Vehicle 50990
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: 30462
Diagram: 596
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| 02/12/76 | Withdrawn from | FP (Finsbury Park) |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
02/04/78 - noted on Cambridge depot
Disposal
Scrapped by CF Booth, Rotherham
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51156 | 59451 | 50990 | As delivered to 30A - 9th January 1959 | ||||||
| 51168 | 59458 | 50990 | Noted 25/09/71 - in Kings Cross1 | ||||||
| 51171 | 59468 | 50990 | Noted 22/08/1972 - at Kings Cross2 | ||||||
| 51156 | 59464 | 50990 | Noted 09/04/73 - on 1630 Hertford North-Kings Cross with 51161 + 59459 + 50996 | ||||||
| 51155 | 59451 | 50990 | Noted 10/08/1974 - at Kings Cross2 | ||||||
| 51161 | 59458 | 50990 | Noted 09/04/77 - on March depot, withdrawn3 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
Images:
circa 1973
A Class 125 DMU calling at Stevenage on a wet day in the mid-1970s – leading car looks like E50990. This new station was opened in 1973, but it looks like building work is still ongoing. Note the unique orange star coupling code, does it have an 'LW' on it? Graeme Phillips Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
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.