Vehicle 59412
Class 126
Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Inter City
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: White Circle
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Lot Number: 30416
Diagram: 571
Allocations
| 17/10/59 | New to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AY | |
| 17/05/82 | Stored S. | AY (Ayr) | |
| 24/05/82 | Stored U. | AY (Ayr) | |
| 11/08/82 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
59412 was involved in the following incident:
16/4/79 - Paisley Gilmour Street, ScR
Collision involving Class 126 / EMU
Info from Bill Read
The 18:58 Ayr to Glasgow Central additional train formed Sc51031/Sc59412/Sc51014 & Sc51044/Sc59398/Sc51017 passed a signal at danger at Paisley Gilmour Street. Guard gave right away while signal at danger and the driver did not check. Train was in head on collision with the 19:40 Glasgow Central to Wemyss Bay as it crossed the junction east of the station. Serious damage, 7 fatalities and many injuries. Both SC51031 and EMU SC75840 were extensively damaged. SC51031 rode up over the roof of the EMU and was cut up on site. The remaining DMU vehicles were all repairable.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51032 | 59412 | 51014 | Noted 27/02/60 | ||||||
| 51050 | 59412 | 51014 | Noted 04/04/60 | ||||||
| 51050 | 59412 | 51008 | Noted 15/04/60 | ||||||
| 51040 | 59412 | 51008 | Noted 23/05/60 | ||||||
| 51051 | 59412 | 51009 | Noted 09/07/60 | ||||||
| 51032 | 59412 | 51019 | Noted 02/12/60 | ||||||
| 51032 | 59412 | 51022 | Noted 21/01/61 | ||||||
| 51039 | 59412 | 51026 | Noted 28/02/61 | ||||||
| 51034 | 59412 | 51009 | Noted 17/04/61 | ||||||
| 51039 | 59412 | 51009 | Noted 20/04/61 | ||||||
| 51043 | 59412 | 51009 | Noted 13/06/61 | ||||||
| 51043 | 59412 | 51009 | Noted 29/06/61 | ||||||
| 51040 | 59412 | 51025 | Noted 10/07/61 | ||||||
| 159 | 51038 | 59412 | 51008 | Listed at 67C - Aug-70 | |||||
| 51038 | 59412 | 51020 | Noted 15/08/70 - in Kyle St sidings1 | ||||||
| 51043 | 59412 | 51015 | Noted 28/07/1972 - at Ayr2 | ||||||
| 51048 | 59412 | 51009 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central3 | ||||||
| 51051 | 59412 | 51026 | Noted 25/08/75 - in Glasgow Central4 | ||||||
| 51033 | 59412 | 51047 | Noted 20/03/76 - (2 DMBSs) in Glasgow Central with 51042/59392/510131 | ||||||
| 51031 | 59412 | 51023 | Noted 04/04/1977 - 07:27 Stranrear to Glasgow, unit failed at Ayr2 | ||||||
| 51031 | 59412 | 51014 | Noted 13th March 1979 | ||||||
| 406 | 51036 | 59412 | 51019 | Listed at AY - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 126414 | 51044 | 59412 | 51012 | Listed at AY - 01/04/82 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
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