Vehicle 51956
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
| 24/08/60 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 25/03/67 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| 27/05/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51955 | 51970 | 59767 | 59776 | 51971 | 51956 | As delivered to 55H - 24th August 1960 | |||
| 51956 | 51978 | 59768 | 51982 | 51958 | Noted 16/04/73 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||
| 51956 | 51972 | 59767 | 59775 | 51960 | Noted 30/07/73 - on 1610 Liverpool-Hull | ||||
| 51955 | 51981 | 59773 | 51971 | 51956 | Noted 11/1974 - at Leeds 2 | ||||
| 51956 | 51978 | 59770 | 59778 | 51973 | 51963 | Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot1 | |||
| 51956 | 51978 | 59772 | 51980 | 51966 | Noted 07/01/75 - at York1 | ||||
| 51951 | 51984 | 59775 | 59770 | 51972 | 51956 | Noted 15/09/75 - at Brough3 | |||
| 52092 | 59771 | 51956 | Noted 11/04/19804 | ||||||
| 51956 | 51976 | 59239 | 51954 | Noted 01/11/19804 | |||||
| 51956 | 51976 | 59239 | 51954 | Noted 01/11/19804 | |||||
| 51956 | 59772 | 51982 | 52104 | Noted 23/03/1981 - Seen at Sheffield4 | |||||
| 51956 | 59767 | 59819 | 52093 | Noted 02/05/81 - on 11.45 Manchester – Hull5 | |||||
| 51956 | 59838 | 59236 | 51952 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||
| 52092 | 59768 | 59824 | 51956 | Noted circa 19834 | |||||
| 52090 | 59826 | 59238 | 51956 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||
| 51955 | 59839 | 59771 | 51956 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
| 51951 | 59838 | 59823 | 51956 | Noted circa 05/19844 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Phil Shatford
Images:
18th April 1962
E51956, 51973, 59776, 59767, 51972 and 51955 approaching Neville Hill East with a Hull to Liverpool Lime Street train 18th April 1962. Keith Long.
10th August 1974
A Class 124 Trans-Pennine DMU led by DMC E51956 enters York station on 10 Aug 1974. Paul James.
23rd May 1980
Class 124 Trans-Pennine unit with E51956 closest at Manchester Victoria, 23 May 1980. Nigel Menzies.
25th June 1982
Class 124 E51956 beside Class 108 E50610 at Leeds on June 25, 1982. John Carter.
15th December 1982
A Swindon-built DMU departing from Doncaster on 15 December 1982, the Class 124 DMC leading appears to be E51956. Brian Daniels.
January 1983
A real rarity at Barnsley in January 1983, due to diversions caused by closures on the Hope Valley route. This Trans-Pennine unit was heading for Liverpool and is seen here entering Barnsley station. The four-car Class 124 / Class 123 appears to have E51956 leading, a two-car Met-Camm is attatched to the rear. Andrew Walker.
January 1983
Sunday engineering work in January 1983 brought some unusual services through Barnsley, including this Liverpool-bound working with a Trans-Pennine unit (E51956 visible), seen passing more conventional motive power (which looks like a Class 114) in the Sheffield platform. Andrew Walker.
15th February 1983
A Class 124/123 Swindon DMU (E51956 closest) in the centre road at Leeds on 15 February 1983. On the right is Class 108 DMSL E50636. Stuart Mackay Collection.
4th April 1983
Class 124 E51956 at Carnforth on 4 April 1983. Brian Daniels.
22nd October 1983
Trans-Pennine unit with 51956 leading at Dore (Sheffield) on 22 October 1983. Chris Thorp.
circa May 1984
A four-car Swindon DMU in Doncaster station circa early May 1984. Closest is Class 124 E51956, its rear end is noticeably lower than the adjacent vehicle. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 23rd March 1975
Trans-Pennine DMU nos. 51958, 51978, 59769, 59777, 51983 and (out of picture) 51956 is seen at Manchester Victoria having arrived on the 1250 from Hull (Sundays). Suthen Softy.
Date: 12th September 1977
A Trans-Pennine DMU in Stalybridge station on 12 September 1977. The vehicles were recorded on the slide as 51956 + 51981 + 59769 + 51975 + 51958. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: February 1983
'Trans-Pennine' class 124 unit (51956 leading) with a two-car Met-Camm on the rear passes the 'new' station at Chapeltown on the Sheffield to Leeds via Barnsley line in February 1983. I can only assume that this was during an engineering works diversion. Paul Braybrook.