Vehicle 51018
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: 30413
Diagram: 551
Allocations
| 15/08/59 | New to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AY | |
| Nov-81 | Stored U. | AY (Ayr) | |
| 01/03/82 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Notes
30th March 1982 - Seen carrying unit no. 126 418 while in 126 412 (51042 + 593xx)
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51034 | 59398 | 51018 | Noted 01/03/60 | ||||||
| 51031 | 59401 | 51018 | Noted Mar-60 - on Stranraer service | ||||||
| 51038 | 59405 | 51018 | Noted 10/03/60 | ||||||
| 51039 | 59410 | 51018 | Noted 30/04/60 | ||||||
| 51041 | 59399 | 51018 | Noted 09/07/60 | ||||||
| 51031 | 59410 | 51018 | Noted 08/12/60 | ||||||
| 51040 | 59409 | 51018 | Noted 29/12/60 | ||||||
| 51037 | 59409 | 51018 | Noted 16/01/61 | ||||||
| 51041 | 59400 | 51018 | Noted 14/03/61 | ||||||
| 51048 | 59400 | 51018 | Noted 17/03/61 | ||||||
| 51041 | 59400 | 51018 | Noted 24/03/61 | ||||||
| 51050 | 59396 | 51018 | Noted 23/06/61 | ||||||
| 154 | 51033 | 59400 | 51018 | Noted circa Oct-60 | |||||
| 154 | 51018 | 59400 | 51033 | Noted circa 11/1969 - Listed at Ayr1 | |||||
| 172 | 51051 | 59403 | 51018 | Listed at 67C - Aug-70 | |||||
| 51051 | 59403 | 51018 | Noted 15/08/70 - in Kyle St sidings2 | ||||||
| 51041 | 59396 | 51018 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Ayr station sidings2 | ||||||
| 51030 | 59411 | 51018 | Noted 06/04/72 - on Ayr depot2 | ||||||
| 51035 | 59391 | 51018 | Noted 26/07/1972 - at Ayr3 | ||||||
| 51033 | 59392 | 51018 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central4 | ||||||
| 108 | 51038 | 59400 | 51018 | Noted 05/09/73 - at Ayr5 | |||||
| 105 | 51035 | 59404 | 51018 | Noted 25/08/75 - in Ayr station5 | |||||
| 51032 | 59408 | 51018 | Noted 25/07/76 - at Paisley2 | ||||||
| 51038 | 59392 | 51018 | Noted 15/08/78 - on 07:27 Stranaer Harbour - Glasgow with 51015 + 59411 + 51036 Ayr - Glasgow6 | ||||||
| 411 | 51041 | 59393 | 51018 | Listed at AY - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 126419 | 51049 | 59402 | 51018 | Noted 1st July 1981 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Gerald Brown
6: Phil Shatford
Images:
14th March 1981
Class 08 no. 08759 and Swindon Inter-City Class 126 vehicle no. SC51018 are seen in the north end bay platforms at Carlisle on Saturday 14/03/1981. The Scottish DMU will have worked in with a service from south west Scotland via Ayr / Dumfries. Graeme Phillips Collection.