Vehicle 51978 / 59836
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
| 25/10/60 | 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| 20/05/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |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:
51978 - original number
59836 - 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:
| 51961 | 51978 | 59770 | 59779 | 51979 | 51962 | As delivered to 55H - 25th October 1960 | |||
| 51960 | 51978 | 59765 | 51975 | 51965 | Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria1 | ||||
| 51956 | 51978 | 59768 | 51982 | 51958 | Noted 16/04/73 - in Manchester Victoria2 | ||||
| 51957 | 51978 | 59766 | 51975 | 51960 | Noted 30/08/1974 - at York1 | ||||
| 51966 | 51978 | 59767 | 51975 | 51967 | Noted 11/1974 - at Leeds 1 | ||||
| 51956 | 51978 | 59770 | 59778 | 51973 | 51963 | Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot2 | |||
| 51956 | 51978 | 59772 | 51980 | 51966 | Noted 07/01/75 - at York2 | ||||
| 51954 | 51978 | 59765 | 51983 | 51967 | Noted 22/11/75 - at Hull3 | ||||
| 51961 | 51978 | 59768 | 51977 | 51964 | Noted 09/06/19774 | ||||
| 51958 | 51978 | 59765 | 51964 | Noted 04/01/78 | |||||
| 51951 | 51978 | 59770 | 51966 | Noted 01/04/78 - on 12:10 Liverpool - York5 | |||||
| 51955 | 59236 | 51978 | 51960 | Noted 30/08/1979 - at Manchester Piccadilly1 | |||||
| 52104 | 59827 | 51978 | 52100 | Noted 10/11/19794 | |||||
| 52100 | 51978 | 59823 | 51963 | Noted 06/04/19804 | |||||
| 52100 | 51978 | 59823 | 51963 | Noted 07/04/19804 | |||||
| 52100 | 51978 | 59823 | 51963 | Noted 09/04/19804 | |||||
| 52092 | 51978 | 59236 | 51955 | Noted 27/10/19804 | |||||
| 51962 | 59836 | 59823 | 51961 | Noted circa 04/19824 | |||||
| 51963 | 59836 | 59766 | 52105 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc4 | |||||
| 51952 | 59836 | 59766 | 52100 | Noted 19/08/82 | |||||
| 51955 | 59836 | 59237 | 51966 | Noted circa 09/19824 | |||||
| 52097 | 59822 | 59836 | 51954 | Noted circa 10/19824 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Phil Shatford
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 23rd March 1975
Trans-Pennine DMU nos. 51958, 51978, 59769, 59777, 51983 and (out of picture) 51956 is seen at Manchester Victoria having arrived on the 1250 from Hull (Sundays). Suthen Softy.
Date: 13th March 1979
Class 114 DTC E56001 in Doncaster Works on March 13, 1979. Class 124 51978 is on the right. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 6th April 1980
Set number: 710
Set 710 is formed of Class 123/4 vehicles, the first two being 52100 and 51978. Liverpool Lime Street, 6/4/80. Chris Lings.
Date: 19th August 1982
A Swindon Inter-City set in the old Green Eyre platform at Lancaster Castle on the 19th August 1982, formed E52100, E59766, E59836 and E51952. Robert Frise.