Class 127 DMUs in Parcels Use
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22nd September 1986
Vehicle: 55980 Set: 910
Converted parcels DMU 55980/55970 at Bletchley on 22 September 1986. Lewis Bevan.
26th September 1986
Vehicle: 55976 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
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 The unit was withdrawn from service in May 1989 and both vehicles were scrapped by Mayer Newman at Snailwell.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.
October 1986
Vehicle: 55967 Set: 920
Class 127 diesel-hydraulic parcels unit set 920 (55967 55966) arriving at Manchester Victoria. October 1986. Ian Charles.
3rd October 1986
Vehicle: 55985 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.
1987
Vehicle: 55966 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
Vehicle: 55976 Set: 916
Class 127 parcel set 916 (55976 + 55986) on Newton Heath depot, date unknown. Mike Bunker.
1987
Vehicle: 55966 Set: 920
The drivers controls of a Class 127. This was 55966 at Bletchley in 1987. Graham Baker.
Unknown Date
Vehicle: 55966
55966 at Buxton. Date unknown. Chris Lings.
1987
Vehicle: 55967 Set: 920
Parcels vehicle 55967 sits in the sun at Bletchley in 1987. Graham Baker.
circa 1987
Vehicle: 55986 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
Vehicle: 55966 Set: 920
Retro-green Class 127 parcels vehicle 55966 at Bletchley in 1987. Graham Baker.
30th March 1987
Vehicle: 55966 Set: 920
55966 & 55967 at Preston at 11.20pm on 30/03/1987 about to head south on a parcels service Deane Baker.
2nd May 1987
Vehicle: 55984 Set: 914
Two Class 127 parcel units pass though Northampton on 2 May 1987. Lewis Bevan.
22nd May 1987
Vehicle: 55966 Set: 920
55966, 55967 and 47357 in Preston station on 22-05-87. Vincent Haworth.
12th June 1987
Vehicle: 55967 Set: 920
Class 127 parcels conversion 55967 at Doncaster Works, 12 June 1987. Syd Young.
28th June 1987
Vehicle: 55971 Set: 911
Class 127 55971, set number 911, is seen on Tyseley Carriage sidings on 28.06.1987 . One of the cars was labeled for Parcels and one was for Newspapers. How times change when both types of traffic have been lost. This was converted from 51597. Andy Cole.
28th June 1987
Vehicle: 55984 Set: 914
Class 127 55984, set number 914, is seen stabled outside the Factory at Tyseley on 28.06.1987. This was converted from 51639. Andy Cole.
4th July 1987
Vehicle: 55969
A tidy looking 08744 had come to the rescue of a failed ex Class 127 Parcels DMU (Set 919 - M55979 & M55969) awaiting the road at the North end of Preston station on July 4th 1987. 08744 had been a regular station pilot at Preston for many years. Martyn Hilbert.
1st August 1987
Vehicle: 55978 Set: 918
Class 127 55978, set number 918, is seen poking out of the factory at Tyseley on 01.08.87. It had just been on the wheel lathe. It was converted from 51608. Andy Cole.