Vehicle 51037
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
| 06/06/59 | 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| 11/08/82 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |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:
| 51037 | 59408 | 51015 | Noted 07/03/60 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59393 | 51019 | Noted 09/05/60 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59394 | 51011 | Noted 23/05/60 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59404 | 51025 | Noted 09/07/60 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59398 | 51013 | Noted 06/12/60 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59398 | 51028 | Noted 16/12/60 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59405 | 51022 | Noted 26/12/60 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59409 | 51018 | Noted 16/01/61 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59406 | 51024 | Noted 08/03/61 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59406 | 51023 | Noted 11/03/61 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59406 | 51019 | Noted 25/03/61 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59406 | 51023 | Noted 21/04/61 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59407 | 51009 | Noted 19/05/61 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59391 | 51028 | Noted 03/07/61 | ||||||
| 158 | 51037 | 59409 | 51019 | Listed at 67C - Aug-70 | |||||
| 51037 | 59409 | 51019 | Noted 15/08/70 - in Kyle St sidings1 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59409 | 51019 | Noted 17/08/70 - in Glasgow Central working with 51035 + 59398 + 51050 possibly with DB999510 attached.2 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59409 | 51017 | Noted 28/07/1972 - at Ayr3 | ||||||
| 107 | 51037 | 79479 | 51024 | Noted 05/09/73 - at Ayr2 | |||||
| 51037 | 59395 | 51027 | Noted 07/04/1975 - 07:55 Ayr to Glasgow Central3 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59395 | 51019 | Noted 20/03/76 - in Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 407 | 51037 | 59397 | 51026 | Listed at AY - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 126407 | 51037 | 59399 | 51021 | Noted 4th August 1981 | |||||
| 126407 | 51037 | 59407 | 51015 | Listed at AY - 01/04/82 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
Images:
18th June 1959
A Swindon Works image (negative 5CR/214) showing the guard's van in Inter-City DMBSL Sc51037 on 18 June 1959. British Railways.
18th June 1959
A Swindon Works image (negative 5CR/215) showing the interior of Inter-City DMBSL Sc51037 on 18 June 1959. This is taken in the front saloon looking to the rear of the vehicle. British Railways.
18th June 1959
A Swindon Works image (negative 5CR/216) showing the interior of Inter-City DMBSL Sc51037 on 18 June 1959. This is taken in the rear saloon looking to the front of the vehicle. British Railways.
10th August 1973
Set number: 107
Two Class 126 DMUs form the 15:00 Glasgow Central - Stranraer service seen at Kilkerran (south of Maybole) on 10 August 1973. DMBSL SC51037 leads, displaying set number 107 in the cab window. Michael Mensing.
17th April 1979
Set number: 407
Sc51037 at the front of a Class 126 DMU at Johnstone on 17 April 1979. Jeremy Chapter.
Unknown date
Set number: 126407
The Way It Was. Swindon Inter-City 126 407 has unloaded passengers at Glasgow Central High Level Platform 11. It is starting to fill up again before the tail lamp has been repositioned. DMBSL Sc51037 will lead on what will probably be another working down to the Ayrshire coast. Probably circa 1980. alicia hartman.
Unknown date
Set number: 126407
Swindon set 126 407 is headed by SC51037 which carries TransClyde markings when seen in Johnstone station, circa 1981/2. Ian MacDonald.
circa 1981
Set number: 126407
Evening sun illuminates a six-car Swindon Intercity DMU as it heads south between Kilwinning and Dalry circa 1981. 126407 / Sc51037 is leading. Andrew McConnell.
19th June 1981
Set number: 126407
126 407 is seen at Crookston working the 08:17 Kilmacolm - Glasgow Central on 19/6/81. Hamish Stevenson.
6th March 1982
Set number: 126407
20039 & 20152 Glasgow Central 6 Mar 1982. The LCGB Caledonian No.7 Railtour waiting to depart. Swindon Class 126 DMBS 51037 has newly arrived. Alistair Ness.
24th October 1982
Scrapper. Class 126 vehicles stored at Falkland Yard, Ayr, prior to their final journey to Snailwell in East Anglia for scrapping. DMBSL Sc51037 nearest the camera has not been stripped and boarded up yet, unlike the adjacent set. Sunday 24 October 1982. alicia hartman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
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.