Set C560
These formations have been noted:
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 02/09/74 - at Gloucester Eastgate1 | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 04/03/75 - on 2C09 1430 Swansea-Newport with C557 | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 28/04/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with C505 | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot1 | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 10/06/76 - on 2C53 1945 Pembroke Dock-Swansea | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 50674 | Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham New Street1 | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 20/01/77 - on 2C38 1630 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 09/05/77 - on 2B50 1600 Cardiff-Bristol TM | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 15/07/77 - on 0539 Newport-Chepstow with C515 | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 23/08/1978 - Cardiff Central2 | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 13/09/78 - on 2C71 0520 Carmarthen-Swansea | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 24/03/1979 - at Swansea2 | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 13/04/1979 - at Cardiff Central2 | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Shayne Lewis
June 1975
BR (Swindon) Cross Country 3-car dmu (Class 120) No.C560 (consisting of Class 120/1, 179 [built without buffet] & 120/2 cars) with 4 character headcode in BR Rail Blue & Grey with all yellow front end at Cardiff (Central) on a Gloucester service, 06/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
June 1975
BR (Swindon) Cross Country 3-car dmu (Class 120) No.C560 with 4 character headcode in BR Rail Blue & Grey with all yellow front end at Cardiff (Central) on a Gloucester service, 06/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
17th September 1976
On a dreary 17th September 1976 51581 leads set C560 out of Smethwick (W) with the 4.50pm Hereford - Birmingham New Street. Michael Mensing.
11th June 1977
Two Class 120 DMUs at Welshpool on the 11th June 1977 . The closest set (C560, W51585 and 59587 + presumably 51581) is a three-car, the far set just a two-car. The Mid Walesman was run by the Gwili Railway Preservation Society from Swansea to Welshpool out via Hereford returning by the Central Wales Line. Robert Thomas.
1979
Swindon Class 120 Cross-Country set C560 (presumably 51585 + 59587 + 51581) at Avoncliff in mid-1979. Michael Mensing.
1979
Class 120 DMU set C560 (51585 and presumably 59587 + 51581) at Castle Carry in mid-1979. Michael Mensing.
1979
Class 120 DMU set C560 (presumably 51585 + 59587 + 51581) with a three-car Class 101 on the rear at Bruton on the Bristol - Weymouth line sometime in 1979. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
5th May 1979
Swindon Cross-Country set C560, with 51581 leading, at Pembroke Dock on May 5th, 1979. In the distance is the Pembroke Pioneer railtour. Graeme Phillips Collection.
5th May 1979
Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country set C560 arriving into Pembroke Dock station on May 5th, 1979. In the distance is the Pembroke Pioneer railtour. Steve Davies Collection.
5th May 1979
Swindon Cross-Country set C560 in Pembroke Station on May 5th, 1979. On the left is the Pembroke Pioneer railtour. Steve Davies Collection.
5th May 1979
Swindon Cross-Country set C560 at Pembroke Dock on May 5th, 1979. Steve Davies Collection.
5th May 1979
Next to the stock of a railtour class 120 set C560 (51581, 59587 & 51585) arrives at Pembroke Dock on 5th May 1979. Ian Buck.
21st July 1979
Swindon Cross-Country DMU set C560 (51585 and presumably 59587 + 51581) is working with a Met-Camm DMU when seen at Westbury on 21st July, 1979. Michael Mensing.
22nd August 1981
Class 120 set C560 (presumably 51585 + 59587 + 51581) with a Class 119 at Swindon on 22-8-81. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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