Vehicle 51044
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
| 05/09/59 | New to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AY | |
| 17/05/82 | Stored S. | AY (Ayr) | |
| 24/05/82 | Stored U. | AY (Ayr) | |
| 11/08/82 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
51044 was involved in the following incident:
16/4/79 - Paisley Gilmour Street, ScR
Collision involving Class 126 / EMU
Info from Bill Read
The 18:58 Ayr to Glasgow Central additional train formed Sc51031/Sc59412/Sc51014 & Sc51044/Sc59398/Sc51017 passed a signal at danger at Paisley Gilmour Street. Guard gave right away while signal at danger and the driver did not check. Train was in head on collision with the 19:40 Glasgow Central to Wemyss Bay as it crossed the junction east of the station. Serious damage, 7 fatalities and many injuries. Both SC51031 and EMU SC75840 were extensively damaged. SC51031 rode up over the roof of the EMU and was cut up on site. The remaining DMU vehicles were all repairable.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51044 | 59404 | 51008 | Noted 25/02/60 | ||||||
| 51044 | 59404 | 51016 | Noted 14/03/60 | ||||||
| 51044 | 59405 | 51026 | Noted 24/05/60 | ||||||
| 51044 | 59395 | 51029 | Noted 09/07/60 | ||||||
| 51044 | 59407 | 51027 | Noted 08/12/60 | ||||||
| 51044 | 59407 | 51020 | Noted 10/12/60 | ||||||
| 51044 | 59403 | 51011 | Noted 15/12/60 | ||||||
| 51044 | 59391 | 51023 | Noted 14/02/61 | ||||||
| 51044 | 59409 | 51017 | Noted 07/03/61 | ||||||
| 165 | 51044 | 59405 | 51024 | Noted circa Oct-60 | |||||
| 165 | 51044 | 79470 | 51027 | Listed at 67C - Aug-70 | |||||
| 51042 | 79470 | 51044 | Noted 15/08/70 - in Kyle St sidings1 | ||||||
| 51044 | 59395 | 51010 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Ayr station sidings1 | ||||||
| 51044 | 79470 | 51025 | Noted 24/07/1972 - at Ayr2 | ||||||
| 51044 | 59403 | 51024 | Noted 17/04/73 - in Glasgow Central3 | ||||||
| 51030 | 59403 | 51044 | Noted 25/07/1973 - at Ayr4 | ||||||
| 114 | 51044 | 59409 | 51008 | Noted 05/09/73 - at Ayr3 | |||||
| 51044 | 59404 | 51029 | Noted 20/03/76 - in Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 51044 | 59404 | 51012 | Noted 09/09/76 - at Stranraer3 | ||||||
| 414 | 51044 | 59398 | 51014 | Listed at AY - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 126414 | 51044 | 59398 | 51017 | Noted unknown date | |||||
| 126414 | 51044 | 59412 | 51012 | Listed at AY - 01/04/82 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Jeremy Goodyear
Images:
6th September 1977
Set number: 414
Swindon Inter City Class 126 DMU, DMBS 51044 closest, at Glasgow Central on 6th September 1977. David Scott.
1981
Set number: 126414
126 414 led by Sc51044 leaves Ayr for Girvan in 1981. 126 414 was one of the best condition 126 sets at the time, but was withdrawn in a cull of 8 complete sets in 8/82, leaving only 126 406 and 413 in service. Andrew McConnell.
1981
Set number: 126414
Class 126 set 126 414 in Ayr station circa 1981. DMBS(L) Sc51044 is closest. This class had the white circle coupling code, they are not very prominent on this vehicle! Andrew McConnell.
28th May 1981
Set number: 126414
Set formation 126414. with DMBS SC51044 nearest the camera, is seen in Kyle Street carriage sidings at Ayr on the 28th May 1981. Graeme Phillips Collection.
14th June 1981
Set number: 126414
A six-car Class 126 formation in Ayr station on June 14, 1981. Stephen Burdett.
Unknown date
Set number: 126414
Sc51044 at the front of 126 414 in Ayr station, circa 1982, it was one of the last few Class 126 sets in service. Andrew McConnell.
August 1982
Two Swindon Inter-City Class 126 sets seen inside Ayr depot in August 1982. 51044 is on the left at 51017 on the right. Ian MacDonald.
August 1982
Two Swindon Inter-City sets in Ayr shed in August 1982. 51044 is on the left and 51017 on the right. Andrew McConnell.