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Vehicle 51615 / 55975

Class 127

BR Diagram 588

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square / Red Triangle
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Engines: Rolls Royce 238hp
Transmission: Hydraulic
Lot Number: 30521
Diagram: 588

Allocations

29/08/59 New to Chaddesden - stored pending allocation
3w/e 26/09/59 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
5w/e 02/01/60 Stored Chaddesden
4w/e 30/01/60 Transfer 14A (Cricklewood)
06/05/73Depot code changeCW
07/08/83 Withdrawn from CW (Cricklewood)
16/06/85 To Parcels Sector at LO (Longsight)
circa Dec-88 Sector Change to RPXN
15/05/89 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight) RPXN

Notes

24th September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Crewe Basford Hall Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51615 - original number
55975 - from May-85 (parcels conversion)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51615 59601 59631 51616 As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 29th August 1959 - stabled pending allocation
51612 59598 59637 51615 Noted 04/06/77 - on 16.10 Bedford – St. Pancras and 17.35 St. Pancras – Bedford1
51615 59614 59634 51621 Noted circa 19792
51615 59613 59648 51634 Noted 23/03/79 - on 03.34 Cricklewood – Bedford and 21.30 St. Albans – Cricklewood1
51615 59611 59645 51644 Noted 02/05/79 - on 15.09 Cricklewood – Luton1
51615 59598 59645 51644 Noted 11/05/79 - on 14.00 Bedford – Luton1
51615 59598 59645 51644 Noted 18/05/79 - on 15.16 Luton – Bedford1
51615 59614 59634 51617 Noted 25/05/79 - on 15.03 Luton – Cricklewood1
51614 59603 59629 51615 Noted 20/06/79 - on 21.15 Luton – Cricklewood1
51615 59592 59633 51650 Noted 27/09/79 - on 19.17 Cricklewood – St. Albans1
51593 59592 59633 51615 Noted 02/10/79 - on 14.57 St. Albans – Bedford1
51593 59592 59633 51615 Noted 05/10/79 - on 14.42 Cricklewood – St. Pancras1
51593 59592 59633 51615 Noted 09/10/79 - on 11.00 Bedford – Luton1
51593 59592 59633 51615 Noted 10/10/79 - on 11.00 Bedford – Luton1
51608 59606 59632 51615 Noted 05/11/79 - on 12.03 Luton – Cricklewood1
51608 59606 59632 51615 Noted 12/11/79 - on 23.10 Bedford – Cricklewood1
51593 59606 59632 51615 Noted 01/12/79 - on 20.20 Bedford – Luton1
51593 59606 59632 51615 Noted 06/12/79 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood1
51593 59606 59632 51615 Noted 03/01/80 - on 12.16 Luton – Bedford1
51591 59608 59645 51615 Noted 17/02/80 - on 10.16 Elstree – Bedford1
51591 59608 59645 51615 Noted 28/02/80 - on 15.35 St. Pancras – Luton1
51591 59608 59645 51615 Noted 07/03/80 - on 12.09 Cricklewood – Bedford1
51591 59589 59644 51615 Noted 29/06/80 - on 15.03 Luton – Cricklewood and 16.42 Cricklewood – Bedford1
51615 59589 59644 51650 Noted 09/07/80 - on 17.55 St. Albans – Bedford1
51615 59611 59629 51636 Noted 20/08/80 - on 07.30 St. Albans – Cricklewood1
51615 59611 59629 51650 Noted 06/09/80 - on 15.17 Cricklewood – Luton1
51615 59611 59629 51650 Noted 12/09/80 - on 13.49 Cricklewood – St. Pancras1
51615 59611 59629 51650 Noted 15/09/80 - on 17.44 St. Pancras – Cricklewood1
51615 59611 59629 51650 Noted 25/09/80 - on 17.03 St. Pancras – Cricklewood1
51615 59611 59629 51650 Noted 27/09/80 - on 23.10 Bedford – Cricklewood1
51615 59611 59629 51650 Noted 07/10/80 - on 23.10 Bedford – Cricklewood1
51615 59611 59629 51623 Noted 06/11/80 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood1
51614 59606 59643 51615 Noted 26/11/80 - on 20.10 Bedford – Cricklewood1
51614 59606 59643 51615 Noted 03/12/80 - on 10.16 Luton – Bedford1
51615 59613 59626 51639 Noted 11/01/81 - on 2C02 04.35 Bedford - St Pancras1
51613 59613 59626 51615 Noted 03/02/81 - on 2G31 23.15 St Pancras – Bedford1
51613 59613 59626 51615 Noted 10/02/81 - on 2C21 08.11 St Albans – St. Pancras1
51608 59594 59645 51615 Noted 24/03/81 - on 23.10 Bedford – Cricklewood1
51608 59594 59645 51615 Noted 03/04/81 - on 21.15 Luton – Cricklewood1
51608 59594 59645 51615 Noted 04/04/81 - on 21.45 Luton – Cricklewood1
51607 59596 59634 51615 Noted 30/04/81 - on 20.54 Cricklewood – West Hampstead1
51615 59611 59638 51633 Noted 29/06/81 - on 14.00 Bedford – Cricklewood1
51615 59611 59638 51633 Noted 30/06/81 - on 14.00 Bedford – Cricklewood1
51615 59611 59638 51633 Noted 17/07/81 - on 03.31 Cricklewood – Bedford1
51615 59611 59638 51633 Noted 21/07/81 - on 16.29 St. Pancras – Luton and 17.25 Luton – St. Pancras1
51615 59607 59631 51619 Noted 03/09/81 - on 12.16 Luton – Bedford1
51615 59607 59631 51619 Noted 4th September 1981
51615 59607 59631 51619 Noted 07/09/81 - on 17.59 Cricklewood – St. Pancras1
51615 59598 59620 51640 Noted 06/12/81 - on Cricklewood – Milepost 10.5 working1
51615 59620 59598 51638 Noted 31/12/81 - at Cricklewood
51615 59598 59620 51638 Noted 15/01/82 - on 16.42 Cricklewood – St. Pancras1
51615 59598 59620 51638 Noted 26/01/82 - on 18.11 Kentish Town – St. Pancras1
51610 59589 59642 51615 Noted 16/04/82 - on 07.30 St. Albans – Cricklewood1
51615 59589 59642 51635 Noted 25/04/82 - on 08.15 Bedford – Cricklewood1
51615 59642 59589 51635 Noted circa 05/19822
51615 59589 59642 51635 Noted 17/05/82 - on 12.16 Luton – Bedford1
51615 59593 59628 51622 Noted 22/06/82 - on 08.01 Luton – Bedford1
51615 59593 59628 51635 Noted 30/06/82 - on 16.03 Luton – Cricklewood1
51614 59593 59628 51615 Noted 18/08/82 - on 03.30 Cricklewood – Bedford1
51614 59593 59628 51615 Noted 23/08/82 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood1
51615 59598 59628 51628 Noted 26/09/82 - on 15.02 Cricklewood – Bedford1
51615 59628 59643 51628 Noted circa 10/19822
51615 59598 59628 51628 Noted 04/10/82 - on 13.36 Cricklewood – Bedford1
51615 59598 59643 51628 Noted 04/11/82 - on 15.00 St. Pancras – Cricklewood1
51615 59598 59643 51628 Noted 05/11/82 - on 21.54 Cricklewood – St. Pancras1
51615 59598 59643 51628 Noted 11/11/82 - on 13.00 Luton – Cricklewood and 14.09 Cricklewood – Luton1
51615 59611 59625 51625 Noted 22/11/82 - on 22.25 St. Pancras – Cricklewood1
51615 59611 59625 51625 Noted 04/12/82 - on 11.25 Luton – Cricklewood1
51615 59611 59625 51625 Noted 06/12/82 - on 17.25 Luton – Cricklewood1
51615 59609 59646 51619 Noted 29/12/82 - on 15.00 St. Pancras – Cricklewood1
51615 59609 59646 51619 Noted circa 01/19832
51615 59609 59646 51619 Noted 07/01/83 - on 04.25 Bedford – Cricklewood1
51615 59609 59642 51619 Noted 19/01/83 - on 15.39 Cricklewood – St. Pancras1
51615 59609 59642 51635 Noted 02/02/83 - on 11.05 Bedford – Luton1
51615 59609 59642 51644 Noted 20/02/83 - on 06.42 Cricklewood – Bedford1
51615 59609 59642 51644 Noted 01/03/83 - on 12.00 Luton – Cricklewood1
51615 59607 59644 51623 Noted 31/05/83 - on 20.10 Bedford – Cricklewood1
51607 59607 59644 51615 Noted 16/06/83 - on 20.47 St. Albans – Bedford1
51607 59607 59644 51615 Noted 23/06/83 - on 03.20 St. Pancras – Cricklewood1
915 55975 55985 Listed at Longsight - Summer 1986 - Parcels - 55975 was temporarily replaced by 54052.
915 55975 55985 Noted 24/07/1986 - at Crewe3
915 55975 55985 Noted 13/05/89 - with set 920 (55966 + 55967) at Northampton

Formation Sources
1: Phil Shatford
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 127 DMU at Derby C&amp;W Works

circa Aug-59

An official image (Derby Works negative 59/746) of 51615 circa August 1959. British Railways.

Class 127 DMU at Harper Lane

9th September 1979

M51615, looking very smart, leads a Class 127 DMU on the up slow at Harper Lane on 9 September 1979. The photographer is a retired signalling engineer, his duties allowed him this vantage point. Nicholas T Smith.

Class 127 DMU at Cricklewood

31st December 1981

M51615 + M59620 + M59598 + M51638 at Cricklewood on December 31, 1981. John Carter.

Class 127 DMU at St Pancras

7th September 1982

Having not long arrived with an afternoon service from St Albans, a CW allocated 4 Car Class 127 Diesel Hydraulic DMU set, sits in Platform 7 at St Pancras awaiting its next duty, with a rather unusual paint job on the leading vehicle M51615 (Which seems to have been applied for an unknown reason around Sept 1979) .... Withdrawn from Cricklewood on 7th August 1983, it was converted to a Parcels vehicle and renumbered to 55975 from May 1985 and allocated to Longsight. Final withdrawal came four years later and it was scrapped by Vic Berry's at Leicester .... 7th September 1982. Nigel Mack.

Class 127 DMU at Cambridge Street

circa late 1982

A Class 127 DMU on a St Pancras to Bedford working passes the sidings at Cambridge Street. The white dome/gutter and dent on the cab corner identify the closest vehicle as M51615. Undated, the blue/grey centre car means it's no earlier than October 1982. Curly42.

Class 127 DMU at Crewe Basford Hall

21st July 1990

Set number: 915

An assortment of parcels DMUs converted from former "Bed-Pan" hydraulic class 127 units stand forlornly withdrawn in Crewe Basford Hall yard on 21/Jul/1990, with 55975 (formerly 51615) nearest. Three vehicles from these parcels conversions were subsequently preserved. Behind 55975 can just be seen departmental coach ADB977191, formerly class 100 56106, which was later moved for storage at Crewe Brook Sidings and ultimately disposed of at Crewe Works in 2000. Robert Chilton.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 3rd May 1986

Set number: 915

Class 127 55985, set number 915, is seen at Tyseley on 03.05.1986 unusually coupled with 54052, and not it's usual partner 55975. 55985 was converted from 51619. Andy Cole.

DMU

Date: 18th March 1989

Set number: 915

Class 127 DMU set 915 (55985 and presumably 55975) stabled in the up side parcels platform at Cardiff Central on 18 March 1989. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 13th May 1989

Set number: 915

At approx 1500hrs on Saturday 13th May 1989 sets 915 (55975 + 55985) and 920 (55966 + 55967) creep slowly up the centre Road at Northampton Station. Their destination unknown, by 1100hrs the following Day all 4 cars were tucked up inside the DMU Shed at Manchester's Longsight Depot. AndrewHA.

DMU

Date: 13th May 1989

Set number: 920

On Saturday 13th May 1989 sets 915 (furthest, 55975 + 55985) and 920 (55966 + 55967) pass up the centre Road at Northampton Station. AndrewHA.

DMU

Date: 24th September 1989

ADB977191, 915 M55975 + M55985, M55969+M55968, 914 M55980 + M55984 and 911 M55970 + M55971 at Crewe Basford Hall on 24-9-89. Kevin Dowd.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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