Vehicle 51016
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
| 08/08/59 | New to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AY | |
| 17/05/82 | Stored S. | AY (Ayr) | |
| 11/08/82 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Notes
5th February 1980 - Seen with cab end gangway plated over.
30th April 1983 - Seen in Falkland Yard
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51039 | 59392 | 51016 | Noted 27/02/60 | ||||||
| 51044 | 59404 | 51016 | Noted 14/03/60 | ||||||
| 51038 | 59402 | 51016 | Noted 09/07/60 | ||||||
| 51033 | 59399 | 51016 | Noted 05/12/60 | ||||||
| 51048 | 59394 | 51016 | Noted 22/12/60 | ||||||
| 51048 | 59410 | 51016 | Noted 10/01/61 | ||||||
| 51031 | 59411 | 51016 | Noted 08/03/61 | ||||||
| 51047 | 59398 | 51016 | Noted 18/05/61 | ||||||
| 153 | 51032 | 59400 | 51016 | Listed at 67C - Aug-70 | |||||
| 51049 | 59398 | 51016 | Noted 24/07/1972 - at Ayr1 | ||||||
| 51030 | 59396 | 51016 | Noted 05/09/73 - at Ayr2 | ||||||
| 51048 | 59405 | 51016 | Noted 09/09/76 - at Kilwinning2 | ||||||
| 404 | 51034 | 59411 | 51016 | Listed at AY - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 126406 | 51036 | 59411 | 51016 | Listed at AY - 01/04/82 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
Images:
26th March 1974
'Intermediate' DMS SC51016 leads a 6-car Class 126 Swindon Inter-City set into Glasgow Central from the Ayrshire Coast, 26/3/74. John McIntyre.
September 1979
SC51016 leading an Inter City DMU at Ayr, September 1979. The DMS on the left is Sc50936. Karel 1999.
10th February 1980
A Class 126 DMU with SC51016 is seen at Ayr on 10 February 1980. Brian Daniels.
August 1982
The surviving Class 126 sets (126 406 and 413) together with loose power car Sc51016 sit in Ayr (Kyle St) carriage sidings in August 1982. The sets had been both withdrawn and reinstated in this month, eventually surviving in traffic until January '83. Andrew McConnell.
August 1982
Sc51016 waits a turn of service that would never come Ayr (Kyle St) August 1982. The vehicle is the last one shown in service apart from the final two Sets (126 413 and 406) which would soldier on until January of the following year. Andrew McConnell.
12th September 1982
It’s Not Unusual. Swindon Class 126 Inter-City Intermediate Driving Car Sc51016 at Kyle Street Sidings, Ayr. It was not unusual to see a Swindon power car here on its own. However, by this time there were only a handful of IC Sets still in traffic. Sunday 12 September 1982. alicia hartman.