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Vehicle 51029


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

14/11/59 New to 67C (Ayr)
06/05/73Depot code changeAY
17/05/82 Stored S. AY (Ayr)
circa Jul-82 Stored U. AY (Ayr)
11/08/82 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

Notes

4th September 1979 - Seen with cab end gangway plated over.

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51033 59402 51029 Noted 25/02/60
51042 59410 51029 Noted 11/03/60
51032 59410 51029 Noted 01/04/60
51032 59392 51029 Noted 11/04/60
51047 59395 51029 Noted 14/05/60
51044 59395 51029 Noted 09/07/60
51045 59404 51029 Noted 02/12/60
51032 59406 51029 Noted 22/03/61
51032 59410 51029 Noted 29/03/61
51041 59410 51029 Noted 18/05/61
51048 59405 51029 Noted 04/07/61
164 51043 59395 51029 Listed at 67C - Aug-70
51043 59395 51029 Noted 15/08/70 - in Kyle St sidings1
51041 79479 51029 Noted 29/07/1972 - at Ayr2
51036 59411 51029 Noted 15/08/74 - on 1436 Glasgow C-Ayr
51035 59392 51029 Noted 15/04/1975 - st Ayr2
51044 59404 51029 Noted 20/03/76 - in Glasgow Central1
51040 59396 51029 Noted 25/07/76 - at Irvine1
409 51039 59406 51029 Listed at AY - 01/02/81
126404 51034 59402 51029 Listed at AY - 01/04/82

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork

Images:

Class 126 DMU at Ayr TMD

Unknown date

Swindon Inter-City DMS SC51029 in Ayr TMD. Date unknown, circa 1982. Ian MacDonald.

Class 126 DMU at Glasgow Central

Unknown date

A Class 126 DMU formation departs from Glasgow Central station led by DMSL SC51029, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 126 DMU at Falkland Yard

24th October 1982

Scrapper. Swindon Class 126 DMSL Sc51029 stored at Falkland Yard, Ayr. Whilst many of the vehicles stored here that day were 'COND' the vehicles seen here appear complete and probably await stripping and boarding up for scrap. Sunday 24 October 1982. alicia hartman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 11th October 1981

Class 126 Swindon Inter-City unit at Glasgow Central station on October 11th 1981 comprising of Sc51022 + Sc59404 + Sc51029. Rob Edwards.

DMU

Date: 24th October 1982

Scrapper. Swindon DMSL Sc51029 (nearest) awaits its fate at Falkland Yard, Ayr. The DMBSL visible at the end of the next set is Sc51037, which was subsequently photgraphed. Railcar data suggests that the adjacent DMSL could then be Sc51015. Sunday 24 October 1982. alicia hartman.