Vehicle 51951
Class 124
Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Trans Pennine
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Engines: Albion 230hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30603
Diagram: 577
Allocations
| 06/07/60 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 25/03/67 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| 19/08/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51951 | 51968 | 59774 | 59765 | 51969 | 51952 | As delivered to 55H - 6th July 1960 | |||
| 51951 | 51980 | 59767 | 51984 | 51964 | Noted 31/12/69 - in Leeds City1 | ||||
| 51951 | 51971 | 59777 | 59765 | 51969 | 51953 | Noted 06/01/75 - at Selby1 | |||
| 51951 | 51984 | 59775 | 59770 | 51972 | 51956 | Noted 15/09/75 - at Brough2 | |||
| 51951 | 51978 | 59770 | 51966 | Noted 01/04/78 - on 12:10 Liverpool - York3 | |||||
| 51951 | 51968 | 59767 | 51977 | 51957 | Noted 15/04/1978 - at York 4 | ||||
| 52092 | 51984 | 59766 | 51951 | Noted 27/10/19795 | |||||
| 52102 | 59766 | 51975 | 51951 | Noted 28/06/19805 | |||||
| 52102 | 51975 | 59766 | 51951 | Noted 19/07/19805 | |||||
| 51951 | 51975 | 59818 | 52102 | Noted 27/10/19805 | |||||
| 51951 | 51975 | 59818 | 52102 | Noted 02/01/19815 | |||||
| 51951 | 59838 | 59766 | 51962 | Noted circa 09/19825 | |||||
| 51967 | 59840 | 59238 | 51951 | Noted circa 10/19825 | |||||
| 51951 | 59769 | 59839 | 51960 | Noted circa 19835 | |||||
| 51951 | 59838 | 59823 | 51956 | Noted circa 05/19845 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Phil Shatford
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
circa June 1960
An official photograph (Swindon Works negative MT/101) showing brand new Trans-Pennine DMC E51951 at Swindon Works. On the underframe is a paint date of 19-4-60 and a varnish date of 22-4-60. It would be allocated new to Neville Hill on 6-7-60. British Railways.
circa July 1960
An official image (probably NER publicity) showing a brand new Trans-Pennine DMU. E51951 is closest, presumably with 51968 + 59774 + 59765 + 51969 + 51952, and the location seems to be Neville Hill depot where they were first allocated. British Railways.
circa July 1960
An official image (probably NER publicity) showing a brand new Trans-Pennine DMU. E51951 is closest, presumably with 51968 + 59774 + 59765 + 51969 also visible, and the location seems to be Neville Hill depot where they were first allocated. British Railways.
16th July 1960
The first Trans-Pennine Class 124 set at Neville Hill Leeds after delivery from Swindon works 16th July 1960. I can't remember how long they retained the white cab roof, it wasn't very long, but it did give them a bit of extra style and they were a very stylish unit anyway. Keith Long.
22nd September 1962
Trans-Pennine Class 124 E51951 inside the steam roundhouse at Neville Hill Leeds 22nd April 1962. Keith Long.
8th September 1978
View of the flight deck of Trans-Pennine unit E51951 before leaving Hull with a service to Sheffield on 8th September 1978. Syd Young.
17th June 1979
A Class 124 "Trans-Pennine" DMU, with E51951 nearest, on Longsight Depot 17th June 1979. Paul James.
1979
A Trans-Pennine DMU in Manchester Piccadilly station in 1979, 51951 closest. John Law.
15th June 1980
E51951 leads a Liverpool Lime Street - Hull special into Sheffield on June 15, 1980. The complete rake was E51951, E51975, E59718, E59766, E52102, M51859, M59718, M59723 and M51561. John Carter.
Unknown date
A Swindon DMU with Class 124 E51951 closest seen at Scunthorpe, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Unknown date
A Swindon DMU with Class 124 E51951 closest seen at Doncaster, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
26th July 1983
Class 124 unit at Leeds on 26th July 1983. Ian Buck.
2nd September 1983
A Trans-Pennine set arrives at Brough on 2nd September 1983 on a service to Hull with E51951 leading. These units were the mainstays on Hull to Manchester and Liverpool trains for around 20 years. Brough is still a mandatory stopping point for all services out of the city to York, Manchester and London. The large British Aerospace factory (formerly Blackburn's) still has a large percentage of it's workforce who travel to work by train. Syd Young.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 3rd May 1980
Swindon built class 124/123 hybrid DMU (Class 124 DMC E51951 leading) at Attercliffe Road with 2D71 16.23 Sheffield - Doncaster - 03/05/1980. Note the tail lamp, something rarely seen on trains these days. © 2012 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned from the original 35mm colour transparency; photograph by Garry Cartwright. 53A Models of Hull Collection.
Date: 25th January 1982
E51958 + E59767 + E59839 + E51951 arrive into Leeds on January 25, 1982. John Carter.
Date: 28th March 1984
Class 123/124 hybrid set E52103 + E59823 + E59838 + E51951 leaves Doncaster with a Hull-Manchester Piccadilly service on 28th March 1984. Kevin Law.