Set 300
These formations have been noted:
| 51783 | 59683 | 51792 | Listed at IS - mid-May-78 - Refurbished set |
June 1964
Tyseley based Derby suburban triple set 300, with M50110 at the front, seen at Knowle & Dorridge in June 1964. Michael Mensing.
August 1964
Tyseley-based Derby suburban triples set 300 is seen at Lapworth with a Birmingham Snow Hill - Honeybourne service in August 1964. DMBS M50061 (with 'cut' buffers) leads. Michael Mensing.
22nd October 1966
Tyseley Derby triple set 300 (M50092 leading) is seen at Smethwick West with the 1.0pm (approximately) Birmingham Snow Hill - Stourbridge - Kidderminster - Bewdley service on October 22, 1966. Michael Mensing.
Spring 1973
Believed to be taken in spring 1973 because the platform canopies have been removed from this end of the station and building work has not yet started, set 300 waits in platform 6 to depart for Inverness. John McIntyre.
circa June 1977
An official image (4 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the rear end of Sc51783 (still fitted with a tablet catcher on the van door), the exhaust silencer on the rear end, and the gangway through to 59683 on the right. Note the 'squared' and oval buffer. The various bits of text tell us this was taken circa June 1977, the C1 completion date and buckeye exam being 11th June, the work being done at 7076 (Glasgow Works). This was probably taken at Wormit goods yard. British Rail.
circa June 1977
An official image (14 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the interior of DMSL Sc51792 circa June 1977. It shows the stretcher windows, with hooks on the luggage racks to keep them open. Only the front saloon of this vehicle had curtains, for privacy if a patient on a stretcher was brought in? Taken in Wormit goods yard, looking south. British Rail.
circa June 1977
An official image (13 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the interior of centre car Sc59683 from the buffet end to the toilet end. Taken circa June 1977 in Dundee West sidings, looking east. British Rail.
circa June 1977
An official image (12 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the buffet area of centre car Sc59683 and was taken circa June 1977. The scene out the staff door window shows it was taken crossing the Tay Bridge on the approach to Dundee. The lowered ceiling just before the sliding door to the gangway hides a water tank. British Rail.
circa June 1977
An official image (11 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the interior of DMBF Sc51783, with the cab behind the photographer looking towards the van end. The door divides the first class into non-smoking and smoking compartments. This was taken circa June 1977 in Wormit goods yard, looking south east, the house seen out the windows is in Naughton Road. British Rail.
circa June 1977
An official image (10 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the interior of centre car Sc59683 looking towards the buffet end. This was taken circa June 1977, crossing the Tay Bridge, looking south towards Fife. British Rail.
circa June 1977
An official image (9 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the drivers compartment of power car Sc51792. It was taken in Wormit goods, looking east, the houses visible through the windows are in Naughton Road. British Rail.
circa June 1977
An official image (8 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the centre section of centre car Sc59683. The major underframe items, from left to right, are battery box, vacuum reservoir, the box with grilles I think has to do with refrigeration for the buffet. The J Stone box is the dynamo regulator, the plain box to the right is the lighting relays, and the two small boxes above the dynamo contain fuse. This was taken circa June 1977, probably at Wormit goods yard. British Rail.
circa June 1977
An official image (7 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows a Smiths heater and battery box, the sparsity of underframe equipment tells us it is centre car Sc59693. Note the battery rating - 280 AH (amp hours) is painted on the solebar. This was taken circa June 1977, probably at Wormit goods yard. British Rail.
circa June 1977
An official image (6 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows a Smiths heater under a power car, the inward opening door above tells us it is DMBF Sc51783. Note the flat plate in front of the 'Ozonair' air intake filter to prevent damage. This was taken circa June 1977, probably at Wormit goods yard. British Rail.
circa June 1977
An official image (5 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the connection between Sc59683 (left) and Sc51792 (right). While most of the steps up the end of the centre car have been removed (leaving the studs behind), the stepboard above the gangway is still in place, unusual for this era. This was taken circa June 1977, probably at Wormit goods yard. British Rail.
circa June 1977
An official image (3 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the No.2 engine under one of the power cars on set 300, probably to show a revised exhaust arrangement. This was taken circa June 1977, probably at Wormit goods yard. British Rail.
circa June 1977
An official image (2 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the No.1 engine under Sc51783, the biggest change is probably a revised exhaust arrangement. To the left of the AEC engine the vertical plate is to prevent oil being sprayed from the fluid flywheel onto the exhaust. This was taken circa June 1977, probably at Wormit goods yard. British Rail.
circa June 1977
An official image (1 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows set 300 (51792 + 59683 + 51783) in Wormit goods yard, looking north, circa June 1977. Note the 'stretcher' window on the DMSL. British Rail.
circa June 1977
An official image (15 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the toilet end of either centre car Sc59683 or DMSL Sc51792, the seat numbering on the wall (numbers 3 and 4) suggest the former as the power car numbering would likely start at the cab? Through the sliding door with the window were two toilets, one on either side, in-between was the door to the next vehicle. Taken while crossing the Tay Bridge, looking towards Dundee. British Rail.
April 1978
A Class 120 in Aberdeen Ferryhill depot in April 1978, believed to be set 300 with DMS 51792 closest. The vehicle has a stretcher window (the first passenger window) and orange curtains only in the front saloon. The centre car has a red stripe and 'Buffet' lettering, and the other power car is a DMBF conversion. Mike Cooper.
2nd April 1978
Stabled in the BREL Glasgow Works yard Inverness based DMSL SC51792 has arrived for repairs / overhaul. The 'stretcher window' is clearly visible, the front passenger window behind the cab, which was hinged at the top to permit a person on a stretcher to be placed inside the coach straight from a platform. Also visible behind is Inverness allocated Class 120 TSLRB SC59683 which is still labled as a 'Buffet Car' complete with a red cantrail section denoting it's position. Bob Woolnough.
25th July 1978
The 25th July 1978 and set 300 leaves Huntly for Aberdeen. Taken from a Class 40 on the 'grain'. The first passenger window behind the can on the DMS is a stretcher window. The vehicles are presumed to be 51792 + 59683 + 51783. Mike Cooper.
24th August 1978
A Swindon Cross-Country DMU at Nairn on 24 August 1978. It appears to be set 300, making the vehicles 51783 + 59683 + 51792. There is another DMU on the rear. Steve Jones.
1979
Class 120 Elgin East 1979 - a railarchive.org.uk image. Waiting to load with Parcels and mails the dmu sits in the old Lossiemouth bay at Elgin East -now long gone. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.
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