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Vehicle 59456


Class 125

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Orange Star
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30463
Diagram: 597

Allocations

03/02/59 New to 30A (Stratford)
5w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
02/12/76 Withdrawn from FP (Finsbury Park)

Notes

18/06/77 - withdrawn vehicles 51003, 59456 and 51156 noted on Stratford depot, no longer formed as a set

Disposal

Scrapped by BR, Doncaster Works

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51161 59456 50995 As delivered to 30A - 3rd February 1959
50996 59456 51159 Noted 04/09/69 - at Finsbury Park1
51156 59456 50995 Noted 05/04/71 - at Stratford depot1
51155 59456 50996 Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross2
51162 59456 51001 Noted 27/08/73 - in GN suburban area1
51162 59456 50994 Noted 15/06/74 - in Kings Cross1
51158 59456 50998 Noted 09/09/1975 - at Kings Cross 2
51155 59456 50989 Noted 12/09/76 - at Finsbury Park1
51156 59456 51003 Noted 09/04/77 - on March depot, withdrawn3

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 20th October 1979

With the Great Eastern main line in the foreground, a withdrawn Class 125 3-Car DMU, with Driving Motor Brake Second E51156 & Trailer Second E59456 visible, were stood in the sidings at Stratford on October 22nd 1979. Martyn Hilbert.