Vehicle 51974 / 59835
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
| 15/09/60 | 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| 20/05/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
51974 - original number
59835 - from 10/05/81 (MBS to TBS conversion)
Modifications
May-81 - Engines removed
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51957 | 51974 | 59768 | 59777 | 51975 | 51958 | As delivered to 55H - 15th September 1960 | |||
| 51952 | 51968 | 59773 | 51974 | 51953 | Noted 08/09/73 - at York1 | ||||
| 51953 | 51974 | 59768 | 51976 | 51959 | Noted 01/09/74 - at Preston1 | ||||
| 51953 | 51974 | 59768 | 51976 | 51959 | Noted 04/09/74 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||
| 51953 | 51974 | 59770 | 51954 | Noted 03/04/1976 - at Leeds2 | |||||
| 51955 | 51974 | 59772 | 51976 | 51963 | Noted 29/07/1977 - Seen at Preston3 | ||||
| 50256 | 59531 | 51973 | 59772 | 51974 | 51955 | Noted 04/01/78 | |||
| 52095 | 59771 | 51974 | 52097 | Noted 05/04/19803 | |||||
| 52105 | 59835 | 59822 | 51955 | Noted circa 04/19823 | |||||
| 52104 | 59772 | 59835 | 51952 | Noted circa 19833 | |||||
| 52104 | 59772 | 59835 | 51952 | Noted circa 07/19833 | |||||
| 52090 | 59825 | 59835 | 52104 | Noted 18/02/19843 | |||||
| 51953 | 59835 | 59765 | 51958 | Noted circa 05/19843 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 22nd December 1979
Set number: 710
on December 22, 1979 E52100 + E59827 + E51974 + E51952 are seen at Mexborough with the 12:35 Doncaster - Manchester Piccadilly. John Carter.
Date: 10th August 1982
51967+59835+59238+52094 at Barnetby. Phil Bidwell.