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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-73Depot code changeBG
20/05/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)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
51959 51984 59765 59777 51969 51966 Noted 15/08/19701
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 York1
51951 51971 59777 59765 51969 51953 Noted 06/01/75 - at Selby2
51952 51972 59771 51969 51965 Noted 29/11/1975 - at York 1
51952 51980 59771 51969 51963 Noted 09/09/76 - at Preston2
51955 51969 59765 51964 Noted 24/12/76 - on 11:47 Hull-Liverpool3
52104 59826 51969 51953 Noted 14/07/19794
52103 59773 51969 51958 Noted 05/04/19804
52103 51969 59769 51952 Noted 14/06/19804
51963 59825 51969 52089 Noted 28/06/19804
51962 59766 51969 51958 Noted 27/10/19804
51962 59765 51969 51958 Noted 01/11/19804
52097 59834 59820 52105 Noted 17/07/1981 - Seen at Doncaster4
51964 59768 59834 51958 Noted circa 02/19834
52096 59834 59827 51967 Noted circa 01/19844
51961 59834 59827 52097 Noted 03/01/1984 - at Manchester Picc4
51960 59825 59834 52104 Noted circa 05/19844

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Inside a Class 124 DMU

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:

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.