Vehicle 51011
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
| 11/04/59 | New to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| unknown | On loan to | 64H (Leith Central) | - Move not listed |
| Sep-60 | Ex-loan back to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AY | |
| p/e 08/09/73 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
51011 was involved in the following incident:
30/8/73 - Shields Jct (Glasgow), ScR
Collision involving Class 126 / EMU
Info from Bill Read
21:35 Wemyss Bay to Glasgow Central passed a signal at danger at Shields Junction at ran into the back of the 21:10 Ayr to Glasgow Central, formed Sc51017/Sc59398/Sc51023 & Sc51033/Sc59406/Sc51011. Serious damage, 5 fatalities and many injuries. The leading car of the Class 303 EMU, SC75857, impacted with the rear car of the DMU, SC51011, at 65 mph as the DMU was pulling away from a signal stop at about 15 mph. The EMU drove beneath the DMU, a fire broke out and both cars were consumed. Apart from some damage to the rear of SC59406, the other cars suffered only minor damage. The EMU had passed a red signal.
Disposal
Scrapped by J McWilliam, Shettleston
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51051 | 59397 | 51011 | Noted 05/03/60 | ||||||
| 51031 | 59411 | 51011 | Noted 01/04/60 | ||||||
| 51043 | 59394 | 51011 | Noted 15/04/60 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59394 | 51011 | Noted 23/05/60 | ||||||
| 51051 | 59398 | 51011 | Noted 12/07/60 | ||||||
| 51030 | 59403 | 51011 | Noted 06/12/60 | ||||||
| 51030 | 59403 | 51011 | Noted 10/12/60 | ||||||
| 51044 | 59403 | 51011 | Noted 15/12/60 | ||||||
| 51041 | 59404 | 51011 | Noted 17/03/61 | ||||||
| 51048 | 59404 | 51011 | Noted 21/03/61 | ||||||
| 51034 | 59402 | 51011 | Noted 06/04/61 | ||||||
| 51051 | 59395 | 51011 | Noted 21/04/61 | ||||||
| 51030 | 59411 | 51011 | Noted 23/05/61 | ||||||
| 51045 | 59404 | 51011 | Noted 03/07/61 | ||||||
| 152 | 51031 | 59399 | 51011 | Noted circa Sep-69 | |||||
| 161 | 51040 | 59405 | 51011 | Listed at 67C - Aug-70 | |||||
| 51046 | 59391 | 51011 | Noted 15/08/70 - on Ayr depot1 | ||||||
| 51046 | 59408 | 51011 | Noted 24/07/1972 - at Ayr2 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
Images:
31st August 1973
The remains of Class 126 DMS Sc51011 are recovered at Bellahouston on 31 August 1973. It had been struck by an EMU the previous evening while working the 9:10pm Ayr – Glasgow Central service, the rear car of the DMU ending on top of the EMU (seen behind the cranes) which then caught fire. Unknown Newspaper.