Vehicle 51004
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
| 14/04/59 | New to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 5w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
| 31/12/76 | Withdrawn from | FP (Finsbury Park) |
Notes
01/02/78 - withdrawn Class 125 vehicles at March: 50991, 50994, 50995, 51000, 51001, 51004, 51006, 51155, 51160, 51161, 51163, 51166, 51169, 51173, 59449, 59454, 59457, 59458, 59459, 59461, 59463, 59465, 59466, 59467, 59468
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, Doncaster Works
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51004 | 59465 | 51170 | As delivered to 30A - 14th April 1959 | ||||||
| 51168 | 59459 | 51004 | Noted 20/04/75 - on Stratford depot1 | ||||||
| 51164 | 59464 | 51004 | Noted 12/09/76 - at Finsbury Park1 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
Images:
Unknown date
A Derby Rolls-Royce suburban set, stabled at Broxbourne which is between Cheshunt and Roydon on the West Anglia main line. DMS E51004 is closest in unlined green livery with Liverpool Street on the destination blind. Graham Clark.
Unknown date
Taken around 1978-79, exact date unknown. Stored at Whitemoor Marshalling yard. Robert White.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 7th April 1959
A London Midland Region publicity image (negative DM4471) showing a new Rolls-Royce powered Derby suburban triple DMU (later known as a Class 125) at Derby C&W Works on 7 April 1959. DMBS E51170 is closest, presumably with E59465 and E51004. British Railways.
Date: May 1976
Two Class 125 DMUs passing Enfield Chase on a King's Cross - Welwyn Garden City service, 05/76. One set is noted as 51155 + 59450 + 51004. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 22nd June 1978
A number of Class 125 DMU vehicles in March yard on 22 June 1978. These had been withdrawn from Finsbury Park (FP) depot a few months earlier, presumably following the electrification of the suburban lines out of Kings Cross, and the introduction of new Class 313 emus. The vehicles pictured were scrapped at Doncaster Works, Booths (Rotherham) or Birds (Long Marston). I think some of these vehicles were at March for a few years, as I saw a report that 5 of the driving trailers present (51001/51004/51006/51163/51169/51173) were in Doncaster Works awaiting scrapping in March 1981. A full list of the other stock present was: 50991/50994/50995/51155/51160 (all five seen or just seen in the image), 59449/59454/59457/59458/59459/59461/59463/59465/59467/59468. 59468 is nearest the camera in my photo. This had been new, from Derby Works in September 1959 and was withdrawn (from FP) in January 1977. 59468 was scrapped at Booths. Lewis Bevan.