Vehicle 51156
Class 125
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Orange Star
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Engines: Rolls Royce 238hp
Transmission: Hydraulic
Lot Number: 30464
Diagram: 595
Allocations
| 09/01/59 | New to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 5w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
| 02/12/76 | Withdrawn from | FP (Finsbury Park) |
Notes
18/06/77 - withdrawn vehicles 51003, 59456 and 51156 noted on Stratford depot, no longer formed as a set
Disposal
Scrapped by Marple & Gillott, Sheffield
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51156 | 59451 | 50990 | As delivered to 30A - 9th January 1959 | ||||||
| 51156 | 59456 | 50995 | Noted 05/04/71 - at Stratford depot1 | ||||||
| 51156 | 59458 | 50998 | 59449 | 51169 | Noted 04/11/1972 - R.C.T.S. / Peterborough Railway Circle Nene Valley Special / Last Train to Oundle | ||||
| 51156 | 59464 | 50990 | Noted 09/04/73 - on 1630 Hertford North-Kings Cross with 51161 + 59459 + 50996 | ||||||
| 51156 | 59460 | 50998 | Noted 20/04/75 - on Stratford depot1 | ||||||
| 51156 | 59458 | 50995 | Noted 09/09/1975 - at Kings Cross2 | ||||||
| 51156 | 59456 | 51003 | Noted 09/04/77 - on March depot, withdrawn3 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
Images:
11th April 1964
On a Romford - Upminster service is a BR Derby diesel-hydraulic DMU, with Motor Brake Second E51156 leading, in the bay platform at Romford on 11 April 1964. John Cosford.
20th October 1979
With the Great Eastern main line in the foreground, a withdrawn Class 125 3-Car DMU, with Driving Motor Brake Second E51156 & Trailer Second E59456 visible, were stood in the sidings at Stratford on October 22nd 1979. Martyn Hilbert.
22nd July 1984
8 years after being withdrawn in 1976 class 125 DMBS E51156 stands in Tinsley Yard on the 22nd July 1984. Built with hydraulic transmission these units were originally based at Stratford for working the Lea Valley line but electrification displaced them to Finsbury Park for suburban lines out of King's Cross until electrification in 1976. Kevin Law.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 11th April 1964
A Romford - Upminster service formed of a BR Derby diesel-hydraulic DMU leaving Romford for Upminster on 11 April 1964. The DMBS at the far end is E51156. John Cosford.
Date: April 1969
Two BR (Derby) Suburban (later Class 125) 3-car dmu's Nos. E51156 (125/2), E59454 (185), E50990 (125/1) and E51159 (125/2), E59453 (185), E51005 (125/1) in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends leaving Broad Street on a Hitchin service, 04/69. Hugh Llewelyn.