Vehicle 51969 / 59834
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: 30604
Diagram: 579
Allocations
| 06/07/60 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 25/03/67 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| 20/05/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
51969 - original number
59834 - from 26/04/81 (MBS to TBS conversion)
Modifications
Apr-81 - Engines removed
51969 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 Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51951 | 51968 | 59774 | 59765 | 51969 | 51952 | As delivered to 55H - 6th July 1960 | |||
| 51963 | 51969 | 59769 | 59778 | 51980 | 51952 | Noted 07/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes1 | |||
| 51959 | 51984 | 59765 | 59777 | 51969 | 51966 | Noted 15/08/19702 | |||
| 51957 | 51969 | 59772 | 59776 | 51975 | 51958 | Noted 01/08/73 - on 1M03 1148 Hull-Liverpool | |||
| 50544 | 51969 | 59770 | 51983 | 51954 | Noted 27/08/1974 - at York2 | ||||
| 51951 | 51971 | 59777 | 59765 | 51969 | 51953 | Noted 06/01/75 - at Selby3 | |||
| 51952 | 51972 | 59771 | 51969 | 51965 | Noted 29/11/1975 - at York 2 | ||||
| 51952 | 51980 | 59771 | 51969 | 51963 | Noted 09/09/76 - at Preston3 | ||||
| 51955 | 51969 | 59765 | 51964 | Noted 24/12/76 - on 11:47 Hull-Liverpool4 | |||||
| 52104 | 59826 | 51969 | 51953 | Noted 14/07/19791 | |||||
| 51957 | 51969 | 59765 | 51965 | Noted 19/08/1979 - Newton Heath5 | |||||
| 52103 | 59773 | 51969 | 51958 | Noted 05/04/19801 | |||||
| 52103 | 51969 | 59769 | 51952 | Noted 14/06/19801 | |||||
| 51963 | 59825 | 51969 | 52089 | Noted 28/06/19801 | |||||
| 51962 | 59766 | 51969 | 51958 | Noted 27/10/19801 | |||||
| 51962 | 59765 | 51969 | 51958 | Noted 01/11/19801 | |||||
| 52097 | 59834 | 59820 | 52105 | Noted 17/07/1981 - Seen at Doncaster1 | |||||
| 51952 | 51968 | 59834 | 51962 | Noted 20/09/1981 - at Hull Paragon 5 | |||||
| 51964 | 59768 | 59834 | 51958 | Noted circa 02/19831 | |||||
| 52096 | 59834 | 59827 | 51967 | Noted circa 01/19841 | |||||
| 51961 | 59834 | 59827 | 52097 | Noted 03/01/1984 - at Manchester Picc1 | |||||
| 51960 | 59825 | 59834 | 52104 | Noted circa 05/19841 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Martin Lumley
Images:
4th July 1960
A Swindon Works image (negative 5CR/202) showing compartment C in Trans-Pennine Motor Brake Second E51969 on 4 July 1960. This was the third compartment from the toilet end and had a stretcher window. The 'Tapestry' pattern formica was the same as that used in the Ayrshire Swindon units. British Railways.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa July 1960
An official image (probably NER publicity) showing a brand new Trans-Pennine DMU. E51951 is closest, presumably with 51968 + 59774 + 59765 + 51969 also visible, and the location seems to be Neville Hill depot where they were first allocated. British Railways.
Date: circa July 1960
An official image (probably NER publicity) showing a brand new Trans-Pennine DMU. E51951 is closest, presumably with 51968 + 59774 + 59765 + 51969 + 51952, and the location seems to be Neville Hill depot where they were first allocated. British Railways.
Date: 24th December 1976
A class 124, by now reduced to four cars just (51955/51969/59765/51964), approaches Brough on Christmas Eve 1976 on a TransPennine working, the 11.47 Hull to Liverpool Lime St. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 20th March 1979
E51953 is at the front of a five-car trans-Pennine set formed E51953/51969/59772/50620/5???? seen in leeds on 20 March 1979. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 20th March 1979
E59772 with E51969 on the left seen at Leeds on March 20, 1979. On the rear is a Class 108, the formation contains E51953 + 51969 + 59772 + 50620 + 5xxxx. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 20th March 1979
Class 124 vehicles E59772, E51969 and E51953 are working with a 2-car Class 108 (E50620 visible) when seen at Leeds on the 20th March 1979. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 17th July 1981
A Class 123 DMU, noted as 52097 + 59834 (ex Cl 124 MBSL 51969) + 59820 + 52105, depart platform 3 at Doncaster bound for Sheffield, 17th July 1981. Paul James.
Date: 18th August 1982
Morecambe Promenade, 18th August 1982. The train of 51964, 59834, 59770 and 51960 had just worked in from Lancaster. Robert Frise.