Vehicle 51976 / 59838
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
| 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 | |
| 20/05/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
51976 - original number
59838 - from 12/07/81 (MBS to TBS conversion)
Modifications
Jul-81 - Engines removed
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51959 | 51976 | 59769 | 59778 | 51977 | 51960 | As delivered to 55H - 27th September 1960 | |||
| 51954 | 51981 | 59778 | 59769 | 51976 | Noted 31/12/69 - in Liverpool Lime Street, other DMC not recorded1 | ||||
| 51952 | 51976 | 59765 | 51979 | 51955 | Noted 13/04/73 - on 1450 Manchester Victoria - York | ||||
| 51953 | 51974 | 59768 | 51976 | 51959 | Noted 01/09/74 - at Preston1 | ||||
| 51953 | 51974 | 59768 | 51976 | 51959 | Noted 04/09/74 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||
| 51967 | 51976 | 59773 | 51975 | 51959 | Noted 02/01/75 - at Selby1 | ||||
| 51955 | 51974 | 59772 | 51976 | 51963 | Noted 29/07/1977 - Seen at Preston2 | ||||
| 51953 | 51973 | 51976 | 59769 | 51961 | Noted 17/08/78 - on 11:45 Hull - Liverpool3 | ||||
| 51967 | 59822 | 51976 | 52089 | Noted 19/07/19802 | |||||
| 51956 | 51976 | 59239 | 51954 | Noted 01/11/19802 | |||||
| 51956 | 51976 | 59239 | 51954 | Noted 01/11/19802 | |||||
| 52104 | 59237 | 59838 | 51960 | Noted circa 04/19822 | |||||
| 52090 | 59819 | 59838 | 52096 | Noted 27/08/82 | |||||
| 51951 | 59838 | 59766 | 51962 | Noted circa 09/19822 | |||||
| 51956 | 59838 | 59236 | 51952 | Noted circa 10/19822 | |||||
| 51952 | 59838 | 59239 | 52105 | Noted circa 02/19832 | |||||
| 51963 | 59237 | 59838 | 52105 | Noted circa 10/19832 | |||||
| 51953 | 59773 | 59838 | 52097 | Noted circa 01/19842 | |||||
| 52102 | 59765 | 59838 | 51954 | Noted 18/02/19842 | |||||
| 51951 | 59838 | 59823 | 51956 | Noted circa 05/19842 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Phil Shatford
Images:
2nd July 1977
Swindon-built MBSL E51952 in Leeds station while working the 1.43pm Hull - Manchester Victoria on July 2, 1977. The Trans-Pennine vehicle would have it's engines removed in July 1981 and be renumbered 59838. Michael Mensing.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 27th August 1982
E52090 + E59819 + E59838 + E52096 at Morecambe Promenade after an arrival from Leeds on 27 August 1982. Robert Frise.
Date: 2nd June 1983
A Swindon-built DMU formation (51954 + 59838 + 59235 + 51958) is seen in Sheffield station with a Manchester - Hull service on 2/6/83. Most vehicles are Class 124 Trans-Pennines, the third in the formation is a Class 123 trailer second. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 28th March 1984
Class 123/124 hybrid set E52103 + E59823 + E59838 + E51951 leaves Doncaster with a Hull-Manchester Piccadilly service on 28th March 1984. Kevin Law.