624	59594	59641	51625					Noted 02/03/79 - on 11.15 Luton – Bedford with 51604 + 59610 + 59627 + 516232
	51624	59594	59641	51625					Noted 12/03/79 - on 09.17 Cricklewood – Luton with 51633 + 59616 + 59637 + 516502
	51624	59594	59641	51625					Noted 13/03/79 - on 10.09 Cricklewood – Luton2
	51624	59594	59641	51625					Noted 21/03/79 - on 03.30 Cricklewood – Bedford2
	51624	59594	59641	51625					Noted 02/04/79 - on 17.03 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51624	59594	59641	51625					Noted 03/04/79 - on 20.07 Cricklewood – St. Albans2
	51624	59594	59641	51625					Noted 17/04/79 - on 16.47 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51607	59594	59641	51624					Noted 28/04/79 - on 17.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood with 51603 + 59597 + 59636 + 516172
	51607	59594	59641	51624					Noted 30/04/79 - on 06.15 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51607	59594	59641	51624					Noted 03/05/79 - on 09.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51607	59594	59641	51624					Noted 05/05/79 - on 07.45 Bedford – Cricklewood with 51598 + 59610 + 59622 + 516082
	51607	59594	59641	51624					Noted 09/05/79 - on 15.03 Luton – Cricklewood2
	51624	59610	59622	51646					Noted 10/06/79 - on 04.35 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51624	59590	59647	51646					Noted 29/07/79 - on 21.20 St. Pancras – Bedford2
	51619	59609	59631	51624					Noted 16/10/79 - on 23.10 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51619	59609	59631	51624					Noted 17/10/79 - on 06.47 Cricklewood – Bedford2
	51624	59609	59631	51625					Noted 25/10/79 - on 15.35 St. Pancras – Bedford2
	51624	59609	59631	51625					Noted 26/10/79 - on 21.25 Luton - Bedford 2
	51624	59605	59631	51625					Noted 08/11/79 - on 11.00 Bedford – Luton and 12.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51624	59605	59631	51625					Noted 21/11/79 - on 11.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51608	59597	59636	51624					Noted 20/12/79 - on 06.15 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51608	59597	59636	51624					Noted 27/12/79 - on 13.02 Luton – Cricklewood2
	51608	59597	59636	51624					Noted 15/01/80 - on 20.09 Luton – Bedford2
	51608	59597	59636	51624					Noted 18/01/80 - on 19.17 Cricklewood – St. Albans2
	51608	59597	59636	51624					Noted 25/01/80 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51608	59597	59636	51624					Noted 30/01/80 - on 12.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood and 15.35 St. Pancras – Bedford2
	51608	59597	59636	51624					Noted 13/02/80 - on 14.02 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2
	51608	59597	59636	51624					Noted 14/02/80 - on 14.02 Cricklewood – St. Pancras and 15.35 St. Pancras – Bedford2
	51608	59597	59636	51624					Noted 19/02/80 - on 01.45 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51622	59607	59628	51624					Noted 19/03/80 - on 14.16 Luton – Bedford 2
	51597	59593	59631	51624					Noted 03/05/80 - on 22.16 Cricklewood – St. Pancras 2
	51606	59593	59643	51624					Noted 18/06/80 - on 13.50 Cricklewood – St. Pancras and 15.00 St. Pancras – Kentish Town2
	51606	59593	59643	51624					Noted 19/06/80 - on 18.57 St. Albans – Bedford2
	51606	59593	59643	51624					Noted 24/06/80 - on 13.09 Cricklewood – Elstree2
	51606	59593	59643	51624					Noted 30/06/80 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51606	59593	59643	51624					Noted 07/07/80 - on 22.12 Luton – Bedford2
	51610	59593	59643	51624					Noted 19/07/80 - on 12.17 Cricklewood – Bedford2
	51610	59593	59643	51624					Noted 25/07/80 - on 19.25 Luton – Cricklewood2
	51624	59603	59633	51626					Noted 18/09/80 - on 02.05 Cricklewood – Bedford2
	51624	59593	59619	51638					Noted 03/11/80 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51624	59615	59637	51640					Noted 12/12/80 - on 21.07 Cricklewood – Luton2
	51624	59615	59637	51640					Noted 16/12/80 - on 10.09 Cricklewood – St. Albans2
	51624	59615	59637	51645					Noted 15/01/81 - on 2C07 05.05 Bedford – St Pancras2
	51624	59615	59637	51645					Noted 09/02/81 - on 2C02 01.45 Bedford – St Pancras (Staff)2
	51623	59598	59642	51624					Noted 26/02/81 - on 2C14 07.30 St. Albans – St Pancras2
	51623	59598	59642	51624					Noted 09/03/81 - on 07.47 Luton – St. Albans2
	51623	59598	59642	51624					Noted 12/03/81 - on 08.11 St. Albans – Cricklewood2
	51623	59598	59642	51624					Noted 17/03/81 - on 21.20 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2
	51623	59598	59642	51624					Noted 27/03/81 - on 07.17 Cricklewood – Bedford2
	51605	59598	59628	51624					Noted 25/08/81 - on 14.00 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51605	59598	59628	51624					Noted 27/08/81 - on 14.00 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51605	59598	59628	51624					Noted 31/08/81 - on 11.57 St. Albans – Bedford2
	51605	59598	59628	51624					Noted 10/09/81 - on 17.59 Cricklewood – Kentish Town2
	51599	59604	59647	51624					Noted 25/01/82 - on 09.40 Bedford – Luton and 11.39 Cricklewood – West Hampstead2
	51599	59604	59647	51624					Noted 05/02/82 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51599	59604	59647	51624					Noted 10/02/82 - on 07.30 St. Albans – Cricklewood2
	51599	59604	59647	51624					Noted 12/02/82 - on 13.09 Cricklewood – Luton2
	51599	59604	59621	51624					Noted 01/03/82 - on 07.30 St. Albans – Cricklewood2
	51599	59604	59621	51624					Noted 19/03/82 - on 09.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51599	59604	59621	51624					Noted 21/03/82 - on 06.20 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51599	59604	59621	51624					Noted 26/03/82 - on 12.39 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2
	51605	59604	59621	51624					Noted 10/04/82 - on 22.40 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51605	59604	59622	51624					Noted 13/04/82 - on 12.09 Cricklewood – Luton2
	51605	59604	59622	51624					Noted circa 05/19823
	51624	59594	59629	51611					Noted circa 06/19823
	51612	59594	59629	51624					Noted 17/06/82 - on 09.04 St. Pancras – 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
	51618	59616	59642	51624					Noted 01/12/82 - on 11.05 Bedford – Luton2
	51618	59616	59642	51624					Noted 08/12/82 - on 16.40 Bedford – Luton2
	51618	59616	59642	51624					Noted 09/12/82 - on 02.02 West Hampstead – Bedford2
	51624	59611	59625	51642					Noted circa 01/19833
	51624	59611	51625	51642					Noted 08/01/83 - on 15.24 Luton – Bedford2
	51597	59611	59625	51624					Noted 31/01/83 - on 16.50 St. Pancras – St. Albans and 18.00 St. Albans – Cricklewood2
	51600	59614	59632	51624					Noted 08/04/83 - on 09.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51620	59605	59634	51624					Noted circa 05/19833
913	55973	55983							Listed at Longsight - Summer 1986
913	55973	55983							Noted 21/06/1986 - at Euston4

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton

Images:

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28th May 1983

Class 127 Derby DMBS 51624 receiving attention in Cricklewood depot on 28-5-83. Class 105 Cravens (ex-DTC 56129) Sandite car 977114 in background. On the left is 59625. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

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17th July 1985

Set number: 3

127 parcels set 3 (presumably 55983 + 55973, later set 913) at Newton Heath on 17th July 1985. Michael Kaye 55A.

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November 1987

Set number: 913

Class 127 parcels DMU set 913 (55983/55973) in platform 5 at Northampton during November 1987. Lewis Bevan.

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21st November 1987

Set number: 913

Class 127 55983 (converted from 51624), set number 913, is seen stabled at Tyseley on 21.11.1987. It is presumably paired with 55973. Andy Cole.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: circa May 1979

A Class 127 DMU, the vehicles recorded as 51607 + 59594 + 59641 + 51624, is seen at Cricklewood on a Luton service. The slide process date was May 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Date: 28th May 1983

A sorry mess at Luton station after 47 535 hit a stationary Class 127 formation on 28 May 1983. Despite the severity of the damage there were no serious casualties. The rear half of DMBS 51620 was destroyed, as was one end of TSL 59605. The other two vehicles in the set are thought to be 59634 and 51624. Michael Boot Collection.

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Date: 28th May 1983

A sorry mess at Luton station after 47 535 hit a stationary Class 127 formation on 28 May 1983. Despite the severity of the damage there were no serious casualties. The rear half of DMBS 51620 was destroyed, as was one end of TSL 59605. The other two vehicles in the set are thought to be 59634 and 51624. Michael Boot Collection.

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Date: 24th May 1986

Set number: 913

On the West Coast Main Line between Tring and Cheddington is unit 913 (55973 + 55983) heading north with a Down Parcels Service. Taken from a passing 310 Electric Unit on the down Fast Line on 24th May 1986. AndrewHA.

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Date: 5th September 1986

Set number: 913

Class 127 DPU set 913 (55973 + 55983) at Watford Junction heading Down at 16:40 on 5 September 1986. Dave Warby.

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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.