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Vehicle 51954

Class 124

Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Trans Pennine
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Engines: Albion 230hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30603
Diagram: 577

Allocations

09/08/60	New to	55H (Neville Hill)
4w/e 25/03/67	Transferred to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73	Depot code change	BG
22/04/84	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

51953	51972	59766	59775	51973	51954	As delivered to 55H - 9th August 1960
51954	51969	59766	59777	51980	51967	Noted 09/05/1969 - Leeds, on 15.45 service to Liverpool¹
51962	51980	59777	59768	51972	51954	Noted 16/05/1969 - Leeds, on 15.45 Leeds to Liverpool service¹
51954	51981	59770	51978	51957		Noted 07/06/1969 - Leeds, on 12.10 Hull to Liverpool service with 50380-56136¹
51959	51969	59770	51981	51954		Noted 11/06/1969 - Leeds, on 14.00 Liverpool to Hull¹
51956	51981	59769	59778	51970	51954	Noted 10/12/1969 - Leeds, on 13.50 Hull to Liverpool¹
51954	51981	59778	59769	51976		Noted 31/12/69 - in Liverpool Lime Street, other DMC not recorded²
51965	51972	59769	59778	51980	51954	Noted 21/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.³
51954	51975	59766	51962			Noted 11/12/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.³
51954	51983	59772	51981	51959		Noted 11/08/1974 - at Leeds City⁴
50544	51969	59770	51983	51954		Noted 27/08/1974 - at York⁴
51954	59765	51983	51967			Noted 20/11/75 - at Brough⁵
51954	51978	59765	51983	51967		Noted 22/11/75 - at Hull⁵
51954	51973	59773	51979	51959		Noted 10/01/76 - at Brough⁵
51953	51974	59770	51954			Noted 03/04/1976 - at Leeds⁴
51954						Noted 26/08/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle²
51954						Noted 04/09/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle²
51954	51980	59239	51965			Noted 01/06/1979 - Dore⁶
51954	51981	59820	52105			Noted 14/07/1979³
52094	51977	59820	51954			Noted 10/11/1979³
51956	51976	59239	51954			Noted 01/11/1980³
51956	51976	59239	51954			Noted 01/11/1980³
51954	59837	59239	51955			Noted 25/08/82
51954	59768	59827	52091			Noted circa 09/1982³
52097	59822	59836	51954			Noted circa 10/1982³
51954	59837	59235	51961			Noted circa 02/1983³
51954	59841	59827	52104			Noted circa 09/1983³
51954	59841	59239	52104			Noted 27/09/1983 - Hull on 11.22 to Manchester Piccadilly⁷
51954	59238	59236	52092			Noted 16/11/1983 - at Sheffield³
52102	59765	59838	51954			Noted 18/02/1984³

Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Leonard Rogers
6: Martin Lumley
7: Alan N Walker

Images:

8th June 1979

Class 124 DMC E51954 is the vehicle closest in this four-car Swindon-built set seen at Huddersfield on June 8, 1979. Malcolm Clements.

18th April 1981

A mixed rake of Swindon-built Class 123 and 124 vehicles at Grimsby Town on April 18 1981, visible being 51954, 59827 and 59833. John Carter.

spring 1981

A class 124 DMC, possibly E51954, is seen at the rear of a west bound train at Doncaster in the spring of 1981. Tony Walmsley.

12th September 1981

A Class 124 'Transpennine' DMU with Driving Motor Composite (DMC) E51954 leading, was stood at Selby with a Hull to Manchester Piccadilly service on September 12th 1981. Martyn Hilbert.

27th February 1982

A Hybrid formation comprising a class 124 Trans Pennine car (E51954) at the front and an ex-WR Class 123 Inter City car on the rear is seen ready to leave the sidings at Doncaster in February 1982 to form a service to Manchester. Murray Liston.

25th August 1982

E51954 + E59837 + E59239 + E51955 are seen at Lancaster Castle on the 25th August 1982. Robert Frise.

circa 1983

A four-car Swindon DMU in Manchester Piccadilly station with Class 124 Trans-Pennine power car E51954 closest. Behind is a Class 100, to its left is a 108. Circa 1982. Glyn Weigh.

2nd June 1983

A Swindon-built DMU formation (51954 + 59838 + 59235 + 51958) is seen in Sheffield station with a Manchester - Hull service on 2/6/83. Most vehicles are Class 124 Trans-Pennines, the third in the formation is a Class 123 trailer second. Stuart Mackay Collection.

20th August 1983

A Trans-Pennine unit speeds through Bamford with a Manchester Piccadilly service on 20 August 1983. Andrew Walker.

5th November 1983

A Class 124 / 123 hybrid set at Sheffield on 5 November 1983 with a Manchester - Cleethorpes service, formed 51954 + 59841 + 59768 + 52100. Stuart Mackay Collection.

22nd February 1984

E51954 sits at the front of the Class 124 Trans-Pennine set on the 11:45 Manchester Piccadilly-Hull, beside a Class 104 BRC&W set in Manchester Piccadilly, February 22, 1984. Graeme Phillips Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 8th June 1979

Class 101 DMC E50193 and Class 124 DMC E51954 are seen in Huddersfield station on the 8th June 1979. Malcolm Clements.

Date: 27th February 1982

A Hybrid set with a Class 124 Trans Pennine car leading (E51954) and this ex-WR Inter City DMU are seen at Doncaster ready to depart for Manchester on 27 February 1982. Murray Liston.

Date: 27th February 1982

DMUs in the sidings at Doncaster on 27th February 1982. The 114 on the right seems to be 53002, the 124/123 set on the left with 51954 closest will form the 14:10 service to Manchester (see images 29305 and 29304). Stuart Mackay Collection.

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