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<- 51982 | 51983 | 51984 ->

Vehicle 51983 / 59840


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

30/12/60 New to 55H (Neville Hill)
4w/e 25/03/67 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73Depot code changeBG
15/04/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51983 - original number
59840 - from circa Sep-81 (MBS to TBS conversion)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51953 51970 59778 59769 51983 51961 Noted 19/04/71 - in Leeds City1
51954 51983 59772 51981 51959 Noted 11/08/1974 - at Leeds City2
50544 51969 59770 51983 51954 Noted 27/08/1974 - at York2
51952 51983 59770 59775 51984 51960 Noted 10/09/75 - at Brough3
51954 59765 51983 51967 Noted 20/11/75 - at Brough3
51954 51978 59765 51983 51967 Noted 22/11/75 - at Hull3
51953 51983 59770 51987 51955 Noted 11/06/19774
51966 59768 51983 51952 Noted 27/10/19794
51952 51983 59768 51958 Noted 10/11/19794
52091 51983 59821 52105 Noted 10/04/19804
51952 59772 51983 52095 Noted 14/05/19804
52098 51983 59824 52100 Noted 19/07/19804
51967 59822 51983 52095 Noted 27/10/19804
51967 51983 50204 56066 Noted 24/02/81 - at Sheffield
51967 59840 59238 51951 Noted circa 10/19824
52099 59840 59236 51965 Noted circa 02/19834
51955 59767 59840 51965 Noted circa 10/19834

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:

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 24th February 1981

A mixed DMU set with Trans-Pennine Class 124 vehicles E51967 and E51983 leading Met-Cam Class 101 set E50204 + E56066 on the 13.15 hrs to Manchester, at Sheffield, 24th February 1981. Paul James.