Vehicle 51958
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
| 15/09/60 | 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| 27/05/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |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:
| 51957 | 51974 | 59768 | 59777 | 51975 | 51958 | As delivered to 55H - 15th September 1960 | |||
| 51956 | 51978 | 59768 | 51982 | 51958 | Noted 16/04/73 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||
| 51957 | 51969 | 59772 | 59776 | 51975 | 51958 | Noted 01/08/73 - on 1M03 1148 Hull-Liverpool | |||
| 51958 | 51984 | 59765 | 59776 | 51982 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Liverpool Lime Street sixth vehicle not recorded2 | ||||
| 51958 | 51970 | 59765 | 59776 | 51992 | 51964 | Noted 04/09/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street1 | |||
| 51958 | 51978 | 59765 | 51964 | Noted 04/01/78 | |||||
| 51958 | 51977 | 59769 | 52091 | Noted 09/06/19793 | |||||
| 51952 | 51983 | 59768 | 51958 | Noted 10/11/19793 | |||||
| 52103 | 59773 | 51969 | 51958 | Noted 05/04/19803 | |||||
| 51958 | 59773 | 52103 | Noted 08/04/19803 | ||||||
| 52103 | 59773 | 51970 | 51958 | Noted 11/04/19803 | |||||
| 51962 | 59766 | 51969 | 51958 | Noted 27/10/19803 | |||||
| 51962 | 59765 | 51969 | 51958 | Noted 01/11/19803 | |||||
| 52088 | 59773 | 59826 | 51958 | Noted circa 10/19823 | |||||
| 51964 | 59768 | 59834 | 51958 | Noted circa 02/19833 | |||||
| 51958 | 59842 | 59821 | 51957 | Noted circa 01/19843 | |||||
| 51953 | 59835 | 59765 | 51958 | Noted circa 05/19843 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
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.
25th October 1977
From a slide that is showing signs of aging - a Class 124 DMU with E51958 closest is seen in Leeds City station on 25 October 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa 1982
Two Trans-Pennine DMUs in Doncaster station at 7.30pm one evening, with a queue of people waiting to board the set in platform 4. There were no details with this transparency. The condition of the DMC on the left - with the missing white dots and the offset lamp bracket on the right - matches E51958 circa 1982. The DMC on the right with the plated headcode and headlamp matches E51961 at this time. Stuart Mackay Collection.
25th January 1982
E51958 + E59767 + E59839 + E51951 arrive into Leeds on January 25, 1982. John Carter.
28th April 1984
The class 124 'Trans-Pennine' DMUs worked from Hull from their initial introduction in 1959 to their enventual demise in the mid-80s. By 1984 they were operating in 4-car 'hybrid' sets along with former WR class 123 units. Here DMC E51958 rests at Hull Paragon's buffer stops on 28/04/1984. 53A Models of Hull Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
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: 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.
Date: 28th January 1984
Swindon built Trans-Pennine class 124 with 51958 leading is approaching the ice covered platforms of New Mills. The train is the 13.45 from Manchester to Hull on 28 January 1984. Geoff Dowling.
Date: 30th April 1984
Swindon-built "Inter City" set with E52102 nearest the camera has just arrived at Hull Paragon with a train from Manchester on 30th April 1984. In the background, Trans-Pennine DMU E51958 is at the front of another service over the "Backbone of England". This was the last photo I took of these rather wonderful units, as within a few days of this they were all withdrawn from service. Syd Young.