Vehicle 59766

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Class 124

Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Trans Pennine
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Lot Number: 30605
Diagram: 573

Allocations

09/08/60	New to	55H (Neville Hill)
4w/e 25/03/67	Transferred to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73	Depot code change	BG
11/12/83	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51953	51972	59766	59775	51973	51954			As delivered to 55H - 9th August 1960
	51961	51968	51971	59766	59775	59768	51980	51967	Noted 30/08/1964 - enhanced formation for a BR / RERPS Cumbrian Scenic tour
	51957	51978	59766	51975	51960				Noted 30/08/1974 - at York1
	51957	51984	59766	51982	51961				Noted 19/03/19772
	51966	51971	59766	51982	51967				Noted 10/06/19772
	52092	51984	59766	51951					Noted 27/10/19792
	52088	51970	59766	51961					Noted 10/11/19792
	51964	51982	59766	52099					Noted 11/04/19802
	52102	59766	51975	51951					Noted 28/06/19802
	52102	51975	59766	51951					Noted 19/07/19802
	51962	59766	51969	51958					Noted 27/10/19802
	52102	59766	59826	52093					Noted circa 04/19822
	51963	59836	59766	52105					Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc2
	51952	59836	59766	52100					Noted 19/08/82
	51951	59838	59766	51962					Noted circa 09/19822
	51961	59766	59826	52091					Noted circa 19832
	52095	59820	59766	52090					Noted circa 02/19832
	51961	59766	59826	52091					Noted circa 07/19832
	52088	59766	59826	52099					Noted circa 09/19832

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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20th March 1979

Swindon Trans-Pennine Trailer Second E59766 in Leeds station on March 20, 1979. Malcolm Clements.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: August 1976

A Trans-Pennine DMU set that included 51962, 59766, 51970, 51957 pauses at Huddersfield on a Hull - Liverpool working in August 1976. John Crooks.

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Date: 15th June 1980

E51951 leads a Liverpool Lime Street - Hull special into Sheffield on June 15, 1980. The complete rake was E51951, E51975, E59718, E59766, E52102, M51859, M59718, M59723 and M51561. John Carter.

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Date: 1982

A rare interior photo of a Class 124 TSL vehicle, in latter condition having been reupholstered in BR's "Trojan" moquette. Seen whilst working a Goole to Hull stopping train in 1982. Although we will never know for sure, Trojan moquette was unusual in these vehicles and observational records suggest it could be 59766. Tony Wade.

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Date: 19th August 1982

A Swindon Inter-City set in the old Green Eyre platform at Lancaster Castle on the 19th August 1982, formed E52100, E59766, E59836 and E51952. Robert Frise.

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Date: 16th June 1983

Swindon vehicles E51965, E59766, E59818, E52093 at Doncaster on 16-06-83. Vincent Haworth.