Class 127 DMU images
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19th July 1986
Set: 920
Retro-green parcels set 55967 / 55966 at the Carlisle Upperby open day on 19/7/86. Jerry Glover.
25th July 1986
ParcelNewspaper Class 127 DMU 55974 + 55974 at Doncaster on 25 July 1986. Keith Miller.
31st July 1986
Set: 916
Class 127 parcels unit no 916, with 55976 (formerly M51625) nearest the camera, seen at Northampton on 31 July 1986. Robert28194.
20th August 1986
Set: 914
Class 127 DPU 55984, set 914 presumably paired with 55985, at Crewe on 20 August 1986. Dave Warby.
3rd September 1986
Set: 916
Class 127 DPU set 916 (55986 + 55976) heads Down at Watford Junction at 17:21 on 3 September 1986. Dave Warby.
5th September 1986
Set: 913
Class 127 DPU set 913 (55973 + 55983) at Watford Junction heading Down at 16:40 on 5 September 1986. Dave Warby.
5th September 1986
Set: 918
Class 127 DPU set 918 (55968 + 55978) at Watford Junction heading Up at 16:55 on 5 September 1986. Note the 104 on the right. Dave Warby.
5th September 1986
Set: 918
Class 127 DPU set 918 (55978 + 55968) at Watford Junction heading Up at 16:55 on 5 September 1986. Dave Warby.
22nd September 1986
Set: 910
Converted parcels DMU 55980/55970 at Bletchley on 22 September 1986. Lewis Bevan.
26th September 1986
Set: 916
A Class 127 DMU with 55976 at the front is seen at Mentmore on a Parcels service working on 26-9-86. Ian Cuthbertson Collection.
October 1986
Set: 920
Class 127 diesel-hydraulic parcels unit set 920 (55967 55966) arriving at Manchester Victoria. October 1986. Ian Charles.
October 1986
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 The unit was withdrawn from service in May 1989 and both vehicles were scrapped by Mayer Newman at Snailwell.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.
3rd October 1986
Set: 915
Seen at Buxton on 3rd October 1986 in what is now in its second role, but originally built as 4 car units is this 1959 Derby Suburban now a Longsight allocated class 127 dmu set 915, 55985 (51619) + 55984 (51639). From new these units were almost exclusively used on the London St Pancras - Bedford services as 4-car units before being displaced in June 1983, in 1985 22 redundant power cars which had been stored at Carlisle were rebuilt to form 11 two car parcels units, car A was for Express Parcels and car B was for Newspapers, they lasted in service until 1989. Andrew J Crowther.
circa 1987
Set: 916
A row of three Class 127 parcel DMUs on Newton Heath depot circa 1986/7. Closest is set 55986 / set 916. Mike Bunker.
1987
Set: 920
Retro-green Class 127 parcels vehicle 55966 at Bletchley in 1987. Graham Baker.
1987
Set: 920
Parcels vehicle 55967 sits in the sun at Bletchley in 1987. Graham Baker.
1987
Set: 920
The drivers controls of a Class 127. This was 55966 at Bletchley in 1987. Graham Baker.
Unknown Date
Set: 916
Class 127 parcel set 916 (55976 + 55986) on Newton Heath depot, date unknown. Mike Bunker.
1987
Set: 920
The plaque fitted to 55966 (ex-51591) celebrating it's high mileage - an average of 52,000 miles a year, a thousand miles a week! Graham Baker.
Unknown Date
55966 at Buxton. Date unknown. Chris Lings.