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Vehicle 51784


Class 120

BR Diagram 587

Circa 1968 the vehicle was converted to a DMBF:

Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Cross Country
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: BR Standard
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30559
Diagram: 587

Allocations

05/12/59 New to 61A (Kittybrewster)
3w/e 02/04/60 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
Jun-60 Transferred to 61A (Kittybrewster)
3w/e 19/11/60 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
w/e 03/06/61 Transferred to 61A (Kittybrewster)
Jan-67 Transferred to 60A (Inverness)
06/05/73Depot code changeIS
Jun-78 Stored U. ZC
18/12/80 Withdrawn

Notes

14/09/78 - A Glasgow Works visit found 56291, 56297 and 56299, all withdrawn, distributed around the yard. Also 50745, W in 1976, 51447, W in 9/77, and 51803, which was recorded as being a “wreck”, and stored 51784.
06/01/79 - 51784 noted in store at Glasgow Works

Modifications

circa 1968 - Converted to DMBF

51784 was involved in the following incident:


DMU on side

12/5/78 - Near Oyne, ScR

Derailment involving Class 120

Info from Alan Binns, Mike Cooper, Peter Mullen

A road vehicle hit a railway bridge on the Aberdeen - Inverness Line, knocking it out of alignment, which was then hit by Class 120 set 304 which derailed. The vehicles slid down the embankment, the DMBC on its side, and would be the only one to be withdrawn. More Details.


Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51784 59682 51791 Transfer to 61A - Jun-60
51784 59680 51791 Noted mid-Sep-67 - at Inverness, all in plain blue, tablet catcher on 51784
51784 59682 51793 Noted 17/08/70 - at Inverness1
303 51784 59682 51793 Noted 27/08/74 - on Aberdeen Ferryhill depot1
51784 59684 51793 Noted 30/03/1975 - at Aberdeen2
51784 59684 51793 Noted 12/04/1975 - 08;40 Inverness to Aberdeen3
51784 59681 51793 Noted 06/09/76 - at Aberdeen1
51784 59681 51793 Noted 18/08/77 - on 08.31 Inverness – Aberdeen4
304 51784 59681 51793 Noted 27/08/77
51784 59681 51793 Noted 24/09/77 - at Inverness5
306 51784 59684 51793 Listed at IS - mid-May-78

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Phil Shatford
5: Leonard Rogers

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Hamilton depot

8th June 1960

An ScR official photo showing Sc51784 on the 8th June 1960 at Hamilton depot. AA McLean Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Kittybrewster

1972

Set number: 303

This 120 on an Aberdeen to Elgin service is seen just north of Kittybrewster in the autumn of 1972. The destination blind reads "Elgin via Mulben" although by this time that was the only way you could get from Aberdeen to Elgin by rail! Note also the unusual tail lamp, a distinct feature on this line. The set number is carried in the cab window. The DMBF could be 51784, it was listed as being in set 303 in a June 1973 set list. John McIntyre.

Class 120 DMU at Oyne

May 1978

Set number: 304

51784 - which still appears to have the luggage rack lights on - and 59684 after derailing at Oyne in May 1978. Alan Rintoul.

Class 120 DMU at Pitcaple

20th May 1978

Set number: 304

DMBC 51784 and 59684 after derailing at Pitcaple, near Oyne, 20th May 1978. Mike Cooper.

Class 120 DMU at Pitcaple

20th May 1978

Set number: 304

Preparing for the recovery of 51784 and 59684 after derailing at Pitcaple near Oyne in May 1978. Mike Cooper.

Class 120 DMU at Oyne

20th May 1978

Set number: 304

SC51784 and 59684 derailed at Oyne on 20 May 1978, the result of a bridge bash a few days earlier. Alistair Ness.

Class 120 DMU at

23rd August 1981

Withdrawn after an accident on the Aberdeen to Inverness line, 51784 sits in the yard at Glasgow St Rollox Works. 23 August 1981. ANDREW SALES.

Class 120 DMU at Glasgow Works

6th October 1984

Set 304 was involved in an accident at Oyne on the 12/5/78. DMBF 51784 was withdrawn went to Glasgow Works for scrapping. It is seen there on the 6th October 1984. Bill Hamilton.

Class 120 DMU at Glasgow Works

Unknown date

Set number: 304

Withdrawn 51784 - a victim on a derailment at Oyne in 1978 - awaits its fate in Glasgow Works. Date unknown. Mike Bunker.

Class 120 DMU at BREL Glasgow Works

1985

Set number: 304

Scrapper. BREL Glasgow Works. Class 120 DMBF Sc51784 (Set 304) lying in the sidings at the east end of St. Rollox. It's sandwiched between a condemned 303 EMU and an old departmental coach from a wiring train. Railcar suggests this vehicle was derailed in 1978 after a road vehicle struck a rail over bridge at Oyne, Aberdeenshire. Undated negative but probably circa 1985. alicia hartman.

Class 120 DMU at BREL Glasgow Works

1986

Set number: 304

Scrapper. BREL Glasgow Works and Class 120 DMBF Sc51784 from Set 304 awaiting its fate. Railcar suggests this vehicle was damaged in a derailment in 1978 after a road vehicle struck a rail over bridge at Oyne (between Inverurie and Insch). Photo circa Spring 1986. alicia hartman.

Class 120 DMU at BREL Glasgow Works

1986

Set number: 304

Scrapper. BREL Glasgow Works and Class 120 DMBF Sc51784. The vehicle is in all blue, the passenger door has a '1' for First Class and the yellow cantrail stripe has faded. Oval buffers at this end but 'cut' buffers at the cab end. It seems that the engines and most of the underframe equipment has been removed. This seems to be one of the ScR vehicles with the extended brake van, converted from a DMBC - see elsewhere on Railcar. The building with the roller shutter may have been for asbestos removal and perhaps the vehicle is awaiting stripping prior to scrapping? Photo circa Spring 1986. alicia hartman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 14th May 1960

A Swindon Cross-Country set (51784 + 59682 + 51792) sits in Callander station on the 14th May 1960 with a Six Lochs Land Cruise working. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 12th May 1978

Set number: 304

The scene at Pitcaple (near Oyne) on the day that Class 120 set 304 (51793 + 59684 + 51784) derailed. Aberdeen Press and Journal.

DMU

Date: 12th May 1978

Set number: 304

Derailment near Oyne (Aberdeen - Inverness line), 12/5/78, following a lorry crashing into a bridge. Class 120 Set 304 containing DMS 51793 (left, on rails), TBS 59684 (centre, half on half off) and DMBC 51784 (right, on side). Scotpix courtesy of Peter Mullen.