Vehicle 59393
Class 126
Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Inter City
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: White Circle
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Lot Number: 30415
Diagram: 570
Allocations
| 11/04/59 | New to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| unknown | On loan to | 64H (Leith Central) | - Move not listed |
| Oct-60 | Ex-loan back to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AY | |
| p/e 28/11/81 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51040 | 59393 | 51019 | Noted 27/02/60 | ||||||
| 51040 | 59393 | 51019 | Noted 04/04/60 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59393 | 51019 | Noted 09/05/60 | ||||||
| 51043 | 59393 | 51019 | Noted 23/05/60 | ||||||
| 51043 | 59393 | 51019 | Noted 09/07/60 | ||||||
| 51039 | 59393 | 51026 | Noted 02/12/60 | ||||||
| 51045 | 59393 | 51013 | Noted 02/03/61 | ||||||
| 51045 | 59393 | 50936 | Noted 28/03/61 | ||||||
| 79085 | 59393 | 51022 | Noted 04/07/61 | ||||||
| 169 | 51048 | 59393 | 51021 | Listed at 67C - Aug-70 | |||||
| 51049 | 59393 | 51025 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 51034 | 59393 | 51023 | Noted 15/04/1975 - 12:35 Glasgow to Ayr2 | ||||||
| 51041 | 59393 | 51026 | Noted 23/07/79 - on 17:25 Glasgow - Stranraer Harbour3 | ||||||
| 411 | 51041 | 59393 | 51018 | Listed at AY - 01/02/81 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Phil Shatford
Images:
8th April 1959
An official image (Swindon Works negative MT88) showing Inter-City trailer first Sc59393, dated April 8 1959. The corridor vehicle had forty-two seats in seven compartments, and a toilet at each end. It was listed as new to Ayr depot three days later on the 11th where it spent its whole career, other than a short spell on loan to Leith Central soon after delivery. Withdrawn in 1981, disposal would be at Snailwell. British Railways.
8th April 1959
The centre ('D') compartment of new Swindon Inter-City Trailer First SC59393 built for the Glasgow - Ayr/Girvan/Stranraer route. This was the only one of the seven compartments to have an exterior door. The Trafolyte sign above the door notes the paneling is mahogany. A Swindon Works image - negative 5CR/132A. Recorded in the Works photograph ledger as taken on 18 June 1959 yet the vehicle was new to Ayr in April, and was likely taken on 8 April along with the exterior view (MT88). British Railways.
8th April 1959
Compartment B in new Swindon Inter-City Trailer First SC59393 built for the Glasgow - Ayr/Girvan/Stranraer route. A Swindon Works image - negative 5CR/133. Recorded in the Works photograph ledger as taken on 18 June 1959 yet the vehicle was new to Ayr in April, and was likely taken on 8 April along with the exterior view (MT88). British Railways.
8th April 1959
The corridor of new Swindon Inter-City Trailer First Sc59393 built for the Glasgow - Ayr/Girvan/Stranraer route. Note the table strapped to the wall at the far end - this could be fitted into any compartment when needed. A Swindon Works image - negative 5CR/132. Recorded in the Works photograph ledger as taken on 18 June 1959 yet the vehicle was new to Ayr in April, and was likely taken on 8 April along with the exterior view (MT88). British Railways.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 6th August 1979
Set number: 411
Set 411 (DMBS Sc51041, TS Sc59393, DMS Sc51026) with GG (Greater Glasgow) Trans-Clyde branding. At Carlisle on the 6th August 1979. Robert Frise.