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<- 59775 | 59776 | 59777 ->

Vehicle 59776

Class 124

BR Diagram 562

Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Trans Pennine
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Lot Number: 30606
Diagram: 562

Allocations

24/08/60 New to 55H (Neville Hill)
4w/e 25/03/67 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73Depot code changeBG
26/10/75 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Notes

18/01/76 - 59775/6/7/8/9 and 79111 noted at Botanic Gardens depot, withdrawn, awaiting removal for scrap. All noted there again on 21/2/76.
06/03/76 - 59776/8 + 79111 noted at Botanic Gardens depot, withdrawn, awaiting removal for scrap

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51955 51970 59767 59776 51971 51956 As delivered to 55H - 24th August 1960
51956 51970 59771 59776 51971 51951 Noted 07/03/1969 - Leeds1
51955 51972 59776 59767 51984 51951 Noted 23/05/1969 - Leeds, having arrived on 13.00 service from Liverpool1
51955 51972 59776 59767 51984 51951 Noted 31/05/1969 - Leeds, on 13.00 from Liverpool with 50372-561421
51956 51979 59776 59767 51984 51951 Noted 07/06/1969 - Leeds1
51956 51979 59776 59773 51977 51953 Noted 11/06/1969 - Leeds, on 15.45 to Liverpool1
51959 51970 59767 59776 51980 51957 Noted 04/10/1969 - Leeds1
51967 51970 59767 59776 51980 51965 Noted 17/10/1969 - Leeds, 13.00 service from Liverpool1
51962 51976 59767 59776 51975 51951 Noted 06/11/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2
51960 51976 59767 59776 51970 51955 Noted 18/12/1970 - 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
51958 51984 59765 59776 51982 Noted 29/08/1974 - at Liverpool Lime Street sixth vehicle not recorded3
51964 51984 59765 59776 51982 51965 Noted 29/08/74 - in Hull Paragon4
51958 51970 59765 59776 51982 51964 Noted 04/09/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street4

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

Images:

Class 124 DMU at Leeds

Unknown date

Class 124 buffet 59776 is seen at Leeds in the early '70s. Malcolm Clements.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 18th April 1962

E51956, 51973, 59776, 59767, 51972 and 51955 approaching Neville Hill East with a Hull to Liverpool Lime Street train 18th April 1962. Keith Long.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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