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On 12th March 1983 the LCGB ran a farewell tour for the Hydraulic DMUs which used to operate out of St. Pancras and which were being displaced by the Bedford electrification, this picture was taken at Stewartby. Stuart Pearce.
The Class 127 Farewell Railtour at Quainton Road on 12th March 1983, during an extended stop so that passengers could visit the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. Stuart Pearce.
M51618 + 59645 + 59615 + 51592 at Stewartby on March 12th, 1983, with the LCGB Class 127 Farewell railtour. Stuart Pearce.
The LCGB Class 127 Farewell railtour at Saunderton on 12th March 1983 formed of 51618 + 59645 + 59615 + 51592. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The LCGB Class 127 Farewell railtour at Saunderton on 12th March 1983 formed of 51618 + 59645 + 59615 + 51592. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The Class 127 Farewell railtour on 12th March 1983 took a unit (M51618 + 59645 + 59615 + 51592) from St Pancras to Bedford then across to Oxford, and back to Marylebone via a break at Quainton Road. A photostop was made at Stewartby as we headed from Bedford to Oxford, and what seemed like the entire passenger contingent alighted at the small platform. Murray Liston.
The Class 127 Farewell railtour on 12th March 1983 took a unit from St Pancras to Bedford then across to Oxford, and back to Marylebone via a break at Quainton Road where a stop was made for some running repairs to a damaged air pipe with assistance from the museum workshop staff. Here is the other power car 51618. Murray Liston.
The Class 127 Farewell railtour on 12th March 1983 took a unit (51618 + 59645 + 59615 + 51592) from St Pancras to Bedford then across to Oxford, and back to Marylebone via a break at Quainton Road. A final photostop was made at Saunderton where this view was taken. Murray Liston.
M51618 with the LCGB Class 127 Farewell Railtour at Stewartby on 12 March 1983. Alistair Ness.
The LCGB Class 127 Farewell Railtour at Stewartby on 12 March 1983 formed 51618 + 59645 + 59615 + 51592. Alistair Ness.
M51618 with the LCGB Class 127 Farewell Tour at Quainton Road on 12 March 1983. The three overhead warning stickers on this vehicle makes it easy to tell which power car was which in images of this tour. Alistair Ness.
M51618 and M59645 at Quainton Road with the LCGB Class 127 Farewell Tour on 12 March 1983. Alistair Ness.
51618 + 59645 + 59615 + 51592 with the LCGB Class 127 Farewell Tour at Quainton Road on 12 March 1983. Alistair Ness.
The Class 127 Farewell railtour on 12th March 1983 took a unit from St Pancras to Bedford then across to Oxford, and back to Marylebone via a stop at Quainton Road where a break was made for some running repairs to a damaged air pipe with assistance from the museum workshop staff. The vehicles were 51618 + 59645 + 59615 + 51592. Murray Liston.
A class 127 DMU led by M51619 arrives in Platform 1 at Bedford with a service from St Pancras, sometime in the week 4th-8th July 1983. John Crooks.
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.
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.
Class 127 DMU set 915 (55985 and presumably 55975) stabled in the up side parcels platform at Cardiff Central on 18 March 1989. Robert Thomas.
A sorry mess at Luton station after 47 535 hit a stationary Class 127 formation on 28 May 1983. Despite the severity of the damage there were no serious casualties. The rear half of DMBS 51620 was destroyed, as was one end of TSL 59605. The other two vehicles in the set are thought to be 59634 and 51624. Michael Boot Collection.
A sorry mess at Luton station after 47 535 hit a stationary Class 127 formation on 28 May 1983. Despite the severity of the damage there were no serious casualties. The rear half of DMBS 51620 was destroyed, as was one end of TSL 59605. The other two vehicles in the set are thought to be 59634 and 51624. Michael Boot Collection.