Set P557
These formations have been noted:
| 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 04/07/1973 - at Exeter1 | |||||
| 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 07/09/73 - at Par2 | |||||
| 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 20/11/74 - on 2C38 1621 Weston SM-Cardiff | |||||
| 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Listed at LA - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Listed at LA - 03/03/80 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
17th June 1979
Class 120 DMU set P557 (W51578 + W59580 + W51587) in the St Ives platform on St Erth on Sunday 17 June 1979. David Russon.
17th June 1979
Class 120 DMU set P557 (W51587 + W59580 + W51578) in the St Ives platform on St Erth on Sunday 17 June 1979. David Russon.
17th June 1979
Class 120 DMU set P557 (W51578 + W59580 + W51587) arriving into St Ives with a service from St Erth on Sunday 17 June 1979. David Russon.
24th July 1979
A Swindon Cross-Country 3-Car Class 120 DMU formed of cars W51578, W59580 & W51587 was stood at Teignmouth with a Paignton to Exeter St Davids 'all stations' service on July 24th 1979. When this image was recorded the set was allocated to Plymouth Laira depot. The unit would move briefly to Cardiff Canton in 1980, but by 1982 was working in the North West working from Newton Heath. It remained there until 1986, when the set was transferred North of the Border to Ayr for its final stint of operation. The unit was scrapped in 1988. Martyn Hilbert.
20th September 1979
Class Swindon Cross-Country set P557 approaches St Dennis Junction on September 20, 1979. Steve Davies Collection.
20th September 1979
Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country set P557 heads away from the camera at St Dennis Junction on September 20, 1979. Steve Davies Collection.
May 1980
Class 120 set P557 at Exmouth in May 1980. The destination is the driver's sense of humour since Calne had closed 15 years earlier. David Clegg.
Unknown date
A Swindon built DMU (looks like it could be set P557) arrives at Totnes in the 1970s. John Law.
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