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Vehicle 51169


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

12/05/59 New to 30A (Stratford)
Jul-70 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
31/12/76 Withdrawn from FP (Finsbury Park)

Notes

01/02/78 - withdrawn Class 125 vehicles at March: 50991, 50994, 50995, 51000, 51001, 51004, 51006, 51155, 51160, 51161, 51163, 51166, 51169, 51173, 59449, 59454, 59457, 59458, 59459, 59461, 59463, 59465, 59466, 59467, 59468
Mar-81 - 51001 / 51006 / 51163 / 51169 / 51173 noted in Doncaster Works awaiting scrapping.

Disposal

Scrapped by BR, Doncaster Works

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51003 59464 51169 As delivered to 30A - 12th May 1959
51156 59458 50998 59449 51169 Noted 04/11/1972 - R.C.T.S. / Peterborough Railway Circle Nene Valley Special / Last Train to Oundle
51169 59454 51002 Noted 10/08/1974 - at Kings Cross1
51169 59452 50997 Noted 20/04/75 - on Stratford depot2
51169 59452 51003 Noted 30/04/75 - on Stratford depot3
51169 59459 51001 Noted 02/04/1976 - at Kings Cross 1

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd June 1978

A number of Class 125 DMU vehicles in March yard on 22 June 1978. These had been withdrawn from Finsbury Park (FP) depot a few months earlier, presumably following the electrification of the suburban lines out of Kings Cross, and the introduction of new Class 313 emus. The vehicles pictured were scrapped at Doncaster Works, Booths (Rotherham) or Birds (Long Marston). I think some of these vehicles were at March for a few years, as I saw a report that 5 of the driving trailers present (51001/51004/51006/51163/51169/51173) were in Doncaster Works awaiting scrapping in March 1981. A full list of the other stock present was: 50991/50994/50995/51155/51160 (all five seen or just seen in the image), 59449/59454/59457/59458/59459/59461/59463/59465/59467/59468. 59468 is nearest the camera in my photo. This had been new, from Derby Works in September 1959 and was withdrawn (from FP) in January 1977. 59468 was scrapped at Booths. Lewis Bevan.