Vehicle 51983 / 59840
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
| 30/12/60 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 25/03/67 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| 15/04/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
51983 - original number
59840 - from circa Sep-81 (MBS to TBS conversion)
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51955 | 51979 | 59773 | 51983 | 51953 | Noted 16/05/1969 - Leeds, on 16.00 Liverpool to Hull service1 | ||||
| 51963 | 51979 | 59773 | 51983 | 51953 | Noted 19/05/1969 - Leeds, on 07.45 Liverpool to Hull service1 | ||||
| 51956 | 51979 | 59773 | 51983 | 51961 | Noted 23/05/1969 - Leeds1 | ||||
| 51965 | 51973 | 59772 | 51983 | 51963 | Noted 07/06/1969 - Leeds, on 14.00 Liverpool to Hull with 50374-561331 | ||||
| 51958 | 51970 | 59771 | 51983 | 51961 | Noted 07/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | ||||
| 51963 | 51970 | 59771 | 51983 | 51956 | Noted 21/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | ||||
| 51966 | 51981 | 59773 | 51983 | 51958 | Noted 11/05/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | ||||
| 51967 | 51983 | 59773 | 51981 | 51952 | Noted 23/05/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes, Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | ||||
| 51964 | 51983 | 59773 | 51974 | 50559 | Noted 06/11/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes, Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | ||||
| 51964 | 51983 | 59770 | 51950 | 51955 | Noted 11/12/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | ||||
| 51958 | 51968 | 59773 | 59777 | 51983 | 51961 | Noted 18/12/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | |||
| 51953 | 51970 | 59778 | 59769 | 51983 | 51961 | Noted 19/04/71 - in Leeds City3 | |||
| 51954 | 51983 | 59772 | 51981 | 51959 | Noted 11/08/1974 - at Leeds City4 | ||||
| 50544 | 51969 | 59770 | 51983 | 51954 | Noted 27/08/1974 - at York4 | ||||
| 51952 | 51983 | 59770 | 59775 | 51984 | 51960 | Noted 10/09/75 - at Brough5 | |||
| 51954 | 59765 | 51983 | 51967 | Noted 20/11/75 - at Brough5 | |||||
| 51954 | 51978 | 59765 | 51983 | 51967 | Noted 22/11/75 - at Hull5 | ||||
| 51953 | 51983 | 59770 | 51987 | 51955 | Noted 11/06/19772 | ||||
| 51966 | 59768 | 51983 | 51952 | Noted 27/10/19792 | |||||
| 51952 | 51983 | 59768 | 51958 | Noted 10/11/19792 | |||||
| 52091 | 51983 | 59821 | 52105 | Noted 10/04/19802 | |||||
| 51952 | 59772 | 51983 | 52095 | Noted 14/05/19802 | |||||
| 52098 | 51983 | 59824 | 52100 | Noted 19/07/19802 | |||||
| 51967 | 59822 | 51983 | 52095 | Noted 27/10/19802 | |||||
| 51967 | 51983 | 50204 | 56066 | Noted 24/02/81 - at Sheffield | |||||
| 51967 | 59840 | 59238 | 51951 | Noted circa 10/19822 | |||||
| 52099 | 59840 | 59236 | 51965 | Noted circa 02/19832 | |||||
| 51955 | 59767 | 59840 | 51965 | Noted circa 10/19832 |
Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Leonard Rogers
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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: 3rd June 1980
E52095 + E59822 + E51983 + E52100 in platform 2a of Sheffield station on Tuesday 3 June 1980. David Russon.
Date: 24th February 1981
A mixed DMU set with Trans-Pennine Class 124 vehicles E51967 and E51983 leading Met-Cam Class 101 set E50204 + E56066 on the 13.15 hrs to Manchester, at Sheffield, 24th February 1981. On the centre roads is another Class 124, 51957 closest. Paul James.