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| p/e 25/09/77 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - collision damage |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 | 51984 | 59765 | 59777 | 51969 | 51966 | Noted 15/08/19701 | |||
| 51959 | 51984 | 59767 | 51981 | 51964 | Noted 13/04/71 - in Manchester Victoria2 | ||||
| 51959 | 51968 | 59777 | 59767 | 51970 | 51966 | Noted 06/08/1974 - at Manchester Victoria1 | |||
| 51954 | 51983 | 59772 | 51981 | 51959 | Noted 11/08/1974 - at Leeds City1 | ||||
| 51953 | 51974 | 59768 | 51976 | 51959 | Noted 01/09/74 - at Preston2 | ||||
| 51953 | 51974 | 59768 | 51976 | 51959 | Noted 04/09/74 - in Manchester Victoria2 | ||||
| 51967 | 51976 | 59773 | 51975 | 51959 | Noted 02/01/75 - at Selby2 | ||||
| 50560 | 51959 | 59771 | 59777 | 51982 | 51961 | Noted 16/09/75 - at Hull3 | |||
| 51954 | 51973 | 59773 | 51979 | 51959 | Noted 10/01/76 - at Brough3 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
3: Leonard Rogers
Images:
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.