Vehicle 51981 / 59833
Class 124
Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Trans Pennine
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Engines: Albion 230hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30604
Diagram: 579
Allocations
| 12/11/60 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 25/03/67 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| 28/08/83 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Notes
Mar-81 - Had "Rebuilt Hull March '81" painted on the solebar.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
51981 - original number
59833 - from Mar-81 (MBS to TBS conversion)
Modifications
Mar-81 - Engines removed
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51963 | 51980 | 59771 | 59780 | 51981 | 51964 | As delivered to 55H - 12th November 1960 | |||
| 51954 | 51981 | 59778 | 59769 | 51976 | Noted 31/12/69 - in Liverpool Lime Street, other DMC not recorded1 | ||||
| 51959 | 51984 | 59767 | 51981 | 51964 | Noted 13/04/71 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||
| 51954 | 51983 | 59772 | 51981 | 51959 | Noted 11/08/1974 - at Leeds City2 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 51955 | 51981 | 59765 | 51968 | 51961 | Noted 28/02/76 - at York1 | ||||
| 51967 | 51975 | 59770 | 51981 | 51955 | Noted 19/03/19773 | ||||
| 51954 | 51981 | 59820 | 52105 | Noted 14/07/19793 | |||||
| 51962 | 51981 | 59824 | 52097 | Noted 15/09/19793 | |||||
| 51962 | 59765 | 51981 | 51960 | Noted 05/04/19803 | |||||
| 51962 | 59765 | 51981 | 51960 | Noted 07/04/19803 | |||||
| 51962 | 59765 | 51981 | 51960 | Noted 08/04/19803 | |||||
| 51962 | 59765 | 51981 | 51960 | Noted 11/04/19803 | |||||
| 51962 | 59239 | 51981 | 51960 | Noted 18/04/19803 | |||||
| 51961 | 51981 | 59237 | 51964 | Noted 27/10/19803 | |||||
| 52103 | 59833 | 59827 | 51957 | Noted circa 04/19823 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 12th September 1977
A Trans-Pennine DMU in Stalybridge station on 12 September 1977. The vehicles were recorded on the slide as 51956 + 51981 + 59769 + 51975 + 51958. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 11th March 1978
A Swindon Trans-Pennine set arrives into Leeds station on the 11 March 1978 formed of E51963 (rear, closest) + E59767 + E51981 + E51953. Ian Francis.
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: 18th April 1981
A mixed rake of Swindon-built Class 123 and 124 vehicles at Grimsby Town on April 18 1981, visible being 51954, 59827 and 59833. John Carter.