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
26/09/59 | New to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
06/05/73 | Depot code change | CW | |
p/e 24/12/83 | Withdrawn | ||
16/06/85 | 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15/05/89 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) RPXN |
12/04/84 - Withdrawn vehicles 51596 + 51597 + 51600 + 51608 + 51611 + 51612 + 51624 + 51627 + 51639 + 51640 + 51642 + 51649 were noted being hauled through Wellingborough,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.
Jan-87 - 55976 + 55986 noted in Doncaster Works for collision damage repair.
09/11/88 - 55976/86 moved from Longsight to Eastleigh for staff training on Cardiff - Southampton mail from 28 November
08/12/88 - 55976/86 noted failed at Canton, its place taken by 55972/82 noted at Cardiff Riverside parcels platform that day
24th September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Crewe Gresty Lane
51627 - original number
55986 - from Jun-85 (parcels conversion)
06/01/87 - Camden
Collision involving Class 127 / EMU
Info from p105 March 1987 Railway Observer, Michael Boot
Class 127 parcel DPU was crossing from the down fast to down slow at Camden when it was in a collision at 21:40 with a Class 313 EMU on the 21:37 Euston-Watford service. All DPU wheels were derailed with it blocking the down mail lines and up slow.
Scrapped by J & S Metals, on location at Crewe Gresty Lane
51627 | 59607 | 59637 | 51628 | As delivered to 14A - 26th September 1959 | |||||
51600 | 59598 | 59631 | 51627 | Noted 28/12/78 - on 15.42 Cricklewood – St. Pancras1 | |||||
51605 | 59606 | 59636 | 51627 | Noted 02/03/79 - on 10.09 Cricklewood – Luton1 | |||||
51617 | 59606 | 59636 | 51627 | Noted 11/03/79 - on 11.57 Cricklewood – Bedford1 | |||||
51617 | 59606 | 59636 | 51627 | Noted 14/03/79 - on 23.10 Bedford – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51617 | 59606 | 59636 | 51627 | Noted 16/03/79 - on 09.15 Cricklewood – Luton with 51603 + 59591 + 59628 + 516501 | |||||
51617 | 59606 | 59636 | 51627 | Noted 24/03/79 - on 03.34 Cricklewood – Bedford1 | |||||
51617 | 59606 | 59636 | 51627 | Noted 29/03/79 - on 09.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood with 51608 + 59592 + 59634 + 516451 | |||||
51598 | 59606 | 59632 | 51627 | Noted 03/06/79 - on 13.10 Bedford – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51598 | 59606 | 59632 | 51627 | Noted 11/06/79 - on 12.42 Cricklewood – St. Pancras1 | |||||
51598 | 59605 | 59632 | 51627 | Noted 21/07/79 - on 07.45 Bedford – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51607 | 59610 | 59625 | 51627 | Noted 28/08/79 - on 21.15 Luton – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51607 | 59610 | 59625 | 51627 | Noted 30/08/79 - on 23.51 Cricklewood – St. Albans1 | |||||
51598 | 59589 | 59642 | 51627 | Noted 21/10/79 - on 04.35 Bedford – Leagrave1 | |||||
51598 | 59589 | 59642 | 51627 | Noted 22/10/79 - on 17.10 Bedford – Luton1 | |||||
51607 | 59589 | 59642 | 51627 | Noted 07/12/79 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51607 | 59589 | 59642 | 51627 | Noted 24/12/79 - on 12.00 Bedford – Luton1 | |||||
51599 | 59589 | 59642 | 51627 | Noted 18/01/80 - on 14.00 Bedford – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51627 | 59605 | 59644 | 51645 | Noted 10/02/80 - on 04.35 Bedford – Cricklewood and 11.57 Cricklewood – Bedford1 | |||||
51596 | 59625 | 59637 | 51627 | Noted 22/04/80 - on 15.35 St. Pancras – Bedford (no TSL)1 | |||||
51603 | 59622 | 59637 | 51627 | Noted 28/05/80 - on 11.00 Bedford – Luton (no TSL)1 | |||||
51603 | 59625 | 51637 | 51627 | Noted 17/06/80 - on 07.30 St. Albans – Cricklewood (no TSL)1 | |||||
51592 | 59611 | 59629 | 51627 | Noted 04/07/80 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51592 | 59611 | 59629 | 51627 | Noted 22/07/80 - on 19.25 Luton – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51593 | 59606 | 59643 | 51627 | Noted 05/11/80 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51606 | 59593 | 59643 | 51627 | Noted 14/11/80 - on 12.00 Luton – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51606 | 59593 | 59643 | 51627 | Noted 15/11/80 - on 12.50 Bedford – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51595 | 59589 | 59631 | 51627 | Noted 01/12/80 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51627 | 59614 | 59622 | 51642 | Noted 20/12/80 - on 10.29 Cricklewood – Luton1 | |||||
51627 | 59614 | 59622 | 51642 | Noted 22/12/80 - on 18.57 St. Albans – Bedford1 | |||||
51627 | 59614 | 59622 | 51642 | Noted 11/01/81 - on 2C08 11.45 Bedford - St Pancras1 | |||||
51627 | 59614 | 59622 | 51642 | Noted 21/01/81 - on 2C32 09.40 Bedford – St Pancras1 | |||||
51610 | 59593 | 59620 | 51627 | Noted 29/01/81 - on 2C14 07.30 St. Albans – St Pancras1 | |||||
51610 | 59593 | 59620 | 51627 | Noted 01/02/81 - on 19.20 St. Pancras – Cricklewood, not in WTT so thought to be empty stock1 | |||||
51600 | 59591 | 59636 | 51627 | Noted 24/02/81 - on 2C14 07.30 St. Albans – St Pancras1 | |||||
51600 | 59591 | 59636 | 51627 | Noted 05/03/81 - on 21.15 Luton – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51600 | 59591 | 59636 | 51627 | Noted 09/03/81 - on 14.39 Cricklewood – St. Pancras1 | |||||
51600 | 59591 | 59636 | 51627 | Noted 16/03/81 - on 14.00 Bedford – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51627 | 59607 | 59631 | 51645 | Noted 23/06/81 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51614 | 59600 | 59639 | 51627 | Noted 02/08/81 - on 14.02 Cricklewood – Bedford1 | |||||
51592 | 59600 | 59639 | 51627 | Noted 12/08/81 - on 05.47 Cricklewood – Bedford1 | |||||
51622 | 59600 | 59639 | 51627 | Noted 31/08/81 - on 10.04 Cricklewood – St. Pancras1 | |||||
51622 | 59600 | 59632 | 51627 | Noted 05/09/81 - on 23.12 Luton – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51600 | 59592 | 59622 | 51627 | Noted 18/01/82 - on 18.19 Cricklewood – St. Albans1 | |||||
51600 | 59592 | 59643 | 51627 | Noted 04/04/82 - on 18.52 Cricklewood – Bedford1 | |||||
51600 | 59592 | 59643 | 51627 | Noted 05/04/82 - on 09.14 Cricklewood – St. Pancras1 | |||||
51605 | 59604 | 59622 | 51627 | Noted 02/05/82 - on 04.02 Bedford – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51627 | 59606 | 59626 | 51645 | Noted 18/05/82 - on 07.30 St. Albans – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51627 | 59606 | 59626 | 51645 | Noted 19/05/82 - on 07.30 St. Albans – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51627 | 59606 | 59625 | 51646 | Noted circa 06/19822 | |||||
51617 | 59614 | 59646 | 51627 | Noted 19/08/82 - on 03.30 Cricklewood – Bedford1 | |||||
51617 | 59614 | 59646 | 51627 | Noted 30/08/82 - on 13.00 Bedford – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51617 | 59614 | 59646 | 51627 | Noted 05/09/82 - on 08.27 Cricklewood – St. Pancras and 09.10 St. Pancras – Bedford1 | |||||
51627 | 59611 | 59625 | 51625 | Noted circa 10/19822 | |||||
51625 | 59611 | 59625 | 51627 | Noted 02/11/82 - on 14.05 Bedford – Luton1 | |||||
51625 | 59611 | 59625 | 51627 | Noted 08/12/82 - on 17.25 Luton – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51627 | 59598 | 59643 | 51645 | Noted circa 02/19832 | |||||
51627 | 59598 | 59643 | 51645 | Noted 16/02/83 - on 03.31 Cricklewood – Bedford1 | |||||
51627 | 59598 | 59643 | 51645 | Noted 24/02/83 - on 02.06 Cricklewood – Bedford1 | |||||
51627 | 59598 | 59643 | 51645 | Noted 25/02/83 - on 02.06 Cricklewood – Bedford and 16.50 St. Pancras – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51627 | 59598 | 59643 | 51645 | Noted 11/03/83 - on 06.15 Bedford – Cricklewood1 | |||||
51627 | 59611 | 59625 | 51634 | Noted circa 05/19832 | |||||
51605 | 59619 | 51627 | Noted circa 08/19832 | ||||||
916 | 55976 | 55986 | Listed at Longsight - Summer 1986 - Parcels |
Formation Sources
1: Phil Shatford
2: Eddie Knorn
Class 127 Derby-Rolls Royce DMBS 51627 at St Pancras 12-3-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Cricklewood running shed with Class 127 Derby DMBS 51627 closest, 28-5-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Class 127 DPU set 916 (55986 + 55976) heads Down at Watford Junction at 17:21 on 3 September 1986. Dave Warby.
A row of three Class 127 parcel DMUs on Newton Heath depot circa 1986/7. Closest is set 55986 / set 916. Mike Bunker.
Class 127 55986, set number 916, is seen stabled at Tyseley on 10.04.1988. This was converted from 51627, and like all the others had roller doors fitted. Andy Cole.
Now in its second role, but originally built as 4 car units, is this 1959 Derby Suburban now Class 127 DMU, set 916 (55986 + 55976). From new these units were almost exclusively used on the London St Pancras - Bedford services as 4-car units before being displaced in June 1983, in 1985 22 redundant power cars (maost of which had been stored at Carlisle) were rebuilt to form 11 two car parcels units, car A was for Newspapers and car B was for Express Parcels, they lasted in service until 1989. Taken on the 11th June 1988 at Crewe. Andrew J Crowther.
Class 127 parcel set 916 (55986 + 55976) alongside 31 438 at Manchester Victoria on 1 October 1988. Stuart Parkinson.
Converted Class 127 M55986 heads south past the site of Burton Latimer & Isham station on the 19th April 1989. Mike Dean.
Class 127 parcels conversion 55986 seen after withdrawal at Crewe Basford Hall in January 1990. S Gaskell.
Parcels unit 916 (55986 formerly 51627 and 55976 formerly 51625), 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. The other half of this unit, 55976/51625 is one of the three preserved examples and has been rebuilt back to it's original passenger carrying layout. Robert Chilton.
Class 127 parcel DMUs on 22nd July 1985, which have not yet had roller shutter door conversions. Set 6 closest is presumably 55976 + 55986 and would later be set 916. Jonathan Hazan.
Class 127 newspaper/parcel conversions - location and date unknown but before the roller shutter doors were added to circa late 1985. Closest is 55976 presumably paired with 55986. Mike Bunker.
DPU 916 55976+55986 Platform 5 Crewe April 1986. The set is towing a GUV Martin Baumann.
Class 127 parcel set 916 (55976 + 55986) on Newton Heath depot, date unknown. Mike Bunker.
Class 127 parcels conversion 55976 + 55986 at Manchester Piccadilly on 24 April 1988. The former has had the Newspaper text it once carried on the bodyside removed, the other vehicle has kept the Express Parcels text. David Mant.
This 1959 Derby Suburban Class 127 DMU vehicle is now in its second role as a parcels unit is set 916 (55976 + 55986). This car 55976 was originally numbered 51625 and was later preserved. Taken at Crewe on the 11th June 1988. Andrew J Crowther.