Vehicle 51959
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
| 27/09/60 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 25/03/67 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| p/e 25/09/77 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - collision damage |
51959 was involved in the following incident:
5/9/77 - Farnley Junction, ER
Collision involving Class 124 / Class 47
Info from Bill Read
Class 124 in collision with 47 402, stationary at head of mail train. E51959-E59773-E51969-E51965. Both drivers killed. 9 passengers needed hospital treatment. E51959 suffered extensive damage and twisting of the underframe. The whole of the cab on 47 402 was destroyed. The accident was caused by a replacement relay being wired with incorrect polarity, causing the points to move out of correspondence.
Disposal
Scrapped by F Berry, Leicester at Farnley Junction
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51959 | 51976 | 59769 | 59778 | 51977 | 51960 | As delivered to 55H - 27th September 1960 | |||
| 51959 | 51970 | 59765 | 51976 | 51967 | Noted 23/05/1969 - Leeds1 | ||||
| 51959 | 51969 | 59770 | 51981 | 51954 | Noted 11/06/1969 - Leeds, on 14.00 Liverpool to Hull1 | ||||
| 51959 | 51970 | 59767 | 59776 | 51980 | 51957 | Noted 04/10/1969 - Leeds1 | |||
| 51961 | 51982 | 59779 | 59768 | 51975 | 51959 | Noted 12/01/1970 - Leeds to Hull service, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | |||
| 51951 | 51973 | 59773 | 51984 | 51959 | Noted 07/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | ||||
| 51957 | 51972 | 59779 | 59769 | 51984 | 51959 | Noted 29/04/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | |||
| 51959 | 51984 | 59765 | 59777 | 51969 | 51966 | Noted 15/08/19703 | |||
| 51959 | 51969 | 59765 | 51971 | 51957 | Noted 11/12/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | ||||
| 51959 | 51969 | 59765 | 51971 | 51966 | Noted 18/12/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | ||||
| 51959 | 51984 | 59767 | 51981 | 51964 | Noted 13/04/71 - in Manchester Victoria4 | ||||
| 51959 | 51979 | 59776 | 59768 | 51972 | 51960 | Noted 25/08/1972 - Hull, on Liverpool service with 50385-561361 | |||
| 51959 | 51968 | 59777 | 59767 | 51970 | 51966 | Noted 06/08/1974 - at Manchester Victoria3 | |||
| 51954 | 51983 | 59772 | 51981 | 51959 | Noted 11/08/1974 - at Leeds City3 | ||||
| 51953 | 51974 | 59768 | 51976 | 51959 | Noted 01/09/74 - at Preston4 | ||||
| 51953 | 51974 | 59768 | 51976 | 51959 | Noted 04/09/74 - in Manchester Victoria4 | ||||
| 51967 | 51976 | 59773 | 51975 | 51959 | Noted 02/01/75 - at Selby4 | ||||
| 50560 | 51959 | 59771 | 59777 | 51982 | 51961 | Noted 16/09/75 - at Hull5 | |||
| 51954 | 51973 | 59773 | 51979 | 51959 | Noted 10/01/76 - at Brough5 |
Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Leonard Rogers
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