Vehicle 59404
Class 126
Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Inter City
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: White Circle
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Lot Number: 30416
Diagram: 571
Allocations
| 04/05/59 | New to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AY | |
| 17/05/82 | Stored S. | AY (Ayr) | |
| 11/08/82 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) | |
| 31/08/82 | Reinstated | AY (Ayr) | |
| p/e 29/01/83 | Withdrawn |
Disposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51044 | 59404 | 51008 | Noted 25/02/60 | ||||||
| 51044 | 59404 | 51016 | Noted 14/03/60 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59404 | 51025 | Noted 09/07/60 | ||||||
| 51045 | 59404 | 51029 | Noted 02/12/60 | ||||||
| 51041 | 59404 | 51011 | Noted 17/03/61 | ||||||
| 51048 | 59404 | 51011 | Noted 21/03/61 | ||||||
| 51048 | 59404 | 51014 | Noted 07/04/61 | ||||||
| 51048 | 59404 | 51017 | Noted 23/06/61 | ||||||
| 51045 | 59404 | 51011 | Noted 03/07/61 | ||||||
| 170 | 51049 | 59404 | 51013 | Listed at 67C - Aug-70 | |||||
| 51049 | 59404 | 51013 | Noted 15/08/70 - in Kyle St sidings1 | ||||||
| 51032 | 59404 | 51015 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 119 | 51049 | 59404 | 51027 | Noted 05/09/73 - at Ayr3 | |||||
| 105 | 51035 | 59404 | 51018 | Noted 25/08/75 - in Ayr station3 | |||||
| 51044 | 59404 | 51029 | Noted 20/03/76 - in Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 51044 | 59404 | 51012 | Noted 09/09/76 - at Stranraer3 | ||||||
| 418 | 51048 | 59404 | 51025 | Listed at AY - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 126406 | 51036 | 59404 | 51015 | Noted unknown date | |||||
| 126413 | 51043 | 59404 | 51026 | Listed at AY - 01/04/82 | |||||
| 126413 | 51043 | 59404 | 51026 | Noted 28th September 1982 | |||||
| 126413 | 51043 | 59404 | 51026 | Noted 5th October 1982 | |||||
| 126413 | 51043 | 59404 | 51026 | Noted 09/10/1982 - Swindon Preservation Society Ayrshire Wanderer Railtour 126413+126406 | |||||
| 126413 | 51043 | 59404 | 51026 | Noted 18th October 1982 | |||||
| 51043 | 59404 | 51026 | Noted 20th October 1982 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
Images:
9th October 1982
Class 126 centre car SC59404 at Hunterston Ore Terminal as part of the SPS Ayrshire Wanderer railtour on 9 October 1982. The funds raised from the tour helped the group purchase this vehicle (and two others on the tour) for preservation. John Horne.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 11th October 1981
Class 126 Swindon Inter-City unit at Glasgow Central station on October 11th 1981 comprising of Sc51022 + Sc59404 + Sc51029. Rob Edwards.
Date: August 1982
Sc51017 and Sc51043 face off in Ayr (Kyle St sidings), August 1982. The vehicles were then part of the last two Class 126 units to survive (126 413 and 126 406). The best example of each type of 126 vehicle from the last two sets were remarshalled to form the now preserved Class 126 unit, 126 413 (Sc51017, Sc59404, Sc51043). Andrew McConnell.
Date: 9th October 1982
The "Ayrshire Wanderer" railtour is seen at Hunterston on the 9th October 1982. It was formed of 51017 / 59411 / 51036 + 51043 / 59404 / 51026. Ian MacDonald.
Date: 9th October 1982
Set number: 126406
Class 126 Waterside 'Ayrshire Wanderer' 9 Oct 1982. This tour was organised by the Swindon Preservation Society and used the same name as the previous year's BLS tour doing exactly what it said on the headboard. The class also remained in service for a bit longer than planned after the tour which had meant to see them being withdrawn from service the following day. Here we see the train at Benbane on the Waterside branch. The vehicles were 51036/59411/51017 + 51026/59404/51043. Alistair Ness.
Date: 9th October 1982
Set number: 126406
Class 126 Waterside 'Ayrshire Wanderer' 9 Oct 1982. This tour was organised by the Swindon Preservation Society and used the same name as the previous year's BLS tour doing exactly what it said on the headboard. The class also remained in service for a bit longer than planned after the tour which had meant to see them being withdrawn from service the following day. Here we see the train at Benbane on the Waterside branch. The vehicles were 51036/59411/51017 + 51026/59404/51043. Alistair Ness.
Date: 9th October 1982
Class 126 Hunterston 9 Oct 1982. The 'Ayrshire Wanderer' tour was organised by the Swindon Preservation Society and used the same name as the previous year's BLS tour doing exactly what it said on the headboard. The class also remained in service for a bit longer than planned after the tour which had meant to see them being withdrawn from service the following day. Here we see the train at Hunterston Ore Terminal, it was formed of 51017/59411/51036 + 51043/59404/51026. Alistair Ness.
Date: 9th October 1982
Class 126 Hunterston 9 Oct 1982. The 'Ayrshire Wanderer' tour was organised by the Swindon Preservation Society and used the same name as the previous year's BLS tour doing exactly what it said on the headboard. The class also remained in service for a bit longer than planned after the tour which had meant to see them being withdrawn from service the following day. Here we see the train at Hunterston Ore Terminal, it was formed of 51017/59411/51036 + 51043/59404/51026. Alistair Ness.
Date: 9th October 1982
Set number: 126413
Class 126 Killoch 9 Oct 1982. The 'Ayrshire Wanderer' railtour was organised by the Swindon Preservation Society and used the same name as the previous year's BLS tour doing exactly what it said on the headboard. The class also remained in service for a bit longer than planned after the tour which had meant to see them being withdrawn from service the following day. Here we see the train at Killoch Colliery, it was formed 51043/59404/51026 + 51017/59411/51036. Alistair Ness.
Date: 9th October 1982
Set number: 126406
Class 101 & 126 Largs 9 Oct 1982. The Class 126 (formed 51036/59411/51017 + 51026/59404/51043) was on the 'Ayrshire Wanderer' railtour. This tour was organised by the Swindon Preservation Society and used the same name as the previous year's BLS tour doing exactly what it said on the headboard. The class also remained in service for a bit longer than planned after the tour which had meant to see them being withdrawn from service the following day. Alistair Ness.
Date: 9th October 1982
The SPS "Ayrshire Wanderer" railtour at Ardrossan Harbour on 9 October 1982. It was formed of 51026 + 59404 + 51043 / 51036 + 59411 + 51017. John Horne.
Date: 9th October 1982
51026 + 59404 + 51043 at Hunterston Ore Terminal with the SPS Ayrshire Wanderer railtour on 9 October 1982. John Horne.
Date: 9th October 1982
The SPS organised Ayrshire Wanderer railtour after leaving Hunterston Ore Terminal on 9 October 1982. Taken on board 51026 looking torwards 59404 + 51043 / 51036 + 59411 + 51017. John Horne.
Date: 9th October 1982
Set number: 126413
The SPS Ayrshire Wanderer railtour during the Killoch Colliery stop on 9 October 1982. The vehicles are 51043 + 59404 + 51026 / 51017 + 59411 + 51036. John Horne.
Date: December 1982
Set number: 126413
It's Not Unusual. Perhaps, but it's a late Saturday afternoon and Swindon 126 413 has deposited a handful of passengers at Largs after arriving on a service from Glasgow Central. DMBSL Sc51043 is nearest the camera with DMSL Sc51017 recorded at the rear. TSL is presumably Sc59404. This is probably the reformed Set 413 (with DMSL swapped from the other remaining operational Set 406) prior to preservation. December 1982. alicia hartman.
Date: 1983
Class 126 vehicles 51017, 59404 and 51043 pass through Dundee in a freight formation on their way to the Brechin Railway and a new life in preservation in 1983. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 5th January 1983
Set number: 126413
On 5 January 1983 the final two Class 126 units are seen in Glasgow Central station. That date the six vehicles (SC51043 closest, the others being 51017, 51026, 51036, 59404 and 59411) were on Kilmacolm duties. That branch closed a few days a later and the Class 126s were withdrawn by the end of the month. Brian Daniels.
Date: 5th January 1983
On 5 January 1983 the final two Class 126 units are seen in Kilmacolm station with a Glasgow Central service. DMSL SC51026 closest, the others being 51017, 51036, 51043, 59404 and 59411. The branch closed a few days a later and the Class 126s were withdrawn by the end of the month. Brian Daniels.
Date: 5th January 1983
Two Class 126 DMUs in Kilmacolm station with a Glasgow Central service on 5 January 1983 a few days before services were withdrawn. DMSL SC51026 is closest (the others are 51017 51036 51043 59404 and 59411). Brian Daniels.
Date: 1983
Set number: 126413
51043, 59404 and 51017 at Dunfermline Townhill depot in 1983. They had been stored there during the tendering process to preservationists, and they are being prepared to leave for their new home on the Caledonian Railway. Andrew McConnell.
Date: May 1983
Set number: 126413
126 413 (51043, 59404, 51017) at Thornton Yard, Fife, in May 1983, waiting to be rail-freighted as part of an overnight working to Aberdeen the same night. It was dropped off at Laurencekirk, where it left the British Railways network for the last time. Andrew McConnell.
Date: May 1983
51017, 59404 and 51043 at Thornton Junction depot in May 1983. After a period in store at Dunfermline Townhill there they are en-route to their new home in preservation on the Caledonian Railway. Andrew McConnell.
Date: May 1983
Set number: 126413
Class 126 DMU vehicles 51043 + 59404 + 51017 at Laurencekirk in May 1983 awaiting road movement to preservation on the Brechin Railway. They had been moved by rail from Dunfermline Townhill where they had been stored since withdrawal during the tendering process. Ian MacDonald.
Date: May 1983
Set number: 126413
51043, 59404 and 51017 sit in the yard at Laurencekirk in May 1983. They'd been moved by rail from storage at Dunfermline Townhill, and would be moved by road to preservation on the Caledonian Railway. Andrew McConnell.
Date: May 1983
Set number: 126413
126 413 (Sc51043, Sc59404 (and Sc51017)) with limited time still on BR metals at Laurencekirk Goods Yard in May 1983, as they await road movement to preservation on the Caledonian Railway (Brechin). Andrew McConnell.