126s were displaced from E. & G. services from 1971 by the Class 27 push-pull sets. All were withdrawn by 1972 except for four cars transferred to Ayr. The Ayrshire stock faired rather better, surviving almost intact until mass withdrawals in the early '80s. The last two units finally lost the fight in January 1983. Although used on various other routes out of Glasgow in their final years, these 126s remained closely identified with the Ayr line until displacement by a mixture of loco-hauled trains and other DMUs.