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Class 124 Swindon Trans-Pennine 6-car DMUs


Numbering

Vehicles Quantity Type Class Weight Seats Diagram Design Code Lot no.
51951 - 67 17 DMC 124/1 40 tons 0cwt 36 2nd 21 1st 577 DP316 30603
51968 - 84 17 MBSL 124/2 41tons 0cwt 48 2nd 579 DR201 30604
59765 - 73 9 TSL 180 32 tons 64 2nd 573 DT212 30605
59774 - 81 8 TFBL 181 34 tons 0cwt 18 1st + 8 buffet 562 - 30606

59833 - 42 10 TBS - DU205

Engine Conversions

The engine conversions were the MBSL vehicles which had their engines removed making them trailer vehicles.

Old New
51969    59834
51973 59841
51974 59835
51975 59839
51976 59838
51978 59836
51980 59842
51981 59833
51983 59840
51984 59837

Worksplates

Worksplates were carried on the vehicle solebars to identify the builder and lot number. Many of the worksplate images on the website are from the collections of Simeon Gaskell, John Horne and Tony Spencer.

Lot 30603 worksplate Lot 30605 worksplate

Driving Instructions

Many earlier DMU types had a booklet from the 33003 series issued specifically for them, none have been found for these vehicles.

This March 1961 editon covered all Blue Square vehicles - BR 33003-92. A companion to this was a "Preparation and Disposal" booklet BR 33003/211.

In 1968 the booklets were replaced by a three part set for Blue Square vehicles Mechanical Transmission):
BR 33003/247 1 - General Data And Equipment
BR 33003/248 2 - Driving Instructions Including Standard Preparation and Disposal Duties
BR 33003/249 3 - Fault Finding Data and Charts

In the early seventies the 33003 series was replaced by the more generic 33056 series of drivers manuals, no longer specific to any coupling code.

No Class 124s were preserved.

Thanks to Ian Fleming for additional information.