Vehicle 59456
Class 125
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Orange Star
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30463
Diagram: 597
Allocations
| 03/02/59 | 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| 02/12/76 | Withdrawn from | FP (Finsbury Park) |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18/06/77 - withdrawn vehicles 51003, 59456 and 51156 noted on Stratford depot, no longer formed as a set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 BR, Doncaster Works
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51161 | 59456 | 50995 | As delivered to 30A - 3rd February 1959 | ||||||
| 50996 | 59456 | 51159 | Noted 04/09/69 - at Finsbury Park1 | ||||||
| 51156 | 59456 | 50995 | Noted 05/04/71 - at Stratford depot1 | ||||||
| 51155 | 59456 | 50996 | Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross2 | ||||||
| 51162 | 59456 | 51001 | Noted 27/08/73 - in GN suburban area1 | ||||||
| 51162 | 59456 | 50994 | Noted 15/06/74 - in Kings Cross1 | ||||||
| 51158 | 59456 | 50998 | Noted 09/09/1975 - at Kings Cross 2 | ||||||
| 51155 | 59456 | 50989 | Noted 12/09/76 - at Finsbury Park1 | ||||||
| 51156 | 59456 | 51003 | Noted 09/04/77 - on March depot, withdrawn3 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 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With the Great Eastern main line in the foreground, a withdrawn Class 125 3-Car DMU, with Driving Motor Brake Second E51156 & Trailer Second E59456 visible, were stood in the sidings at Stratford on October 22nd 1979.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.