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<- 51119 | 51120 | 51121 ->

Vehicle 51120

Class 100

BR Diagram 536

Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30444
Diagram: 536

Allocations

3w/e 18/01/58 New to 64A (St Margarets)
c. summer-58 Transferred to Leith Central
Nov-59Depot code change64H
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 17/06/67 On loan to 52J (South Gosforth)
2w/e 01/07/67 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
3w/e 03/10/70 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
29/06/78 Withdrawn from NR (Norwich)

Notes

03/08/78 - withdrawn vehicles noted on Norwich depot: 51114, 51120, 51125, 51126, 56094, 56316, 79159

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51120 56312 As delivered to 64A - January 1958
51120 56312 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 07/05/66
51120 56099 Noted 01/04/70 - at Newcastle1
51120 56303 Transfer to 32A - 3w/e 03/10/70
69 51120 56436 Noted circa 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51120 56317 Noted 20/05/73
51120 56315 Noted 18/08/1973 - at Peterborough3
51120 56315 Noted 01/09/73 - at Peterborough1
69 51120 56315 Noted 27/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
69 51120 56307 Noted 01/12/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
69 51120 56307 Noted 18/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
69 51120 56307 Noted 20/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
69 51120 56307 Noted 30/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
69 51120 56124 Noted 28/03/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51120 56125 Noted 01/06/1975 - at Leicester with 51278 and 561413
69 51120 56124 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
69 51120 56124 Noted 18/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 3
69 51120 56124 Noted 12/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
69 51120 56463 Noted 11/04/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
69 51120 56463 Noted 27/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
69 51120 56463 Noted 26/02/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2
59 51120 56448 Noted 04/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds2

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork

Images:

Class 100 DMU at Princes Street Gardens

1962

A GRC&W twin set emerges from Mound Tunnel at Edinburgh into Princes Street Gardens during 1962 led by DMBS Sc51120 and it seems to be in an 'Inner Circle' service. Walter Burt.

Class 100 DMU at Princes Street Gardens

1965

51120 + 56312 pass through Princes Street Gardens in 1965. Walter Burt.

Class 100 DMU at Norwich

1975

Set number: 69

Class 100 set 69 at Norwich in 1975 with a Yarmouth service. The DMBS is presumably 51120, the DTC seems to have window bars (from time spent at South Gosforth). John Law.

Class 100 DMU at Oakham

June 1977

In June 1977 Class 100 DMBS 51120 and a Class 105 DTC arrive into Oakham. Michael Mensing.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 30th September 1976

Set number: 69

E56463 + E51120 (Norwich set 69) on a Cambridge to Doncaster service passing Postland GN & GE Joint line, 30 September 1976. Phil Bevan.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: 69

A Class twin seen just south of Newport station, between Bishops Stortford and Cambridge, in the early 1970s. The DMBS (furthest), presuming it is also carrying set number 69, should be E51120. Walter Burt.

DMU

Date: 23rd June 1978

Set number: 69

Stabled at Norwich MPD on Friday the 23rd June 1978 is Class 105 DTCL 56435, half of Norwich Set No.69. I believe from my records that the vehicle behind is the other half of Set No.69 Class 100 DMBS 51120. Interestingly 51120 was withdrawn just 6 days after this image was taken on the 29th June 1978 being scrapped at Mayer Newman, Snailwell during May 1981. 56435 would continue in service for almost another 6 years however being withdrawn in May 1984 before following 51120 through the firing tunnel at Snailwell in October 1984. Bob Woolnough.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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