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Vehicle 51021

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

29/08/59	New to	67C (Ayr)
06/05/73	Depot code change	AY
05/10/81	Stored U.	AY (Ayr)
p/e 28/11/81	Withdrawn from	AY (Ayr)

Notes

28th May 1981 - Seen with rust holes at windows

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51038	59405	51021		Noted 27/02/60
	51028	59401	51023	51021	Noted 11/03/60
	51028	59401	51021		Noted 13/03/60 - on Stranraer service
	51039	59392	51021		Noted 18/03/60 - on Stranraer service
	79083	51021			Noted 11/04/60
	51033	59409	51021		Noted 09/07/60
	51034	59392	51021		Noted 05/12/60
	51034	59394	51021		Noted 19/01/61
	51035	59394	51021		Noted 27/04/61
	51035	59409	51021		Noted 01/07/61
	51038	59403	51021		Noted 04/07/61
166	51045	79470	51021		Noted circa Sep-69
169	51048	59393	51021		Listed at 67C - Aug-70
	51049	59398	51021		Noted 11/09/71 - at Ayr station sidings¹
	51032	59392	51021		Noted 02/08/1972 - at Ayr²
	51021	59410	79088		Noted 26/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central³
	51041	59400	51021		Noted 05/09/76⁴
412	51042	59395	51021		Listed at AY - 01/02/81
126407	51037	59399	51021		Noted 4th August 1981

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown

Images:

circa 1975

Class 126 DMU Sc51021 seen at Stranraer Harbour. A classic Scottish DMU type - my train arrived at Stranraer Harbour station where we were to board the Sealink ferry 'Ailsa Princess' for a crossing to Larne in Northern Ireland. Taken circa 1975 with my basic Kodak Instamatic using 126 cartridge film. Chris McKee.

Unknown date

A Class 126 DMU with DMSL SC51022 closest forming a Glasgow Central service in Ayr station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

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