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Vehicle 51984 / 59837


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

10/01/61 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20/05/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)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:

51984 - original number
59837 - from 28/06/81 (MBS to TBS conversion)

Modifications

Jun-81 - Engines removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51951 51980 59767 51984 51964 Noted 31/12/69 - in Leeds City1
51959 51984 59765 59777 51969 51966 Noted 15/08/19702
51959 51984 59767 51981 51964 Noted 13/04/71 - in Manchester Victoria1
51958 51984 59765 59776 51982 Noted 29/08/1974 - at Liverpool Lime Street sixth vehicle not recorded2
51964 51984 59765 59776 51982 51965 Noted 29/08/74 - in Hull Paragon1
51955 59769 59779 51984 51508 Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot1
51957 51968 59771 59779 51984 51508 Noted 09/01/75 - at Selby1
51952 51983 59770 59775 51984 51960 Noted 10/09/75 - at Brough3
51951 51984 59775 59770 51972 51956 Noted 15/09/75 - at Brough3
51957 51984 59766 51982 51961 Noted 19/03/19774
51952 59768 51984 51961 Noted 01/09/19794
52092 51984 59766 51951 Noted 27/10/19794
52090 59826 51984 52096 Noted 27/10/19804
52099 59837 59819 51952 Noted circa 04/19824
52099 59837 59819 51952 Noted 13/04/1982 - R.C.T.S. (West Midlands Branch) The Bevercotes Collier Railtour 56407-50218 + 52099-59837-59819-51952
51954 59837 59239 51955 Noted 25/08/82
51954 59837 59235 51961 Noted circa 02/19834

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

Images:

Class 124 DMU at Bevercotes Colliery

13th April 1982

The RCTS "Bevercoves Collier" railtour is seen at Bevercotes Colliery on 13th April 1982. The vehicles in view, from left to right, are 51952, 59819, 59837 and 52099. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 124 DMU at Bevercotes Colliery

13th April 1982

The RCTS "Bevercoves Collier" railtour is seen at Bevercotes Colliery on 13th April 1982. The vehicles in view, from left to right, are 51952, 59819, 59837 and 52099. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 13th April 1982

The Bevercotes Collier railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Shayne Lewis.

DMU

Date: 13th April 1982

The Bevercotes Collier railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Shayne Lewis.

DMU

Date: 13th April 1982

"The Bevercotes Collier" railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 25th August 1982

E51954 + E59837 + E59239 + E51955 are seen at Lancaster Castle on the 25th August 1982. Robert Frise.