Class 127 DMUs in Parcels Use
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20th February 1986
Vehicle: 55978 Set: 918
Class 127 parcel conversion 55978 + 55968 in Manchester Piccadilly alongside 87 034 on 20 February 1986. John Carter.
27th February 1986
Vehicle: 55974 Set: 914
I didn't see or photograph many class 127 Diesel Parcel Units but do have this shot of set 914, formed of 55974 + 55984 shortly after it had passed through Manchester Victoria on 27 February 1986. Irritatingly, this one one of a small handful of slides that weren't taken in sun during the whole period I was here, on the platform of the former Exchange Station. A class 120 unit is about to enter the terminus platforms at Victoria and the end of a journey from Blackpool. Peter Tandy.
2nd March 1986
Vehicle: 55966 Set: 920
Former Bedford-St Pancras Class 127 Driving cars now with roller shutter doors as M55966 + M55967. The unit was stabled at Croft Street Sidings adjacent to the Preston Power Box on March 2nd 1986. One of 11 similar units converted, Set 920 was finished in retro BR Green livery. The nearest car in this view had been turned-out in green for its last period of passenger service when allocated to Cricklewood Depot. The unit was adorned with a plaque commemorating "The First Unit, 1,250,000 miles, Bedford-St Pancras". Following replacement by new Class 317 EMU's, car M51591 was selected for the National Collection at York, but when BR were short of one car to complete the 11 Parcel Units, the NRM handed the car back for conversion. As a consolation the finished unit (920) was finished in BR Green. Martyn Hilbert.
6th March 1986
Vehicle: 55968 Set: 918
Class 127 parcel conversion 55968 seen in Manchester Piccadilly on 6 March 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
23rd March 1986
Vehicle: 55970 Set: 910
Ex Class 127 Parcels/Newspaper DMU formed of cars M55970 + M55980 (910) was stabled between duties at Croft Street Sidings at Preston on March 23rd 1986. Eleven of these two-car DMU's fitted with roller shutter doors had been converted from former Bedford - St Pancras Class 127 Driving Cars in 1985. They were all withdrawn in 1989. Martyn Hilbert.
23rd March 1986
Vehicle: 55980 Set: 910
Stood alongside milepost 0 on what was the old Preston & Lancaster route, a former Bedford - St Pancras Class 127 Diesel-Hydraulic DMU, converted to a Parcels Unit complete with roller-shutter doors, was stabled for the weekend in Croft Street Sidings adjacent to Preston PSB on March 23rd 1986. Formed of cars 55980 & 55970 (Set 910), the pair was one of 11 similar units that had been formed/converted in 1985. Martyn Hilbert.
26th March 1986
Vehicle: 55982 Set: 912
In their early days of parcel use - before roller shutter doors were fitted - M55982 and presumably M55972 are seen in Manchester Victoria on 26 March 1986. Brian Daniels.
29th March 1986
Vehicle: 55972 Set: 912
Former Bedford-St Pancras Diesel Hydraulic Red Triangle DMU Driving Cars 55972 (51611) & 55982 (51596) running as Parcel Unit 912, were passing Daisyfield level crossing at Blackburn with a diverted Workington to Manchester mail service on March 29th 1986. The unit had a CCT van as a tail load. Martyn Hilbert.
30th March 1986
Vehicle: 55984 Set: 914
Former Bedford-St Pancras Class 127 DMU cars, converted for parcels use with roller shutter doors and numbered M55984 & M55974 (914), were stabled at Croft Street Sidings adjacent to Fylde Junction and the Preston PSB on March 30th 1986. There had been 11 x 2-car parcel units formed in 1985 (sets 910-920) utilising redundant and modified Class 127 DMBS vehicles. Martyn Hilbert.
April 1986
Vehicle: 55976 Set: 916
DPU 916 55976+55986 Platform 5 Crewe April 1986. The set is towing a GUV Martin Baumann.
21st April 1986
Vehicle: 55966 Set: 920
Class 127 parcels set 55966 + 55967 at Chester depot on the 21st April 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
21st April 1986
Vehicle: 55967 Set: 920
Class 127 parcels set 55967 + 55966 at Chester depot on the 21st April 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
3rd May 1986
Vehicle: 55985 Set: 915
Class 127 55985, set number 915, is seen at Tyseley on 03.05.1986 unusually coupled with 54052, and not it's usual partner 55975. 55985 was converted from 51619. Andy Cole.
24th May 1986
Vehicle: 55973 Set: 913
On the West Coast Main Line between Tring and Cheddington is unit 913 (55973 + 55983) heading north with a Down Parcels Service. Taken from a passing 310 Electric Unit on the down Fast Line on 24th May 1986. AndrewHA.
10th June 1986
Vehicle: 55982 Set: 912
Class 127 DMU Parcels conversion set 912 (55982 + 55972) in Platform 2 at Crewe, 10 June 1986. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
circa mid-1986
Vehicle: 55967 Set: 920
Retro-green Class 127 parcel DMU set 920 (55967 + 55966) in Liverpool Lime Street station circa mid-1986. Mike Bunker.
circa mid-1986
Vehicle: 55967 Set: 920
Retro-green Class 127 parcel DMU set 920 (55967 + 55966) on Chester depot circa mid-1986. Mike Bunker.
19th July 1986
Vehicle: 55967 Set: 920
Retro-green parcels set 55967 / 55966 at the Carlisle Upperby open day on 19/7/86. Jerry Glover.
19th July 1986
Vehicle: 55967 Set: 920
Retro-green parcels set 55967 / 55966 at the Carlisle Upperby open day on 19/7/86. Paul Moxon.
25th July 1986
Vehicle: 55974
ParcelNewspaper Class 127 DMU 55974 + 55974 at Doncaster on 25 July 1986. Keith Miller.