Vehicle 51978 / 59836
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: 30604
Diagram: 579
Allocations
| 25/10/60 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 25/03/67 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| 20/05/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
51978 - original number
59836 - from 10/05/81 (MBS to TBS conversion)
Modifications
May-81 - Engines removed
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51961 | 51978 | 59770 | 59779 | 51979 | 51962 | As delivered to 55H - 25th October 1960 | |||
| 51955 | 51979 | 59773 | 51978 | 51953 | Noted 09/05/1969 - Leeds, on 18.08 service to Hull1 | ||||
| 51954 | 51981 | 59770 | 51978 | 51957 | Noted 07/06/1969 - Leeds, on 12.10 Hull to Liverpool service with 50380-561361 | ||||
| 51958 | 51978 | 59769 | 59779 | 51981 | 51964 | Noted 17/10/1969 - Leeds, on 13.40 Hull to Liverpool service1 | |||
| 51962 | 51978 | 59770 | 51971 | 51965 | Noted 07/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | ||||
| 51955 | 51977 | 59770 | 51978 | 51967 | Noted 21/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | ||||
| 51961 | 51982 | 59766 | 51978 | 51967 | Noted 11/05/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | ||||
| 51960 | 51978 | 59770 | 51977 | 50550 | Noted 23/05/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | ||||
| 51962 | 51976 | 59767 | 59779 | 51978 | 51951 | Noted 27/10/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | |||
| 51953 | 51981 | 59768 | 51978 | 51961 | Noted 06/11/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | ||||
| 51960 | 51978 | 59765 | 51975 | 51965 | Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria3 | ||||
| 51956 | 51978 | 59768 | 51982 | 51958 | Noted 16/04/73 - in Manchester Victoria4 | ||||
| 51957 | 51978 | 59766 | 51975 | 51960 | Noted 30/08/1974 - at York3 | ||||
| 51966 | 51978 | 59767 | 51975 | 51967 | Noted 11/1974 - at Leeds 3 | ||||
| 51956 | 51978 | 59770 | 59778 | 51973 | 51963 | Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot4 | |||
| 51956 | 51978 | 59772 | 51980 | 51966 | Noted 07/01/75 - at York4 | ||||
| 51954 | 51978 | 59765 | 51983 | 51967 | Noted 22/11/75 - at Hull5 | ||||
| 51961 | 51978 | 59768 | 51977 | 51964 | Noted 09/06/19772 | ||||
| 51958 | 51978 | 59765 | 51964 | Noted 04/01/78 | |||||
| 51951 | 51978 | 59770 | 51966 | Noted 01/04/78 - on 12:10 Liverpool - York6 | |||||
| 51955 | 59236 | 51978 | 51960 | Noted 30/08/1979 - at Manchester Piccadilly3 | |||||
| 52104 | 59827 | 51978 | 52100 | Noted 10/11/19792 | |||||
| 51961 | 51978 | 59239 | 51964 | Noted 03/1980 - at Hull Paragon 7 | |||||
| 52100 | 51978 | 59823 | 51963 | Noted 06/04/19802 | |||||
| 52100 | 51978 | 59823 | 51963 | Noted 07/04/19802 | |||||
| 52100 | 51978 | 59823 | 51963 | Noted 09/04/19802 | |||||
| 52092 | 51978 | 59236 | 51955 | Noted 27/10/19802 | |||||
| 51957 | 59836 | 51961 | Noted 05/12/1981 - at Sheffield Midland 7 | ||||||
| 51962 | 59836 | 59823 | 51961 | Noted circa 04/19822 | |||||
| 51963 | 59836 | 59766 | 52105 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc2 | |||||
| 51952 | 59836 | 59766 | 52100 | Noted 19/08/82 | |||||
| 51955 | 59836 | 59237 | 51966 | Noted circa 09/19822 | |||||
| 52097 | 59822 | 59836 | 51954 | Noted circa 10/19822 |
Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Leonard Rogers
6: Phil Shatford
7: Martin Lumley
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 23rd March 1975
Trans-Pennine DMU nos. 51958, 51978, 59769, 59777, 51983 and (out of picture) 51956 is seen at Manchester Victoria having arrived on the 1250 from Hull (Sundays). Suthen Softy.
Date: 13th March 1979
Class 114 DTC E56001 in Doncaster Works on March 13, 1979. Class 124 51978 is on the right. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 6th April 1980
Set number: 710
Set 710 is formed of Class 123/4 vehicles, the first two being 52100 and 51978. Liverpool Lime Street, 6/4/80. Chris Lings.
Date: 19th August 1982
A Swindon Inter-City set in the old Green Eyre platform at Lancaster Castle on the 19th August 1982, formed E52100, E59766, E59836 and E51952. Robert Frise.