Vehicle 59772
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
| 30/12/60 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 25/03/67 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| 20/05/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 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 City1 | ||||
| 51956 | 51978 | 59772 | 51980 | 51966 | Noted 07/01/75 - at York2 | ||||
| 51955 | 51974 | 59772 | 51976 | 51963 | Noted 29/07/1977 - Seen at Preston3 | ||||
| 50256 | 59531 | 51973 | 59772 | 51974 | 51955 | Noted 04/01/78 | |||
| 51967 | 59772 | 51968 | 52103 | Noted 10/11/19793 | |||||
| 51953 | 51968 | 59772 | 52091 | Noted 08/04/19803 | |||||
| 51953 | 51968 | 59772 | 52097 | Noted 10/04/19803 | |||||
| 51952 | 59772 | 51983 | 52095 | Noted 14/05/19803 | |||||
| 52088 | 59767 | 59772 | 51963 | Noted 27/10/19803 | |||||
| 51956 | 59772 | 51982 | 52104 | Noted 23/03/1981 - Seen at Sheffield3 | |||||
| 52104 | 59772 | 59835 | 51952 | Noted circa 19833 | |||||
| 52091 | 59772 | 59825 | 52097 | Noted circa 03/19833 | |||||
| 52104 | 59772 | 59835 | 51952 | Noted circa 07/19833 | |||||
| 51960 | 59768 | 59772 | 52091 | Noted circa 10/19833 | |||||
| 51957 | 59772 | 59842 | 52104 | Noted 16/11/1983 - at Sheffield3 | |||||
| 51952 | 59772 | 59236 | 52095 | Noted 08/05/19843 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
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.
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.
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:
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.
Date: 11th May 1979
A Swindon-built Class 124 ‘Trans-Pennine’ DMU consisting of 51962, 51981, 59772 and 51967 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.
Date: 11th May 1979
British Rail Class 124 ‘Trans-Pennine’ DMU consisting of 51962, 51981, 59772 and 51967 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.
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.