Vehicle 51046
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
| 12/09/59 | New to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AY | |
| 15/12/81 | Stored U. | AY (Ayr) | |
| 01/03/82 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51046 | 59396 | 51024 | Noted 25/02/60 | ||||||
| 51046 | 59396 | 51024 | Noted 03/05/60 | ||||||
| 51046 | 59409 | 51014 | Noted 05/05/60 | ||||||
| 51046 | 59407 | 51013 | Noted 09/07/60 | ||||||
| 51046 | 59396 | 51025 | Noted 08/12/60 | ||||||
| 51046 | 59397 | 51008 | Noted 24/03/61 | ||||||
| 51046 | 59403 | 51013 | Noted 01/07/61 | ||||||
| 51046 | 59402 | 50936 | Noted 05/07/61 | ||||||
| 167 | 51046 | 59397 | 51024 | Listed at 67C - Aug-70 | |||||
| 51046 | 59391 | 51011 | Noted 15/08/70 - on Ayr depot1 | ||||||
| 51046 | 59403 | 51023 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Ayr station sidings1 | ||||||
| 51046 | 59406 | 51024 | Noted 06/04/72 - in Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 51046 | 59408 | 51011 | Noted 24/07/1972 - at Ayr2 | ||||||
| 51046 | 59397 | 51012 | Noted 25/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central3 | ||||||
| 51046 | 59396 | 51012 | Noted 07/04/1975 - 07:55 Ayr to Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 51046 | 59411 | 50936 | Noted 09/09/76 - in Ayr station4 | ||||||
| 416 | 51046 | 59410 | 51017 | Listed at AY - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 126416 | 51046 | 59410 | 51017 | Noted 1st April 1981 - unit no. on 51046, first 6-digit no. seen by observer |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
Images:
circa March 1960
A six-car (2 x 3-car) formation of Swindon Inter-City DMUs led by DMBS Sc51046 heads north after departing from Ayr past Falkland Junction with a service for Glasgow St Enoch in Spring 1960. Bill Hamilton.
circa 1981
Set number: 126416
Two Swindon Intercity Class 126 DMUs at Elderslie, circa 1981. On the rear (closest) appears to be 51046. Andrew McConnell.
Unknown date
Set number: 126416
A Class 126 DMU formation arrives into Glasgow Central with DMBSL SC51046 on the rear. Paul Redmond.