British Rail Class 125

This article is about the class of first-generation DMU. For the InterCity 125, see British Rail class 43.

The Class 125 was a design of three car Diesel Multiple Unit built for British Rail in 1958. They were high-density units, externally very similar to the Class 116. They were built specifically for the Lea Valley Line, were all withdrawn in 1977, and none survive to this day. Like many first-generation DMU classes, they never carried their 125xxx TOPS set numbers.

Numbering

Table of orders and Numbers

Lot No.	Type	Diagram	Fleet Number	TOPS Class	Seats	Notes
30462	Driving Motor Second (DMS)	596	50988–51007	125/1	91
30463	Trailer Second (TS)	597	59449–59468	185	110
30464	Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS)	595	51154–51173	125/1	65

Liveries

They were delivered in an unlined medium shade of Brunswick green with white cab roofs and yellow speed whiskers. The whiskers were replaced during the early '60s by split yellow warning panels, one either side of the central character train describer which remained green.

During the mid-'60s rail blue appeared, and white cab roofs were gradually dispensed with and buffer beams became black. Initially the yellow warning panels were expanded to cover the complete lower front of the driving cabs and later the whole cab fronts became yellow.

External links

• History of the Class 125s