Vehicle 51160
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: 30464
Diagram: 595
Allocations
| 28/01/59 | New to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 5w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
| 28/01/77 | Withdrawn from | FP (Finsbury Park) |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01/02/78 - withdrawn Class 125 vehicles at March: 50991, 50994, 50995, 51000, 51001, 51004, 51006, 51155, 51160, 51161, 51163, 51166, 51169, 51173, 59449, 59454, 59457, 59458,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, Derby C&W Works
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50994 | 59455 | 51160 | As delivered to 30A - 28th January 1959 | ||||||
| 51160 | 59468 | 51006 | Noted 10/08/1974 - at Kings Cross1 | ||||||
| 51160 | 59458 | 50989 | Noted 20/04/75 - on Stratford depot2 | ||||||
| 51160 | 59449 | 51000 | Noted 12/09/76 - at Finsbury Park2 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
Images:
28th January 1976
With the overhead electric wires already in place, a suburban dmu formed of two Class 125s (E51160 closest) prepares to leave Welwyn Garden City with a stopping service to Kings Cross on 28 January 1976. These units had hydraulic rather than mechanical transmission. Tony Watson.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
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 These had been withdrawn from Finsbury Park (FP) depot a few months earlier, presumably following the electrification of the suburban lines out of Kings Cross, and the introduction of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 This had been new, from Derby Works in September 1959 and was withdrawn (from FP) in January 1977. 59468 was scrapped at Booths.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.