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Vehicle 51016


Class 126

Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Inter City
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: White Circle
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30413
Diagram: 551

Allocations

08/08/59 New to 67C (Ayr)
06/05/73Depot code changeAY
17/05/82 Stored S. AY (Ayr)
11/08/82 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

Notes

5th February 1980 - Seen with cab end gangway plated over.
30th April 1983 - Seen in Falkland Yard

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51039 59392 51016 Noted 27/02/60
51044 59404 51016 Noted 14/03/60
51038 59402 51016 Noted 09/07/60
51033 59399 51016 Noted 05/12/60
51048 59394 51016 Noted 22/12/60
51048 59410 51016 Noted 10/01/61
51031 59411 51016 Noted 08/03/61
51047 59398 51016 Noted 18/05/61
153 51032 59400 51016 Listed at 67C - Aug-70
51049 59398 51016 Noted 24/07/1972 - at Ayr1
51030 59396 51016 Noted 05/09/73 - at Ayr2
51048 59405 51016 Noted 09/09/76 - at Kilwinning2
404 51034 59411 51016 Listed at AY - 01/02/81
126406 51036 59411 51016 Listed at AY - 01/04/82

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown

Images:

Class 126 DMU at Glasgow Central

26th March 1974

'Intermediate' DMS SC51016 leads a 6-car Class 126 Swindon Inter-City set into Glasgow Central from the Ayrshire Coast, 26/3/74. John McIntyre.

Class 126 DMU at Ayr

September 1979

SC51016 leading an Inter City DMU at Ayr, September 1979. The DMS on the left is Sc50936. Karel 1999.

Class 126 DMU at Ayr

10th February 1980

A Class 126 DMU with SC51016 is seen at Ayr on 10 February 1980. Brian Daniels.

Class 126 DMU at Ayr Kyle Street

August 1982

The surviving Class 126 sets (126 406 and 413) together with loose power car Sc51016 sit in Ayr (Kyle St) carriage sidings in August 1982. The sets had been both withdrawn and reinstated in this month, eventually surviving in traffic until January '83. Andrew McConnell.

Class 126 DMU at Ayr Kyle Street

August 1982

Sc51016 waits a turn of service that would never come Ayr (Kyle St) August 1982. The vehicle is the last one shown in service apart from the final two Sets (126 413 and 406) which would soldier on until January of the following year. Andrew McConnell.

Class 126 DMU at Ayr Kyle Street Sidings

12th September 1982

It’s Not Unusual. Swindon Class 126 Inter-City Intermediate Driving Car Sc51016 at Kyle Street Sidings, Ayr. It was not unusual to see a Swindon power car here on its own. However, by this time there were only a handful of IC Sets still in traffic. Sunday 12 September 1982. alicia hartman.