Vehicle 51000
Class 125
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Orange Star
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Engines: Rolls Royce 238hp
Transmission: Hydraulic
Lot Number: 30462
Diagram: 596
Allocations
| 12/03/59 | New to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 5w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
| 02/12/76 | Withdrawn from | FP (Finsbury Park) |
Notes
01/02/78 - withdrawn Class 125 vehicles at March: 50991, 50994, 50995, 51000, 51001, 51004, 51006, 51155, 51160, 51161, 51163, 51166, 51169, 51173, 59449, 59454, 59457, 59458, 59459, 59461, 59463, 59465, 59466, 59467, 59468
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, Doncaster Works
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51166 | 59461 | 51000 | As delivered to 30A - 12th March 1959 | ||||||
| 51161 | 59459 | 51000 | Noted 30/05/70 - at Finsbury Park1 | ||||||
| 51160 | 59449 | 51000 | Noted 12/09/76 - at Finsbury Park1 | ||||||
| 51166 | 59466 | 51000 | Noted 09/04/77 - on March depot, withdrawn2 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
Images:
23rd July 1970
A Rolls-Royce powered Derby Orange Star (later known as a Class 125) DMU seen at Finsbury Park on 23 July 1970. The DMS E51000 remains in green while its partners are now in blue. David Mant.