Set C615
These formations have been noted:
| 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Noted 22/07/80 - at Cardiff1 | |||||
| 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Noted 24/10/1980 - At Malliphant Sidings1 | |||||
| 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Noted circa 04/19832 | |||||
| 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Noted 05/09/1983 - on 17.05 Cardiff to Chepstow2 | |||||
| 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | |||||
| 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Listed at CF - circa Jan-86 | |||||
| 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Noted 13/02/19862 | |||||
| 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Noted 20th May 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Shayne Lewis
2: Eddie Knorn
1980
C615 - Class 120 and Unknown class 101 working a Swansea to West Wales (Milford Haven or Pembroke Dock) service. Mark.
28th December 1980
3 car Swindon Cross Country set C615 (presumably 51781 + 59682 + 51788) stands at Crewe, 28 December 1980. Paul James.
28th March 1981
Two Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU sets form a down passenger service seen at Swansea Loop West on 28 March 1981. Closest is DMSL W51788 which until the previous year had been a Scottish vehicle. The other set is C588 with 51579 at the far end. Robert Thomas.
10th April 1981
A rather grubby Class 120 'Swindon Cross Country' set no. C615 (51781+59682+51788) is seen at Carmarthen during its reversal with train 2C64 the 13.15 Swansea to Milford Haven on 11/04/81. These 'Swindon' sets were synonymous with West Wales in the late 1970's early 80's with a mix of 2 and 3 car units covering the majority of no loco hauled services. Adrian Nicholls.
4th January 1983
Class 120 DMU set C615 (51781+59682+51788) making a very unusual visit to the London area of the Western Region on 04/01/83. I have few details for the working other than a note I made on the day which I now question. My photo notes suggest it was working an additional from Birmingham to London Paddington. It arrived at Reading around 12.30 following the 08.20 Liverpool Lime Street to Paddington. Seeing as New Years Day was a Saturday, Monday 3rd would have been a bank holiday so Tuesday 4th was busy so possibly warranted some relief workings but if anybody can shed any light on this or similar workings using 120's I would be grateful. These "Swindon Cross Country" sets were synonymous with workings in West Wales at the time and were never that common east of Cardiff let alone working into London. So I have to question if it did come from Birmingham as a relief train how did it get to Birmingham in the first place ? Via Shrewsbury maybe ? Adrian Nicholls.
circa 1984
Class 120 DMU set C615 departs from Llandrindod Wells station, circa 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.
1984
51781 leads 59682 and 51788 as set C615 through Bristol Stapleton Road in 1984. Robert Tarling.
1984
C615 is formed of former ScR vehicles W51788 / W59682 / 51781, and seen at Lawrence Hill in 1984. Robert Tarling.
31st August 1984
An unusual visitor to the London area on 31 August 1984 was Cardiff based class 120 dmu no. C615 presumably (51781 + 59682 + 51788), seen here at Maidenhead about to depart with a train for Oxford (despite what the destination blind says - at least it's in the right general direction!). Robert28194.
31st March 1986
Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU set C615 (presumably 51788 + 59682 + 51781) arrives at Ferryside with a down passenger service on 31 March 1986. Robert Thomas.
31st March 1986
Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU set C615 (presumably 51781 + 59682 + 51788) arrives at Ferryside station with a down passenger service on 31 March 1986. Robert Thomas.
31st March 1986
Swindon Cross-Country DMU set C615 (presumably 51781 + 59682 + 51788) in Ferryside station with a down passenger service on 31 March 1986. Robert Thomas.
24th April 1986
Class 120 DMU set C615 (51788 + 59682 + 51781) at Severn Tunnel Junction on 24 April 1986. Keith Miller.
10th May 1986
The driver of 51788 reaches out for the token at Whitland. This was the 13:00 Swansea-Pembroke Dock service on 10 May 1986, the other two vehicles in Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 set C615 are presumably 59682 + 51781. Robert Thomas.
5th June 1986
C615 is seen in Ayr station, presumably with 51788 closest, on June 5th 1986. Tom Clift.
14th June 1986
A nice hybrid set - W51781 is at the head of 107 59797 and 116 53132 at Haymarket depot, about to into Haymarket station to work the 18:15 to North Berwick. 14th July 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
14th July 1986
W51781 in Haymarket depot on the 14th July 1986, about to work ECS to form the 18:15 Haymarket - North Berwick. Hamish Stevenson.
August 1986
A Swindon Cross-Country DMBC W51781 at the buffers in Glasgow Central. August 1986. Still carrying its Cardiff set number, W prefix and headlamp bracket, it's now part of a hybrid set - the farthest away vehicle is a Class 107. Andrew McConnell.
7th September 1986
51781 was for most of it's life a Scottish vehicle, seen here back in Scotland after several years in Cardiff as can be seen by the set number still carried. Working with Class 120 M59268 + Class 107 51987, this is officially Ayr set 427. Seen in Glasgow Central station on the 7th September 1986, ready to work the 14:05 to Ayr. Hamish Stevenson.
22nd September 1986
A Class 120 DMU with W51781 at the front is seen in Ayr station on September 22, 1986, beside one of the EMUs which would replace it on the Ayr - Glasgow line. The ex-Cardiff vehicle (sent north to cover for the out-of-traffic Class 107s) was transferred to Haymarket the following week. WS Sellar.
circa 1987
Class 120 set C615 heads out of Paisley Gilmour Street Station towards Glasgow, circa 1987. C615 was the unit's set number from its years at Cardiff, but it was originally allocated to the Scottish Region. Andrew McConnell.
Do you have any images of the set you can add?