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Vehicle 51037


Class 126

Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Inter City
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: White Circle
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30414
Diagram: 608

Allocations

06/06/59 New to 67C (Ayr)
06/05/73Depot code changeAY
17/05/82 Stored S. AY (Ayr)
circa Jul-82 Stored U. AY (Ayr)
11/08/82 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51037 59408 51015 Noted 07/03/60
51037 59393 51019 Noted 09/05/60
51037 59394 51011 Noted 23/05/60
51037 59404 51025 Noted 09/07/60
51037 59398 51013 Noted 06/12/60
51037 59398 51028 Noted 16/12/60
51037 59405 51022 Noted 26/12/60
51037 59409 51018 Noted 16/01/61
51037 59406 51024 Noted 08/03/61
51037 59406 51023 Noted 11/03/61
51037 59406 51019 Noted 25/03/61
51037 59406 51023 Noted 21/04/61
51037 59407 51009 Noted 19/05/61
51037 59391 51028 Noted 03/07/61
158 51037 59409 51019 Listed at 67C - Aug-70
51037 59409 51019 Noted 15/08/70 - in Kyle St sidings1
51037 59409 51019 Noted 17/08/70 - in Glasgow Central working with 51035 + 59398 + 51050 possibly with DB999510 attached.2
51037 59409 51017 Noted 28/07/1972 - at Ayr3
107 51037 79479 51024 Noted 05/09/73 - at Ayr2
51037 59395 51027 Noted 07/04/1975 - 07:55 Ayr to Glasgow Central3
51037 59395 51019 Noted 20/03/76 - in Glasgow Central1
407 51037 59397 51026 Listed at AY - 01/02/81
126407 51037 59399 51021 Noted 4th August 1981
126407 51037 59407 51015 Listed at AY - 01/04/82

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

Images:

Inside a Class 126 DMU

18th June 1959

A Swindon Works image (negative 5CR/214) showing the guard's van in Inter-City DMBSL Sc51037 on 18 June 1959. British Railways.

Inside a Class 126 DMU

18th June 1959

A Swindon Works image (negative 5CR/215) showing the interior of Inter-City DMBSL Sc51037 on 18 June 1959. This is taken in the front saloon looking to the rear of the vehicle. British Railways.

Inside a Class 126 DMU

18th June 1959

A Swindon Works image (negative 5CR/216) showing the interior of Inter-City DMBSL Sc51037 on 18 June 1959. This is taken in the rear saloon looking to the front of the vehicle. British Railways.

Class 126 DMU at Kilkerran

10th August 1973

Set number: 107

Two Class 126 DMUs form the 15:00 Glasgow Central - Stranraer service seen at Kilkerran (south of Maybole) on 10 August 1973. DMBSL SC51037 leads, displaying set number 107 in the cab window. Michael Mensing.

Class 126 DMU at Johnstone

17th April 1979

Set number: 407

Sc51037 at the front of a Class 126 DMU at Johnstone on 17 April 1979. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 126 DMU at Glasgow Central High Level

Unknown date

Set number: 126407

The Way It Was. Swindon Inter-City 126 407 has unloaded passengers at Glasgow Central High Level Platform 11. It is starting to fill up again before the tail lamp has been repositioned. DMBSL Sc51037 will lead on what will probably be another working down to the Ayrshire coast. Probably circa 1980. alicia hartman.

Class 126 DMU at Johnstone

Unknown date

Set number: 126407

Swindon set 126 407 is headed by SC51037 which carries TransClyde markings when seen in Johnstone station, circa 1981/2. Ian MacDonald.

Class 126 DMU at Dalry

circa 1981

Set number: 126407

Evening sun illuminates a six-car Swindon Intercity DMU as it heads south between Kilwinning and Dalry circa 1981. 126407 / Sc51037 is leading. Andrew McConnell.

Class 126 DMU at Crookston

19th June 1981

Set number: 126407

126 407 is seen at Crookston working the 08:17 Kilmacolm - Glasgow Central on 19/6/81. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 126 DMU at Glasgow Central

6th March 1982

Set number: 126407

20039 & 20152 Glasgow Central 6 Mar 1982. The LCGB Caledonian No.7 Railtour waiting to depart. Swindon Class 126 DMBS 51037 has newly arrived. Alistair Ness.

Class 126 DMU at Falkland Yard

24th October 1982

Scrapper. Class 126 vehicles stored at Falkland Yard, Ayr, prior to their final journey to Snailwell in East Anglia for scrapping. DMBSL Sc51037 nearest the camera has not been stripped and boarded up yet, unlike the adjacent set. Sunday 24 October 1982. alicia hartman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 24th October 1982

Scrapper. Swindon DMSL Sc51029 (nearest) awaits its fate at Falkland Yard, Ayr. The DMBSL visible at the end of the next set is Sc51037, which was subsequently photgraphed. Railcar data suggests that the adjacent DMSL could then be Sc51015. Sunday 24 October 1982. alicia hartman.