Vehicle 59773
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| 20/05/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
59773 was involved in the following incident:
5/9/77 - Farnley Junction, ER
Collision involving Class 124 / Class 47
Info from Bill Read
Class 124 in collision with 47 402, stationary at head of mail train. E51959-E59773-E51969-E51965. Both drivers killed. 9 passengers needed hospital treatment. E51959 suffered extensive damage and twisting of the underframe. The whole of the cab on 47 402 was destroyed. The accident was caused by a replacement relay being wired with incorrect polarity, causing the points to move out of correspondence.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51952 | 51968 | 59773 | 51972 | 51957 | Noted 31/12/69 - in Leeds City1 | ||||
| 51952 | 51968 | 59773 | 51974 | 51953 | Noted 08/09/73 - at York1 | ||||
| 51961 | 51981 | 59773 | 59775 | 51980 | 51963 | Noted 29/08/74 - on Hull Botanic Gardens depot1 | |||
| 51955 | 51981 | 59773 | 51971 | 51956 | Noted 11/1974 - at Leeds 2 | ||||
| 51967 | 51976 | 59773 | 51975 | 51959 | Noted 02/01/75 - at Selby1 | ||||
| 51954 | 51973 | 59773 | 51979 | 51959 | Noted 10/01/76 - at Brough3 | ||||
| 52103 | 59773 | 51969 | 51958 | Noted 05/04/19804 | |||||
| 51958 | 59773 | 52103 | Noted 08/04/19804 | ||||||
| 52103 | 59773 | 51970 | 51958 | Noted 11/04/19804 | |||||
| 51967 | 59773 | 51970 | 51953 | Noted 28/06/19804 | |||||
| 52088 | 59773 | 59826 | 52096 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||
| 52095 | 59826 | 59773 | 52105 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||
| 52088 | 59773 | 59826 | 51958 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||
| 51957 | 59773 | 59827 | 52094 | Noted circa 03/19834 | |||||
| 51953 | 59773 | 59838 | 52097 | Noted circa 01/19844 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: August 1982
Hybrid BR (Swindon) "Trans Pennine" Standard Mk.I Class "124" 4-car dmu formed of #52089 + E59826 + E59773 + E52103 departing Manchester (Piccadilly) on a service to Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Leeds (City), 08/82. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: August 1982
Hybrid BR (Swindon) "Trans Pennine" Standard Mk.I Class "124" 4-car dmu which include former cars from BR (Swindon) Inter City Class 123 dmu's. The set is made of Nos. E52089 (IC 123/2), E59826 (IC 183), E59773 (TP 180), E52103 (IC 123/1) with plated-up headcodes and front gangway doors in BR Inter City Rail Blue & Grey livery and all yellow front ends departing Manchester (Piccadilly) on a service to Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Leeds (City), 08/82. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: August 1982
Hybrid BR (Swindon) Trans Pennine Standard Mk.I Class 124 4-car dmu which include former cars from BR (Swindon) Inter City Class 123 dmu's. The set is made of E52089, E59826, E59773, E52103 with plated-up headcodes and front gangway doors in BR Inter City Rail Blue & Grey livery and all yellow front ends awaiting departure at Manchester (Piccadilly) on a service to Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Leeds (City), 08/82. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 19th August 1982
E52103, E59773, E59826 and E52089 are seen in the old Green Eyre platform at Lancaster Castle on the 19th August 1982. Robert Frise.
Date: 19th August 1982
E52089, E59826, E59773 and E52103 in the old Green Eyre platform at Lancaster Castle on the 19th August 1982. Robert Frise.
Date: 19th April 1984
An EMU and DMU line-up at Manchester Piccadilly on 19 April 1984. Right to left are Class 123 E52096 (with E59824 + E59773 + E52089), Class 104 M53450 (with M59187 + M53491), the single-engined Class 104 M78601 (with M78851) and a Class 506 EMU. Keith Long.