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Vehicle 59772

Class 124

BR Diagram 573

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

30/12/60 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20/05/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


56129 50373 51977 59772 51974 51963 Noted 07/03/1969 - Leeds, on Hull to Liverpool service.1
51957 51974 59772 51977 51952 Noted 16/05/1969 - Leeds1
51957 51973 59772 51977 51952 Noted 23/05/1969 - Leeds, on 15.40 Hull to Liverpool service1
51966 51977 59772 51973 51957 Noted 30/05/1969 - Leeds, on 12.00 Liverpool to Hull.1
51966 51977 59772 51973 51953 Noted 31/05/1969 - Leeds, working 14.00 Liverpool to Hull service1
51965 51973 59772 51983 51963 Noted 07/06/1969 - Leeds, on 14.00 Liverpool to Hull with 50374-561331
51962 51972 59772 51973 51963 Noted 17/10/1969 - Leeds, on 15.40 Hull to Liverpool1
51960 51982 59777 59772 51976 51964 Noted 07/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2
51961 51972 59772 59778 51979 51951 Noted 14/03/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2
51966 51980 59772 51971 51962 Noted 23/05/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2
51957 51975 59772 51970 51961 Noted 27/06/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2
51957 51969 59772 59776 51975 51958 Noted 01/08/73 - on 1M03 1148 Hull-Liverpool
51954 51983 59772 51981 51959 Noted 11/08/1974 - at Leeds City3
51956 51978 59772 51980 51966 Noted 07/01/75 - at York4
51955 51974 59772 51976 51963 Noted 29/07/1977 - Seen at Preston2
50256 59531 51973 59772 51974 51955 Noted 04/01/78
51967 59772 51968 52103 Noted 10/11/19792
52086 59772 52097 51951 Noted 02/01/1980 - at Doncaster 5
51953 51968 59772 52091 Noted 08/04/19802
51953 51968 59772 52097 Noted 10/04/19802
51952 59772 51983 52095 Noted 14/05/19802
52088 59767 59772 51963 Noted 27/10/19802
51956 59772 51982 52104 Noted 23/03/1981 - Seen at Sheffield2
52104 59772 59835 51952 Noted circa 19832
52091 59772 59825 52097 Noted circa 03/19832
52104 59772 59835 51952 Noted circa 07/19832
51960 59768 59772 52091 Noted circa 10/19832
51957 59772 59842 52104 Noted 16/11/1983 - at Sheffield2
51952 59772 59236 52095 Noted 08/05/19842

Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Martin Lumley

Images:

Class 124 DMU at Leeds

20th March 1979

Class 124 vehicles E59772, E51969 and E51953 are working with a 2-car Class 108 (E50620 visible) when seen at Leeds on the 20th March 1979. Malcolm Clements.

Class 124 DMU at Leeds

20th March 1979

E59772 with E51969 on the left seen at Leeds on March 20, 1979. On the rear is a Class 108, the formation contains E51953 + 51969 + 59772 + 50620 + 5xxxx. Malcolm Clements.

Class 124 DMU at Leeds

20th March 1979

Class 124 trailer second E59772 with Class 108 DMBS E50620 at Leeds on March 20th 1979. The Class 108 was working as part of a Trans-Pennine set. Malcolm Clements.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 20th March 1979

E51953 is at the front of a five-car trans-Pennine set formed E51953/51969/59772/50620/5???? seen in leeds on 20 March 1979. Malcolm Clements.

DMU

Date: 11th May 1979

A Swindon-built Class 124 ‘Trans-Pennine’ DMU consisting of 51957 + 59772 + 51981 + 51962 travelling south from Blackpool South towards Kirkham & Wesham approaching Highbury Road bridge, St. Anne’s-on-the-Sea. Friday evening 11 May 1979. Ian 10B.

DMU

Date: 11th May 1979

British Rail Class 124 ‘Trans-Pennine’ DMU consisting of 51962 + 51981 + 59772 + 51957 approaching Highbury Road bridge, St. Anne’s-on-the-Sea while working a Manchester Victoria – Blackpool South service on Friday evening 11 May 1979, the last day that these “posh” units operated on the Blackpool South line. Ian 10B.

DMU

Date: 29th October 1983

A Swindon-built DMU formation departs from Sheffield with a Manchester - Cleethorpes service on 29 October 1983. The formation is 52102 + 59827 + 59772 + 52091, three being Class 123 vehicles and the fourth a Class 124 Trans-Pennine. Stuart Mackay Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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