Vehicle 51983 / 59840
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
| 30/12/60 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 25/03/67 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| 15/04/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
51983 - original number
59840 - from circa Sep-81 (MBS to TBS conversion)
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51953 | 51970 | 59778 | 59769 | 51983 | 51961 | Noted 19/04/71 - in Leeds City1 | |||
| 51954 | 51983 | 59772 | 51981 | 51959 | Noted 11/08/1974 - at Leeds City2 | ||||
| 50544 | 51969 | 59770 | 51983 | 51954 | Noted 27/08/1974 - at York2 | ||||
| 51952 | 51983 | 59770 | 59775 | 51984 | 51960 | Noted 10/09/75 - at Brough3 | |||
| 51954 | 59765 | 51983 | 51967 | Noted 20/11/75 - at Brough3 | |||||
| 51954 | 51978 | 59765 | 51983 | 51967 | Noted 22/11/75 - at Hull3 | ||||
| 51953 | 51983 | 59770 | 51987 | 51955 | Noted 11/06/19774 | ||||
| 51966 | 59768 | 51983 | 51952 | Noted 27/10/19794 | |||||
| 51952 | 51983 | 59768 | 51958 | Noted 10/11/19794 | |||||
| 52091 | 51983 | 59821 | 52105 | Noted 10/04/19804 | |||||
| 51952 | 59772 | 51983 | 52095 | Noted 14/05/19804 | |||||
| 52098 | 51983 | 59824 | 52100 | Noted 19/07/19804 | |||||
| 51967 | 59822 | 51983 | 52095 | Noted 27/10/19804 | |||||
| 51967 | 51983 | 50204 | 56066 | Noted 24/02/81 - at Sheffield | |||||
| 51967 | 59840 | 59238 | 51951 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||
| 52099 | 59840 | 59236 | 51965 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||
| 51955 | 59767 | 59840 | 51965 | Noted circa 10/19834 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 23rd March 1975
Trans-Pennine DMU nos. 51958, 51978, 59769, 59777, 51983 and (out of picture) 51956 is seen at Manchester Victoria having arrived on the 1250 from Hull (Sundays). Suthen Softy.
Date: 24th February 1981
A mixed DMU set with Trans-Pennine Class 124 vehicles E51967 and E51983 leading Met-Cam Class 101 set E50204 + E56066 on the 13.15 hrs to Manchester, at Sheffield, 24th February 1981. Paul James.