Vehicle 51014
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
| 01/08/59 | New to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AY | |
| 02/08/81 | Stored U. | AY (Ayr) | |
| 05/09/81 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
51014 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 | ||||||
| 51009 | 59409 | 51014 | Noted 30/04/60 | ||||||
| 51046 | 59409 | 51014 | Noted 05/05/60 | ||||||
| 51036 | 59409 | 51014 | Noted 09/07/60 | ||||||
| 51035 | 59411 | 51014 | Noted 05/12/60 | ||||||
| 51040 | 59411 | 51014 | Noted 13/01/61 | ||||||
| 51048 | 59404 | 51014 | Noted 07/04/61 | ||||||
| 51040 | 59406 | 51014 | Noted 30/06/61 | ||||||
| 173 | 79088 | 79479 | 51014 | Listed at 67C - Aug-70 | |||||
| 51038 | 59406 | 51014 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Ayr station sidings1 | ||||||
| 51036 | 59408 | 51014 | Noted 06/04/72 - on Ayr depot1 | ||||||
| 51045 | 59407 | 51014 | Noted 29/07/1972 - at Ayr2 | ||||||
| 51036 | 79479 | 51014 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central3 | ||||||
| 51041 | 59407 | 51014 | Noted 07/04/1975 - on 06:00 Glasgow Central to Ayr2 | ||||||
| 51031 | 59412 | 51014 | Noted 13th March 1979 | ||||||
| 414 | 51044 | 59398 | 51014 | Listed at AY - 01/02/81 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
Images:
12th July 1963
A Swindon Inter-City DMU is seen leaving Stranraer Harbour with the 12:30 to Glasgow St Enoch on 12 July 1963. It had worked in as the 9am ex-Glasgow. Michael Mensing.
1st August 1974
Sc51014 leads a six-car Class 126 formation north past Hawkhill Junction, about to pass Ayr depot on the left, on 1 August 1974. Phil Bidwell.
Unknown date
Class 125 DMSL SC51014 on Ayr depot. The engine on the closest side has been removed. Paul Redmond.