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
17/10/59 | New to | Chaddesden | - stabled pending allocation |
Dec-59 | Transferred to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
06/05/73 | Depot code change | CW | |
07/08/83 | Withdrawn from | CW (Cricklewood) | |
circa May-85 | To Parcels Sector at | LO (Longsight) | |
circa Dec-88 | Sector Change to | RPXN | |
15/05/89 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) RPXN |
6th May 1989 - Seen at Longsight depot with parts removed
24th September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Crewe Basford Hall Yard
51633 - original number
55980 - from May-85 (parcels conversion)
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
51633 | 59610 | 59640 | 51634 | As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 17th October 1959 | |||||
51633 | 59612 | 59621 | 51635 | Noted 03/1975 - at st Pancras 1 | |||||
51591 | 59589 | 59625 | 51633 | Noted 06/06/76 - on 08.20 St. Pancras – Bedford2 | |||||
51624 | 59600 | 59595 | 51633 | Noted 09/04/77 - on 16.25 St. Pancras – Bedford (two lavatories)2 | |||||
51591 | 59594 | 59643 | 51633 | Noted 08/09/78 - on 09.10 Bedford – St. Pancras2 | |||||
51633 | 59590 | 59638 | 51638 | Noted 03/01/79 - on 07.34 Bedford – St. Pancras2 | |||||
51633 | 59616 | 59637 | 51650 | Noted 12/03/79 - on 09.17 Cricklewood – Luton with 51624 + 59594 + 59641 + 516252 | |||||
51613 | 59616 | 59637 | 51633 | Noted 16/03/79 - on 01.45 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51613 | 59616 | 59637 | 51633 | Noted 21/03/79 - on 21.15 Luton – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51613 | 59616 | 59637 | 51633 | Noted 28/03/79 - on 09.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood with 51621 + 59612 + 59627 + 516492 | |||||
51606 | 59616 | 59637 | 51633 | Noted 05/04/79 - on 11.00 Bedford – Luton2 | |||||
51606 | 59616 | 59637 | 51633 | Noted 30/04/79 - on 15.16 Luton – Bedford2 | |||||
51622 | 59616 | 59637 | 51633 | Noted 01/05/79 - on 16.17 Cricklewood – Luton with 51634 + 59609 + 59631 + 516352 | |||||
51622 | 59616 | 59637 | 51633 | Noted 10/05/79 - on 15.03 Luton – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51622 | 59616 | 59637 | 51633 | Noted 19/05/79 - on 13.17 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51622 | 59616 | 59637 | 51633 | Noted 24/05/79 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood with 51593 + 59607 + 59646 + 516352 | |||||
51633 | 59616 | 59637 | 51622 | Noted circa 06/19793 | |||||
51622 | 59616 | 59637 | 51633 | Noted 11/06/79 - on 05.05 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51622 | 59616 | 59637 | 51633 | Noted 08/08/79 - on 15.42 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2 | |||||
51622 | 59616 | 59637 | 51633 | Noted 02/09/79 - on 20.50 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51608 | 59606 | 59632 | 51633 | Noted 23/10/79 - on 14.02 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2 | |||||
51608 | 59606 | 59632 | 51633 | Noted 30/10/79 - on 12.42 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2 | |||||
51608 | 59606 | 59632 | 51633 | Noted 31/10/79 - on 07.32 St. Albans – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51606 | 59607 | 59640 | 51633 | Noted 24/11/79 - on 09.15 Luton – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51633 | 59590 | 59647 | 51649 | Noted 09/12/79 - on 16.46 Hendon – Bedford2 | |||||
51633 | 59590 | 59647 | 51649 | Noted 17/12/79 - on 05.05 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51633 | 59602 | 59626 | 51634 | Noted 21/01/80 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51633 | 59602 | 59626 | 51634 | Noted 15/02/80 - on 14.02 Cricklewood – St. Pancras (59602 presumed based on the previous day)2 | |||||
51633 | 59611 | 59633 | 51648 | Noted 01/05/80 - on 20.10 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51618 | 59611 | 59629 | 51633 | Noted 03/05/80 - on 20.42 Luton – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51618 | 59611 | 59629 | 51633 | Noted 15/05/80 - on 15.38 St. Pancras – Bedford2 | |||||
51618 | 59611 | 59629 | 51633 | Noted 16/05/80 - on 15.38 St. Pancras – Bedford2 | |||||
51618 | 59611 | 59629 | 51633 | Noted 20/06/80 - on 09.40 Bedford – Luton2 | |||||
51612 | 59605 | 59647 | 51633 | Noted 07/07/80 - on 21.07 Cricklewood – Luton2 | |||||
51623 | 59590 | 59639 | 51633 | Noted 25/07/80 - on a Cricklewood – Bedford working2 | |||||
51621 | 59609 | 59640 | 51633 | Noted 29/10/80 - on 03.31 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51621 | 59609 | 59640 | 51633 | Noted 01/11/80 - on 01.54 St. Pancras – Bedford2 | |||||
51628 | 59607 | 59639 | 51633 | Noted 15/01/81 - on 2C35 11.00 Luton – St. Pancras2 | |||||
51628 | 59607 | 59639 | 51633 | Noted 22/01/81 - on 2G27 19.37 St Pancras – Bedford2 | |||||
51626 | 59605 | 59621 | 51633 | Noted 12/02/81 - on 2C02 01.45 Bedford – St Pancras (Staff)2 | |||||
51606 | 59616 | 59640 | 51633 | Noted 28/02/81 - on 2H07 14.05 St Pancras – Luton2 | |||||
51614 | 59592 | 59641 | 51633 | Noted 29/03/81 - on 2C14 16.20 Bedford – St Pancras2 | |||||
51614 | 59592 | 59641 | 51633 | Noted 30/03/81 - on 2C57 21.15 Luton – St Pancras2 | |||||
51623 | 59590 | 59643 | 51633 | Noted 11/05/81 - on 2H18 21.55 St Pancras – Luton2 | |||||
51615 | 59611 | 59638 | 51633 | Noted 29/06/81 - on 2C42 14.00 Bedford – St Pancras2 | |||||
51615 | 59611 | 59638 | 51633 | Noted 30/06/81 - on 2C42 14.00 Bedford – St Pancras2 | |||||
51615 | 59611 | 59638 | 51633 | Noted 17/07/81 - on 2G02 03.20 St Pancras – Bedford2 | |||||
51615 | 59611 | 59638 | 51633 | Noted 21/07/81 - on 2H13 16.29 St Pancras – Luton and 5G24 17.25 Luton – St. Pancras (ECS for part of 2G24 18.27 Bedford)2 | |||||
51633 | 59605 | 59621 | 51650 | Noted 16/08/81 - on 2C08 10.30 Bedford – St Pancras and 2G13 17.40 St Pancras – Bedford2 | |||||
51633 | 59603 | 59621 | 51650 | Noted 18/08/81 - on 2K05 17.44 St Pancras – St Albans2 | |||||
51633 | 59605 | 59621 | 51650 | Noted 21/08/81 - on 2K05 17.44 St Pancras – St Albans2 | |||||
51633 | 59605 | 59621 | 51650 | Noted 08/09/81 - on 2C41 14.00 Luton – St Pancras2 | |||||
51633 | 59605 | 59621 | 51650 | Noted 10/09/81 - on 2K02 17.03 St Pancras – St Albans2 | |||||
51599 | 59614 | 59626 | 51633 | Noted 08/10/81 - on 2C10 05.45 Kettering – St Pancras2 | |||||
51599 | 59614 | 59626 | 51633 | Noted 22/10/81 - on 2G01 01.54 St Pancras – Bedford (staff)2 | |||||
51626 | 59600 | 59626 | 51633 | Noted 30/11/81 - on 07.14 Bedford – Flitwick2 | |||||
51626 | 59600 | 59626 | 51633 | Noted 14/12/81 - on 2C10 05.45 Kettering – St. Pancras2 | |||||
51626 | 59600 | 59626 | 51633 | Noted 24/12/81 - on 2C39 13.00 Luton – St Pancras2 | |||||
51633 | 59607 | 59627 | 51649 | Noted 26/01/82 - on 10.20 Luton – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51633 | 59607 | 59627 | 51649 | Noted 15/02/82 - on 14.00 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51608 | 59596 | 59636 | 51633 | Noted 05/03/82 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51608 | 59596 | 59636 | 51633 | Noted 12/03/82 - on 15.38 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51633 | 59615 | 59645 | 51638 | Noted circa 06/19823 | |||||
51633 | 59615 | 59634 | 51638 | Noted 04/06/82 - on 10.16 Luton – Bedford2 | |||||
51628 | 59592 | 59621 | 51633 | Noted 06/08/82 - on 11.00 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51633 | 59612 | 59637 | 51648 | Noted 08/10/82 - on 12.09 Cricklewood – Luton2 | |||||
51633 | 59600 | 59648 | 51638 | Noted 26/10/82 - on 20.17 Cricklewood – St. Albans2 | |||||
51606 | 59600 | 59648 | 51633 | Noted 12/11/82 - on 15.00 Luton – St. Pancras, 16.40 St. Pancras – Bedford and 21.07 Cricklewood – Luton2 | |||||
51606 | 59600 | 59648 | 51633 | Noted 16/11/82 - on 07.44 St. Pancras – Bedford2 | |||||
51606 | 59600 | 59648 | 51633 | Noted 20/11/82 - on 05.47 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51633 | 59603 | 59628 | 51649 | Noted 13/01/83 - on 03.31 Cricklewood – Bedford and 22.34 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51633 | 59603 | 59628 | 51649 | Noted 15/01/83 - on 21.45 Luton – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51633 | 59603 | 59628 | 51649 | Noted 18/01/83 - on 12.39 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2 | |||||
51633 | 59603 | 59628 | 51649 | Noted 21/01/83 - on 08.50 Bedford – Luton2 | |||||
51633 | 59603 | 59628 | 51649 | Noted 25/01/83 - on 20.17 Cricklewood – St. Albans2 | |||||
51633 | 59603 | 59628 | 51649 | Noted 29/01/83 - on 12.50 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51633 | 59603 | 59628 | 51650 | Noted circa 02/19833 | |||||
51633 | 59603 | 59628 | 51650 | Noted 03/02/83 - on 16.50 St. Pancras – Luton and 17.55 Luton – St. Pancras2 | |||||
51633 | 59603 | 59628 | 51650 | Noted 04/03/83 - on 11.05 Bedford – Luton2 | |||||
51633 | 59603 | 59628 | 51650 | Noted 24/03/83 - on 05.35 St. Pancras – Bedford2 | |||||
51633 | 59593 | 59639 | 51650 | Noted 09/04/83 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51633 | 59593 | 59639 | 51650 | Noted 12/04/83 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51633 | 59614 | 59619 | 51645 | Noted circa 05/19833 | |||||
51633 | 59613 | 59639 | 51650 | Noted 12/05/83 - on 02.06 Cricklewood – Bedford2 | |||||
51633 | 59614 | 59619 | 51645 | Noted 27/05/83 - on Cricklewood – Bedford working (at 03.50 or 23.27)2 | |||||
51633 | 59614 | 59619 | 51645 | Noted 01/06/83 - on 20.10 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51633 | 59614 | 59619 | 51645 | Noted 02/06/83 - on 20.10 Bedford – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51633 | 59614 | 59619 | 51645 | Noted 13/06/83 - on 20.12 Cricklewood – St. Albans2 | |||||
51633 | 59614 | 59619 | 51645 | Noted 16/06/83 - on 13.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2 | |||||
51633 | 59614 | 59619 | 51645 | Noted 17/06/83 - on 20.12 Cricklewood – St. Albans2 | |||||
910 | 55970 | 55980 | Listed at Longsight - Summer 1986 - Parcels | ||||||
910 | 55970 | 55980 | Noted circa 04/19883 | ||||||
910 | 55970 | 55980 | Noted circa 12/19883 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn
Class 127 power cars M51633 and M51635 under conversion to a parcel car in Newton Heath depot on 5 March 1985. This was the first pair to be tackled, just one week later on the 12th they had been repainted and were presented to the newspaper trade in Manchester Victoria. Chris Thorp.
Class 127 parcels unit 910 (55980 + 55970) seen at Blackpool North circa 1986/7. David Faircloth.
Stood alongside milepost 0 on what was the old Preston & Lancaster route, a former Bedford - St Pancras Class 127 Diesel-Hydraulic DMU, converted to a Parcels Unit complete with roller-shutter doors, was stabled for the weekend in Croft Street Sidings adjacent to Preston PSB on March 23rd 1986. Formed of cars 55980 & 55970 (Set 910), the pair was one of 11 similar units that had been formed/converted in 1985. Martyn Hilbert.
Converted parcels DMU 55980/55970 at Bletchley on 22 September 1986. Lewis Bevan.
Ex Class 127 DMU (55980 + 55970), now in Parcels service, heads south over Grafton Lane, just south of Hereford between the site of Redhill Junction and Merryhill/Redhill Tunnel, 22nd May 1988. Hereford Driver Neil Marsh is at the controls. John Crooks.
Ex Class 127 Parcels/Newspaper DMU formed of cars M55970 + M55980 (910) was stabled between duties at Croft Street Sidings at Preston on March 23rd 1986. Eleven of these two-car DMU's fitted with roller shutter doors had been converted from former Bedford - St Pancras Class 127 Driving Cars in 1985. They were all withdrawn in 1989. Martyn Hilbert.
55970 with 55980 - Longsight parcels set 910 at Manchester Piccadilly. Robert Chilton Collection.
Class 127 55970, set number 910, is seen stabled at Tyseley along with sister car 55980 on 08.04.1989. It has had the 'Newspapers' text removed from the bodyside. Andy Cole.
Class 127 parcel vehicles M55984 + M55980, M55983 + M55973 and M55981 sit behind 03170 (the last ever Swindon works overhaul) and a brake van on Longsight TMD, 6-5-89. It was just over a week before the whole fleet of Class 127 DPUs were withdrawn, but these five were already out of use and used as a source of spare parts. Kevin Dowd.
ADB977191, 915 M55975 + M55985, M55969+M55968, 914 M55980 + M55984 and 911 M55970 + M55971 at Crewe Basford Hall on 24-9-89. Kevin Dowd.