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A fresh looking 101, heading for Coventry, taken at Northampton Castle. Undated, photo by Tony Pirie. Ian McDonald Collection.
2nd May 1987
Vehicle: 55984 Set: 914
Two Class 127 parcel units pass though Northampton on 2 May 1987. Lewis Bevan.
Unknown Date
Vehicle: 55994
Class 128 DMPV 55994 at Nprthampton, date unknown. The vehicle was the only one to retain the headcode boxes in the Royal Mail livery. Walter Burt.
8th October 1985
Vehicle: 55995 Set: TS005
Class 128 DMPV 55995 is seen in Northampton on October 8th, 1985. During the mid-1980s Northampton was quite a centre for Parcels and Mail Traffic, and at the peak nearly 10 Parcels or Mail trains of various types would leave the town in the afternoons, from a Class 86 with a string of vans to these humble Diesel Parcel Units. AndrewHA.
8th October 1985
Vehicle: 55995 Set: TS005
55995 8th October 1985 at Northampton Station, with one GUV van in tow. AndrewHA.
12th December 1985
Vehicle: 55994 Set: TS004
Class 128 55994 seen in Northampton station on 12th December 1985. AndrewHA.
8th May 1986
Vehicle: 55993 Set: TS003
Class 128 DMPV 55993 at Northampton Station on 8th May 1986. AndrewHA.
2nd September 1985
Vehicle: 55003 Set: TS053
Tyseley Depot may have been short of serviceable Diesel Parcels Units on 2nd September 1985, as this tidy Gloucester RC&W built single unit 55003 was in the Parcels bays at Northampton, around the time when a Diesel Parcels Unit should have been there! AndrewHA.
13th May 1989
Set: 915
At approx 1500hrs on Saturday 13th May 1989 sets 915 (55975 + 55985) and 920 (55966 + 55967) creep slowly up the centre Road at Northampton Station. Their destination unknown, by 1100hrs the following Day all 4 cars were tucked up inside the DMU Shed at Manchester's Longsight Depot. AndrewHA.
13th May 1989
Vehicle: 55966 Set: 920
On Saturday 13th May 1989 sets 915 (furthest, 55975 + 55985) and 920 (55966 + 55967) pass up the centre Road at Northampton Station. AndrewHA.
16th February 1989
Vehicle: 51441
At Northampton on 16th February 1989, Cambridge allocated parcels Class 101 DMU 51441 and 51430 wait their next working. AndrewHA.
3rd May 1989
Vehicle: 53020
Passing through Northampton Station on the centre road is a parcels working formed of a 2-car Class 114 Derby Heavyweight (53020 and 54026). May 3rd, 1989. AndrewHA.
31st July 1986
Vehicle: 55976 Set: 916
Class 127 parcels unit no 916, with 55976 (formerly M51625) nearest the camera, seen at Northampton on 31 July 1986. Robert28194.
October 1986
Vehicle: 55981 Set: 911
I photographed this Diesel Parcels Unit, carrying the set number 911, at Northampton in October 1986. The set is made up of vehicles 55981/55971, converted from Class 127 cars 51612/51597. Both vehicles had been new in August 1959 and were converted to DPUs in May 1985. The unit was withdrawn from service in May 1989 and both vehicles were scrapped by Mayer Newman at Snailwell. Lewis Bevan.
November 1987
Vehicle: 55983 Set: 913
Class 127 parcels DMU set 913 (55983/55973) in platform 5 at Northampton during November 1987. Lewis Bevan.
10th January 1989
Vehicle: 53046
A Class 114 2-car dmu (53046 + 50020) arrives at Northampton on 10 January 1989. This was, at this time, working for the parcels sector, and that sector's logo can be seen on the side of the leading vehicle. Lewis Bevan.
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