Class 127 DMUs in Parcels Use
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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.
1st August 1987
Vehicle: 55978 Set: 918
Class 127 55978, set number 918, is seen on the wheel lathe at Tyseley, 01.08.1987. This was converted from 51608. Andy Cole.
November 1987
Vehicle: 55983 Set: 913
Class 127 parcels DMU set 913 (55983/55973) in platform 5 at Northampton during November 1987. Lewis Bevan.
21st November 1987
Vehicle: 55983 Set: 913
Class 127 55983 (converted from 51624), set number 913, is seen stabled at Tyseley on 21.11.1987. It is presumably paired with 55973. Andy Cole.
12th December 1987
Vehicle: 55968 Set: 918
Class 127 parcel unit 55968 (and presumably 55978) seems to be undergoing some attention at Liverpool Lime Street on 12 December 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
1988
Vehicle: 55970 Set: 910
55970 with 55980 - Longsight parcels set 910 at Manchester Piccadilly. Robert Chilton Collection.
Unknown Date
Vehicle: 55969 Set: 919
Class 127 parcel conversion M55969 (and presumably M55979) at Birmingham New Street, date unknown. Glyn Weigh.
circa 1988
Vehicle: 55967 Set: 920
Retro-green converted Class 127 parcels DMU set 920 (55967 + 55966) in platform 3B at Preston in the late 1980s. Curly42.
18th February 1988
Vehicle: 55973 Set: 913
Former Bed-Pan Class 127 DMU now part of a 2-car parcels set 913, car 55973 is seen at Buxton on 18-2-88. It was converted from DMBS 51640. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
27th February 1988
Vehicle: 55981 Set: 911
Class 127 parcels DMU set 911 (55981) at Manchester Piccadilly on the 27th February 1988. Andrew J Crowther.
10th April 1988
Vehicle: 55986 Set: 916
Class 127 55986, set number 916, is seen stabled at Tyseley on 10.04.1988. This was converted from 51627, and like all the others had roller doors fitted. Andy Cole.
24th April 1988
Vehicle: 55976 Set: 916
Class 127 parcels conversion 55976 + 55986 at Manchester Piccadilly on 24 April 1988. The former has had the Newspaper text it once carried on the bodyside removed, the other vehicle has kept the Express Parcels text. David Mant.
22nd May 1988
Vehicle: 55980 Set: 910
Ex Class 127 DMU (55980 + 55970), now in Parcels service, heads south over Grafton Lane, just south of Hereford between the site of Redhill Junction and Merryhill/Redhill Tunnel, 22nd May 1988. Hereford Driver Neil Marsh is at the controls. John Crooks.
10th June 1988
Vehicle: 55966 Set: 920
Seen at Buxton on the 10th June 1988 is Longsight allocated Class 127 parcels DMU set 920, 55966 (51591) closest. The plaque by the drivers window reads "1959 1,250,000 miles 1983". Andrew J Crowther.
10th June 1988
Vehicle: 55967 Set: 920
Longsight allocated Class 127 parcels set 920, 55967 (ex-51610) + 55966 (ex-51591) at Buxton on the 10th June 1988. Andrew J Crowther.