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Vehicle 51156


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: 30464
Diagram: 595

Allocations

09/01/59 New to 30A (Stratford)
5w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
02/12/76 Withdrawn from FP (Finsbury Park)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18/06/77 - withdrawn vehicles 51003, 59456 and 51156 noted on Stratford depot, no longer formed as a set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 Marple & Gillott, Sheffield

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51156 59451 50990 As delivered to 30A - 9th January 1959
51156 59456 50995 Noted 05/04/71 - at Stratford depot1
51156 59458 50998 59449 51169 Noted 04/11/1972 - R.C.T.S. / Peterborough Railway Circle Nene Valley Special / Last Train to Oundle
51156 59464 50990 Noted 09/04/73 - on 1630 Hertford North-Kings Cross with 51161 + 59459 + 50996
51156 59460 50998 Noted 20/04/75 - on Stratford depot1
51156 59458 50995 Noted 09/09/1975 - at Kings Cross2
51156 59456 51003 Noted 09/04/77 - on March depot, withdrawn3

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown

Images:

Class 125 DMU at Romford

11th April 1964

On a Romford - Upminster service is a BR Derby diesel-hydraulic DMU, with Motor Brake Second E51156 leading, in the bay platform at Romford on 11 April 1964. John Cosford.

Class 125 DMU at Stratford

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With the Great Eastern main line in the foreground, a withdrawn Class 125 3-Car DMU, with Driving Motor Brake Second E51156 & Trailer Second E59456 visible, were stood in the sidings at Stratford on October 22nd 1979.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.

Class 125 DMU at Tinsley Yard

22nd July 1984

8 years after being withdrawn in 1976 class 125 DMBS E51156 stands in Tinsley Yard on the 22nd July 1984. Built with hydraulic transmission these units were originally based at Stratford for working the Lea Valley line but electrification displaced them to Finsbury Park for suburban lines out of King's Cross until electrification in 1976. Kevin Law.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 11th April 1964

A Romford - Upminster service formed of a BR Derby diesel-hydraulic DMU leaving Romford for Upminster on 11 April 1964. The DMBS at the far end is E51156. John Cosford.

DMU

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.