Vehicle 51034
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: 30414
Diagram: 608
Allocations
| 30/05/59 | New to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AY | |
| 17/05/82 | Stored S. | AY (Ayr) | |
| circa Jul-82 | Stored U. | AY (Ayr) | |
| 11/08/82 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51034 | 59398 | 51018 | Noted 01/03/60 | ||||||
| 51034 | 59398 | 51026 | Noted 04/03/60 | ||||||
| 51034 | 59398 | 51009 | Noted 09/04/60 | ||||||
| 51034 | 59402 | 51023 | Noted 15/04/60 | ||||||
| 51034 | 59406 | 51012 | Noted 09/07/60 | ||||||
| 51034 | 59392 | 51021 | Noted 05/12/60 | ||||||
| 51034 | 59394 | 51021 | Noted 19/01/61 | ||||||
| 51034 | 59402 | 51011 | Noted 06/04/61 | ||||||
| 51034 | 59412 | 51009 | Noted 17/04/61 | ||||||
| 51034 | 59400 | 51009 | Noted 10/07/61 | ||||||
| 155 | 51034 | 59403 | 51022 | Noted circa Sep-69 | |||||
| 155 | 51034 | 59411 | 51020 | Listed at 67C - Aug-70 | |||||
| 51034 | 79479 | 51026 | Noted 15/08/70 - in Kyle St sidings1 | ||||||
| 51034 | 59399 | 51010 | Noted 06/04/72 - on Ayr depot1 | ||||||
| 51034 | 59391 | 51022 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 51034 | 59393 | 51023 | Noted 15/04/1975 - 12:35 Glasgow to Ayr3 | ||||||
| 51034 | 79470 | 51013 | Noted 09/09/76 - at Barrassie4 | ||||||
| 51034 | 79470 | 51049 | Noted 23rd May 1979 - 2 DMBS | ||||||
| 51034 | 79470 | 51009 | Noted 11th June 1980 | ||||||
| 404 | 51034 | 59411 | 51016 | Listed at AY - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 126404 | 51034 | 59402 | 51029 | Listed at AY - 01/04/82 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
Images:
August 1973
Set number: 104
An unusual sight in Eastfield depot in August 1973 was Class 126 DMBS Sc51034, possibly there for tyre turning. Alistair Ness.
1980
Set number: 404
The scene at Carlisle station in 1980, with an Ayrshire Class 126 Inter-City DMU in platform 8 and a Class 86 electric locomotive in platform 4. The DMU will have worked in on a local service from via the G&SW. Graeme Phillips Collection.
23rd February 1980
Set number: 404
A Swindon-built Class 126 Inter-City set, with SC51034 as the leading vehicle. Seen in the north bay at Carlisle on 23 February 1980, probably with a service to Glasgow Central via the G&SW route. Jeremy Chapter.
Unknown date
Set number: 126404
A six-car Class 126 DMU formation sets away from Glasgow Central in the early 1980s. Closest is DMBS Sc51034. Andrew McConnell.
Unknown date
Set number: 126404
Swindon Inter-City set 126 404 (DMBSL SC51034 closest) in its home depot of Ayr in the early 1980s. Andrew McConnell.
24th October 1982
Scrapper. Swindon DMBSL Sc51034 awaiting stripping and boarding up at Falkland Yard, Ayr. The Intermediate Driving Car in the background is Sc51025. Sunday 24 October 1982. alicia hartman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1981
Swindon Intercity Class 126 vehicles DMBS Sc51034 (set 126404) & DMS Sc51008 at the former goods yard at Ayr in 1981. The main line to Girvan & Stranraer is in the background. This site has now been redeveloped for storage of EMUs. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 24th October 1982
Scrapper. Swindon Class 126 Sc51025 Intermediate Driving Car buffered up to Leading Driving Car Sc51034 at Falkland Yard, Ayr. The vehicles are awaiting stripping and boarding up. Sunday 24 October 1982. alicia hartman.