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Vehicle 51125

Class 100

Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30444
Diagram: 536

Allocations

w/e 23/02/58	New to	64A (St Margarets)
c. summer-58	Transferred to	Leith Central
Nov-59	Depot code change	64H
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 17/06/67	On loan to	South Gosforth
2w/e 01/07/67	Transferred to	South Gosforth
3w/e 15/03/69	Transferred to	31A (Cambridge)
4w/e 28/06/69	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
May-73	Depot code change	NO
Sep-73	Depot code change	NR
10/10/77	Withdrawn from	NR (Norwich)

Notes

24/05/78 - withdrawn vehicles noted on Norwich depot: 51114, 51125, 51126, 56094, 56100, 79159
03/08/78 - withdrawn vehicles noted on Norwich depot: 51114, 51120, 51125, 51126, 56094, 56316, 79159

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51125	56317	As delivered to 64A - February 1958
	51125	56317	Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 07/05/66
	51125	56082	Noted 07/09/68 - at York¹
	51125	56120	Noted 21/12/70 - at Norwich¹
	51125	56376	Noted 06/03/1971 - at Birmingham New Street²
71	51125	56380	Noted circa e1972 - at Bury St Edmunds³
71	51125	56303	Noted circa late 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds³
71	51125	56303	Noted 10/02/73 - on Norwich depot⁴
71	51125	56441	Noted 28/06/73 - at Bury St Edmunds³
71	51125	56303	Noted 20/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds³
71	51125	56303	Noted 09/11/73 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51125	56303	Noted 02/1974 - at Peterborough²
71	51125	56303	Noted 02/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
71	51125	56369	Noted 23/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51125	56369	Noted 08/04/1975 - 08:58 Ipswich to Norwich²
71	51125	56369	Listed at NR - 19/07/75
71	51125	56369	Noted 18/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
71	51125	56469	Noted 01/03/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
71	51125	56469	Noted 30/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
71	51125	56142	Noted 28/09/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
71	51125	56307	Noted 09/04/77 - on March depot³
	51125		Noted 06/1979 - Whitemoor Yard in store with other random withdrawn units including E51120, E51155, E51169, SC79090 + SC79155 awaiting final transfers for scrap⁵

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Ipswich Transport Society
5: Alan N Walker

Images:

2nd May 1964

A Gloucester twin, SC51125 closest, on the North Berwick branch approaching Drem junction with Drem on the destination blind, 2 May 1964. It is presumably paired with SC56317, seen heading in the opposite direction on the same day in image 27558. Stuart Mackay Collection.

June 1968

GRC&W DMBS E51125 is working with a Met-Camm DTCL when seen coming off the viaduct that crosses the River South Tyne at Lambley whilst heading to Alston in late June 1968. Michael Mensing.

circa September 1971

A Gloucester DMBS and a Wickham DTCL, thought to be E51125 + 56172, arrive at Ely. The slide process date was September 1971. Stuart Mackay Collection.

March 1976

Set number: 71

A mixed 2-car Local Passenger set consisting of Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Class 100 No.E51125 & a Cravens Class 141 DTCL (Set No.71) in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends at Ipswich after arriving on a service from Norwich, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.

March 1976

Set number: 71

9th September 1977

Set number: 71

In its final weeks in traffic, Class 100 DMBS 51125 leads the 10:48 Ipswich-Lowestoft service into Westerfield station on 9 September 1977. It would be withdrawn on 10 October. Robert Thomas.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 2nd May 1964

SC56317 leads a Gloucester twin on a North Berwick service at Drem Junction on 2 May 1964. It is presumably paired with SC51125, seen heading in the opposite direction on the same day in image 34415. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: June 1968

A Met-Camm DTCL / GRC&W DMBS (E51125) hybrid set in Lambley station in late June 1968 with a Haltwhistle - Alston service. Michael Mensing.

Date: March 1976

Set number: 71

Norwich allocated DMU set 71 seen in Lowestoft (Central) station with a Norwich (Thorpe) - Lowestoft (Central) - Beccles - Ipswich service in March 1976. The vehicles were recorded as E56469 (Class 105 DTCL) and E51125 (Class 100 DMBS). Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: March 1976

Set number: 71

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