Class 127 DMU images
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8th May 1979
A Class 127 DMU at the south end of St Albans City station during a shunting move to detach its BG tail load. 8 May 1979. Nicholas T Smith.
9th May 1979
08 890 sits in the up bay platform at St Albans City station as a Class 127 departs south with a BG in tow past the Heath and Heather warehouse on 9 May 1979. Nicholas T Smith.
18th May 1979
A /London Midland Region publicity image (negative W10866/14) showing "Midland Suburban Electrification: General view of track and platform alterations for realignment of local lines at Cricklewood, looking North." Two Class 127 units can be seen in the 18 May 1979 view, M51604 is closest on the right-hand set. British Rail.
5th July 1979
A class 127 DMU leaves Luton with a Bedford to St Pancras working on 5 July 1979. This view from the Crawley Green Road bridge includes a busy yard, together with tankers of heating oil for Dunstable stabled between the fast and slow lines. On the extreme left is Luton South signal box with the newish connection with the remains of the line between Hatfield and Dunstable. Kevin Lane.
August 1979
Class 127 DMU in St Pancras in August 1979. Karel 1999.
summer 1979
A class 127 hydraulic dmu heads north from St Pancras in the summer of 1979 and approaches the tunnels south of Kentish Town. The widened lines to the left are closed for reconstruction and electrification for the Bed-Pan scheme. The former goods lines to the right have been cleared so the new main line alignment can be put in. The North London line crosses over the rear of the train. Tony Walmsley.
4th August 1979
A pair of the Rolls-Royce powered Class 127 units at Elstree on a Bedford stopper, 4th August 1979. 54A South Dock.
6th August 1979
A Class 127 DMU at the Mill Hill Broadway stop of its journey to St Albans (if the destination blind is correct) on 6 August 1979. Nicholas T Smith.
11th August 1979
A Class 127 power car alongside 'G' shop at Derby Carriage & Wagon during an open day on 11/8/79. David Faircloth.
28th August 1979
A 4-car Derby suburban Class 127 DMU with 51610 leading pauses at Elstree with a local service to St Pancras on 28th August 1979. David Scott.
9th September 1979
M51615, looking very smart, leads a Class 127 DMU on the up slow at Harper Lane on 9 September 1979. The photographer is a retired signalling engineer, his duties allowed him this vantage point. Nicholas T Smith.
15th September 1979
Derby works built Rolls Royce, hydraulic DMU (leading car M51635) enters Harpenden on the 15th September 1979 as it had done for many years, but as can be seen the wind of change is arriving with the first of the overhead masts being in place. 54A South Dock.
October 1979
A pair of St Pancras-bound class 127 DMUs calling at St Albans in October 1979. The wasteland in the foreground was probably the site of the goods yard and is now occupied by a multi-storey car park. Kevin Lane.
21st October 1979
A view of St Pancras that has since been transformed and this is as now far removed from the current day St Pancras, as the steam-age was back in 1979. With oil soaked track strewn with litter and parcels/mail stock stabled, a Derby Class 127 'Red Triangle' four-car DMU formed of cars M51627 + M59642 + M59589 + M51598 had arrived with a service from Bedford on October 21st 1979. These Rolls-Royce powered Diesel-Hydraulic units were introduced in 1959 and the last well worked and worn examples were finally withdrawn from 'Bed-Pan' workings in 1983. Some cars were reformed as a temporary measure for use between Gospel Oak and Barking until 1984. In 1985, 22 Driving Cars made up into 11 two-car units, were converted to parcels/mail traffic until they were finally withdrawn in 1989. Martyn Hilbert.
10th November 1979
Rattling to Bedford. The electrification masts herald the demise of the worn out class 127 units between St Pancras and Bedford. Another journey for this unit to Bedford was photographed near Millbrook on the 10th November 1979. Geoff Dowling.
January 1980
A Bedford-bound class 127 seen north of Hendon in January 1980. Although the masts for the impending electrification are up, these old DMUs would rattle up to St Pancras until mid-1983. Kevin Lane.
April 1980
Sunlight streams through the train shed roof at the platform ends of St. Pancras in the days when "domestic" trains were still allowed in! Two class 45 locomotives and a class 127 DMU stand "at the blocks" in April 1980. The headcode indicates that the vehicle is very probably M51592. Bob Belcher.
12th April 1980
With alighted passengers climbing up the steps, a Class 127 (Red Triangle) four-car DMU with Driving Motor Brake Second M51595 at the rear, was departing from Elstree with a St Pancras to Bedford stopping service on April 12th 1980. M51595 was gutted by a fire at Bedford carriage sidings on April 1st 1983 that also destroyed M51614, the fire was thought to have been started by a discarded cigarette end. Martyn Hilbert.
12th April 1980
A four-car Class 127 (Red Triangle) DMU, with Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M51623 leading, was departing from Elstree on the Up Slow line with a Bedford to London St Pancras all-stations working on April 12th 1980. Martyn Hilbert.
12th April 1980
Class 25/3 25324 was passing through Elstree station on the Midland Mainline with a demic Class 127 Bedford-St Pancras DMU bound for Cricklewood Depot on April 12th 1980. Another Class 127 DMU is visible on the extreme left, departing with a St Pancras to Bedford service. These well-worn Diesel-Hydraulic DMU's were finally replaced by Class 317 EMU's in 1983. Martyn Hilbert.