Vehicle 51954
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
| 09/08/60 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 25/03/67 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| 22/04/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51953 | 51972 | 59766 | 59775 | 51973 | 51954 | As delivered to 55H - 9th August 1960 | |||
| 51954 | 51981 | 59778 | 59769 | 51976 | Noted 31/12/69 - in Liverpool Lime Street, other DMC not recorded1 | ||||
| 51954 | 51983 | 59772 | 51981 | 51959 | Noted 11/08/1974 - at Leeds City2 | ||||
| 50544 | 51969 | 59770 | 51983 | 51954 | Noted 27/08/1974 - at York2 | ||||
| 51954 | 59765 | 51983 | 51967 | Noted 20/11/75 - at Brough3 | |||||
| 51954 | 51978 | 59765 | 51983 | 51967 | Noted 22/11/75 - at Hull3 | ||||
| 51954 | 51973 | 59773 | 51979 | 51959 | Noted 10/01/76 - at Brough3 | ||||
| 51953 | 51974 | 59770 | 51954 | Noted 03/04/1976 - at Leeds2 | |||||
| 51954 | Noted 26/08/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle1 | ||||||||
| 51954 | Noted 04/09/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle1 | ||||||||
| 51954 | 51981 | 59820 | 52105 | Noted 14/07/19794 | |||||
| 52094 | 51977 | 59820 | 51954 | Noted 10/11/19794 | |||||
| 51956 | 51976 | 59239 | 51954 | Noted 01/11/19804 | |||||
| 51956 | 51976 | 59239 | 51954 | Noted 01/11/19804 | |||||
| 51954 | 59837 | 59239 | 51955 | Noted 25/08/82 | |||||
| 51954 | 59768 | 59827 | 52091 | Noted circa 09/19824 | |||||
| 52097 | 59822 | 59836 | 51954 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||
| 51954 | 59837 | 59235 | 51961 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||
| 51954 | 59841 | 59827 | 52104 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
| 51954 | 59238 | 59236 | 52092 | Noted 16/11/1983 - at Sheffield4 | |||||
| 52102 | 59765 | 59838 | 51954 | Noted 18/02/19844 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
8th June 1979
Class 124 DMC E51954 is the vehicle closest in this four-car Swindon-built set seen at Huddersfield on June 8, 1979. Malcolm Clements.
18th April 1981
A mixed rake of Swindon-built Class 123 and 124 vehicles at Grimsby Town on April 18 1981, visible being 51954, 59827 and 59833. John Carter.
12th September 1981
A Class 124 'Transpennine' DMU with Driving Motor Composite (DMC) E51954 leading, was stood at Selby with a Hull to Manchester Piccadilly service on September 12th 1981. Martyn Hilbert.
27th February 1982
A Hybrid formation comprising a class 124 Trans Pennine car (E51954) at the front and an ex-WR Class 123 Inter City car on the rear is seen ready to leave the sidings at Doncaster in February 1982 to form a service to Manchester. Murray Liston.
25th August 1982
E51954 + E59837 + E59239 + E51955 are seen at Lancaster Castle on the 25th August 1982. Robert Frise.
circa 1983
A four-car Swindon DMU in Manchester Piccadilly station with Class 125 Trans-Pennine power car E51954 closest. Behind is a Class 100, to its left is a 108. Circa 1982. Glyn Weigh.
2nd June 1983
A Swindon-built DMU formation (51954 + 59838 + 59235 + 51958) is seen in Sheffield station with a Manchester - Hull service on 2/6/83. Most vehicles are Class 124 Trans-Pennines, the third in the formation is a Class 123 trailer second. Stuart Mackay Collection.
20th August 1983
A Trans-Pennine unit speeds through Bamford with a Manchester Piccadilly service on 20 August 1983. Andrew Walker.
5th November 1983
A Class 124 / 123 hybrid set at Sheffield on 5 November 1983 with a Manchester - Cleethorpes service, formed 51954 + 59841 + 59768 + 52100. Stuart Mackay Collection.
22nd February 1984
E51954 sits at the front of the Class 124 Trans-Pennine set on the 11:45 Manchester Piccadilly-Hull, beside a Class 104 BRC&W set in Manchester Piccadilly, February 22, 1984. Graeme Phillips Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 8th June 1979
Class 101 DMC E50193 and Class 124 DMC E51954 are seen in Huddersfield station on the 8th June 1979. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 27th February 1982
A Hybrid set with a Class 124 Trans Pennine car leading (E51954) and this ex-WR Inter City DMU are seen at Doncaster ready to depart for Manchester on 27 February 1982. Murray Liston.
Date: 27th February 1982
DMUs in the sidings at Doncaster on 27th February 1982. The 114 on the right seems to be 53002, the 124/123 set on the left with 51954 closest will form the 14:10 service to Manchester (see images 29305 and 29304). Stuart Mackay Collection.