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Vehicle 51034


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: 30414
Diagram: 608

Allocations

30/05/59 New to 67C (Ayr)
06/05/73Depot code changeAY
17/05/82 Stored S. AY (Ayr)
circa Jul-82 Stored U. AY (Ayr)
11/08/82 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51034 59398 51018 Noted 01/03/60
51034 59398 51026 Noted 04/03/60
51034 59398 51009 Noted 09/04/60
51034 59402 51023 Noted 15/04/60
51034 59406 51012 Noted 09/07/60
51034 59392 51021 Noted 05/12/60
51034 59394 51021 Noted 19/01/61
51034 59402 51011 Noted 06/04/61
51034 59412 51009 Noted 17/04/61
51034 59400 51009 Noted 10/07/61
155 51034 59403 51022 Noted circa Sep-69
155 51034 59411 51020 Listed at 67C - Aug-70
51034 79479 51026 Noted 15/08/70 - in Kyle St sidings1
51034 59399 51010 Noted 06/04/72 - on Ayr depot1
51034 59391 51022 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2
51034 59393 51023 Noted 15/04/1975 - 12:35 Glasgow to Ayr3
51034 79470 51013 Noted 09/09/76 - at Barrassie4
51034 79470 51049 Noted 23rd May 1979 - 2 DMBS
51034 79470 51009 Noted 11th June 1980
404 51034 59411 51016 Listed at AY - 01/02/81
126404 51034 59402 51029 Listed at AY - 01/04/82

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown

Images:

Class 126 DMU at Eastfield depot

August 1973

Set number: 104

An unusual sight in Eastfield depot in August 1973 was Class 126 DMBS Sc51034, possibly there for tyre turning. Alistair Ness.

Class 126 DMU at Carlisle

1980

Set number: 404

The scene at Carlisle station in 1980, with an Ayrshire Class 126 Inter-City DMU in platform 8 and a Class 86 electric locomotive in platform 4. The DMU will have worked in on a local service from via the G&SW. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 126 DMU at Carlisle

23rd February 1980

Set number: 404

A Swindon-built Class 126 Inter-City set, with SC51034 as the leading vehicle. Seen in the north bay at Carlisle on 23 February 1980, probably with a service to Glasgow Central via the G&SW route. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 126 DMU at Glasgow Central

Unknown date

Set number: 126404

A six-car Class 126 DMU formation sets away from Glasgow Central in the early 1980s. Closest is DMBS Sc51034. Andrew McConnell.

Class 126 DMU at Ayr depot

Unknown date

Set number: 126404

Swindon Inter-City set 126 404 (DMBSL SC51034 closest) in its home depot of Ayr in the early 1980s. Andrew McConnell.

Class 126 DMU at Falkland Yard

24th October 1982

Scrapper. Swindon DMBSL Sc51034 awaiting stripping and boarding up at Falkland Yard, Ayr. The Intermediate Driving Car in the background is Sc51025. Sunday 24 October 1982. alicia hartman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1981

Swindon Intercity Class 126 vehicles DMBS Sc51034 (set 126404) & DMS Sc51008 at the former goods yard at Ayr in 1981. The main line to Girvan & Stranraer is in the background. This site has now been redeveloped for storage of EMUs. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 24th October 1982

Scrapper. Swindon Class 126 Sc51025 Intermediate Driving Car buffered up to Leading Driving Car Sc51034 at Falkland Yard, Ayr. The vehicles are awaiting stripping and boarding up. Sunday 24 October 1982. alicia hartman.