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Vehicle 51963

Class 124

BR Diagram 577

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

12/11/60 New to 55H (Neville Hill)
4w/e 25/03/67 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73Depot code changeBG
19/08/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51963 51980 59771 59780 51981 51964 As delivered to 55H - 12th November 1960
51961 51981 59773 59775 51980 51963 Noted 29/08/74 - on Hull Botanic Gardens depot1
51956 51978 59770 59778 51973 51963 Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot1
51952 51980 59771 51969 51963 Noted 09/09/76 - at Preston1
51955 51974 59772 51976 51963 Noted 29/07/1977 - Seen at Preston2
52100 51978 59823 51963 Noted 06/04/19802
52100 51978 59823 51963 Noted 07/04/19802
52100 51978 59823 51963 Noted 09/04/19802
51963 59825 51969 52089 Noted 28/06/19802
52105 51968 59239 51963 Noted 19/07/19802
52088 59767 59772 51963 Noted 27/10/19802
51963 59825 51979 52095 Noted 02/01/19812
51963 59836 59766 52105 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc2
51963 59237 59838 52105 Noted circa 10/19832
51966 59769 59842 51963 Noted 18/02/19842
51963 59769 59839 52093 Noted circa 05/19842

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 124 DMU at Leeds

circa 1969

A Trans-Pennine DMU in Leeds station circa 1969. Only two of these vehicles are known to have had the cab doors painted yellow - NE51960 which had the blue squares inside the lamp brackets, and NE51963 which had the blue squares outside - so this should be the latter, unless there were more than two? Adrian Sutterby Collection.

Class 124 DMU at Newton Heath

10th June 1973

Class 124 Trans-Pennine power car E51963 at Newton Heath on 10 June 1973. The oversized 2 in the headcode is probably from a 2-character route indicator which had large digits. David Mant.

Class 124 DMU at York

27th August 1976

A Class 124 Trans-Pennine set at York on 27/08/1976, led by DMC no. 51963. Robert Chilton.

Class 124 DMU at Leeds

11th March 1978

A Swindon Trans-Pennine set arrives into Leeds station on the 11 March 1978 formed of E51963 (rear, closest) + E59767 + E51981 + E51953. Ian Francis.

Class 124 DMU at Liverpool Lime Street

6th April 1980

51963 at the buffers at Liverpool Lime Street on 6th April 1980. Chris Lings.

Class 124 DMU at Doncaster

Unknown date

A four-car Swindon set at Doncaster, date unknown. Three are Trans-Pennine Class 124 vehicles (DMC E51963 closest), the B4 bogies under the third vehicle suggests it is a Class 123 TSL. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 124 DMU at Manchester Victoria

Unknown date

A Swindon DMU with Class 124 E51963 closest seen departing from Manchester Victoria, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 124 DMU at Hull Paragon

20th April 1984

From the left, a Class 108, a Trans-Pennine 124 and a Swindon Inter City 123 show off their differing nose jobs at Hull Paragon on 20th April 1984. The only number recorded for posterity was the middle one; E51963 awaits departure for Manchester. Syd Young.

Class 124 DMU at Hull Paragon station

23rd April 1984

Class 124 DMC E51963 at Hull Paragon - 23/04/1984. 53A Models of Hull Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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