Vehicle 50993
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
| 30/01/59 | New to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 5w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
| 16/01/77 | Withdrawn from | FP (Finsbury Park) |
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, Doncaster Works
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50993 | 59454 | 51159 | As delivered to 30A - 30th January 1959 | ||||||
| 51165 | 59449 | 50993 | Noted 27/08/73 - in GN suburban area1 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
Images:
1959
A Derby Works image (negative 59/56) of E50993 + E59454 + E51159 in early 1959, presumably on the Wirksworth branch. British Railways.
1959
A Derby Works image (negative 59/57) of E50993 in early 1959, presumably on the Wirksworth branch. British Railways.
1959
A Derby Works image (negative 59/58) showing the underframe equipment on E50993 in early 1959, presumably on the Wirksworth branch. One engine can just be seen behind the heater, 'Rolls-Royce' just visible to the right of the exhaust silencer. British Railways.
1959
A Derby Works image (negative 59/59) showing the cab of E50993 in early 1959. British Railways.
1959
A Derby Works image (negative 59/64) taken in Duffield station showing the interior of DMS E50993 in early 1959. The triple seats were on the opposite side of that shown in the vehicle diagram (596). British Railways.
23rd July 1970
Two Class 125 sets at Finsbury Park on 23/7/70, with E50993 closest. David Mant.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1959
A Derby Works image (negative 59/55) of E51159 + E59454 + E50993 in early 1959, presumably on the Wirksworth branch. British Railways.
Date: 1959
A Derby Works image (negative 59/63) taken in Duffield station showing the interior of either DMS E50993 or DMBS E51159 in early 1959. Despite the diagram (596) for the DMS showing the triple seats on the opposite side from the DMBS, they both had them on the same side. British Railways.
Date: 1959
A Derby Works image (negative 59/65) taken in Duffield station showing two triple seats along a partition in a non-smoking compartment in either TS E59454 or DMS E50993 in early 1959. The formica on the side walls was the same pattern as that being used on the Swindon Inter-City sets being build at the same time. British Railways.
Date: June 1976
Two BR (Derby) Suburban (Class 125) 3-car dmu's Nos. E50993 (125/1), E59454 (185), E51159 (125/2) and E51005 (125/1), E59466 (185), E51171 (125/2) in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends at Wood Green on a Welwyn Garden City - Kings Cross service, 06/76. Hugh Llewelyn.