Vehicle 51012
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
| 18/04/59 | New to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AY | |
| 17/05/82 | Stored S. | AY (Ayr) | |
| 05/06/82 | Stored U. | AY (Ayr) | |
| 11/08/82 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Notes
16/05/59 - A number of odd Class 126 vehicle had arrived in Scotland from Swindon and in some cases have been marshalled into Edinburgh-Glasgow sets. Five vehicles, including 51012, 51013, 59402 and 59402, were in Lugton goods yard on 16th May 1959.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51042 | 59410 | 51012 | Noted 27/02/60 | ||||||
| 51043 | 59394 | 51012 | Noted 11/03/60 | ||||||
| 51031 | 59411 | 51012 | Noted 16/04/60 | ||||||
| 51034 | 59406 | 51012 | Noted 09/07/60 | ||||||
| 51040 | 59409 | 51012 | Noted 06/12/60 | ||||||
| 51038 | 59395 | 51012 | Noted 17/01/61 | ||||||
| 51036 | 59408 | 51012 | Noted 09/03/61 | ||||||
| 51036 | 59405 | 51012 | Noted 23/03/61 | ||||||
| 51036 | 59408 | 51012 | Noted 30/03/61 | ||||||
| 51031 | 59402 | 51012 | Noted 01/07/61 | ||||||
| 51030 | 59408 | 51012 | Noted 06/07/61 | ||||||
| 162 | 51041 | 59391 | 51012 | Listed at 67C - Aug-70 | |||||
| 51040 | 59399 | 51012 | Noted 15/08/70 - in Kyle St sidings1 | ||||||
| 51031 | 59407 | 51012 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Ayr station sidings1 | ||||||
| 51045 | 59407 | 51012 | Noted 06/04/72 - on Ayr depot1 | ||||||
| 51046 | 59397 | 51012 | Noted 25/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 120 | 51050 | 59403 | 51012 | Noted 05/09/73 - at Ayr3 | |||||
| 51046 | 59396 | 51012 | Noted 07/04/1975 - 07:55 Ayr to Glasgow Central4 | ||||||
| 51050 | 59397 | 51012 | Noted 31/12/75 - in Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 51044 | 59404 | 51012 | Noted 09/09/76 - at Stranraer3 | ||||||
| 403 | 51033 | 59396 | 51012 | Listed at AY - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 126413 | 51043 | 59407 | 51012 | Noted unknown date | |||||
| 126414 | 51044 | 59412 | 51012 | Listed at AY - 01/04/82 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
Images:
4th July 1959
Sc51012 at the front of Swindon-Inter-City set on an excursion, possibly to Aberdeen, at Dundee on July 4th, 1959. The vehicle had been working with the 79xxx vehicles at Leith, hence the 'A' headcodes. This type of gangway cover, common on the 79xxx vehicles, was unusual on the 5xxxx vehicles. George Bett.
4th July 1959
Sc51012 at the front of Swindon-Inter-City set on an excursion, possibly to Aberdeen, at Dundee on July 4th, 1959. The vehicle had been working with the 79xxx vehicles at Leith, hence the 'A' headcodes. This type of gangway cover, common on the 79xxx vehicles, was unusual on the 5xxxx vehicles. George Bett.
8th April 1981
8 over at the clubhouse. Watched by a couple of local lads, an early evening Glasgow to Ayr service slows to a halt at Barassie Junction. The 8 car rake is led by Swindon class 126 DMS Sc51012. The golf club car park seems well filled, its a fine spring evening after all. 8th April 1981. Bruce Galloway.
Unknown date
SC51012 in Kyle Street Sidings - a stabling point beside Ayr station - in the early 1980s. Ian MacDonald.
August 1982
51012 awaits its fate after withdrawal. The boarded up windows were a sign it was an asbestos contaminated vehicle. At Falkland Yard in August 1982. Andrew McConnell.
19th September 1982
Withdrawn Class 126 DMSL Sc51012 at Whitemoor, March, on 19.09.82 awaiting transfer to Snailwell scrapyard. Phil Bevan.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1st August 1982
Set number: 126406
A six-car Class 126 formation in Largs station on August 1st, 1982, with Sc51036 closest. A Class 107 is stabled on the right with Sc51012 closest. John Carter.