Vehicle 51574
Class 120
Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Cross Country
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: BR Standard
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30515
Diagram: 636
Allocations
| Jan-61 | New to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| by Jun-62 | Transferred to | 83D (Laira) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 84A | |
| 4w/e 04/05/68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May-69 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 3w/e 02/05/70 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| May-71 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| 2w/e 31/10/71 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BR | |
| 30/06/74 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| w/e 08/05/76 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| w/e 03/05/80 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 20/06/82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 11/05/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| Jun-86 | Reinstated | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 07/07/86 | To Parcels Sector at | CH (Chester) | |
| 31/04/87 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) |
Modifications
15/11/72 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 25/06/77 - WR AWS removed
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| LA511 | 51574 | 51583 | Noted circa Feb-68 - in blue grey with full yellow ends | ||||||
| 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Transfer to 84A - May-71 | ||||||
| 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted 13/11/71 - at Bristol1 | ||||||
| 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted 11/10/72 - at Pritchatts Rd, Edgbaston1 | ||||||
| B553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted 12/04/74 - at Cardiff with B408 | |||||
| 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted 30/05/1974 - at Great Malvern2 | ||||||
| 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted 01/06/74 - in Birmingham New Street | ||||||
| 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| B553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted 02/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C601 | |||||
| B553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted 12/09/74 - on 2B46 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth with C303 + B468 | |||||
| C553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51586 | Noted 20/12/75 - on 2V67 0603 Crewe-Cardiff with C504 | |||||
| C553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51586 | Noted 05/01/76 - on 2C08 0735 Chepstow-Cardiff | |||||
| P553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Listed at LA - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Transfer to LA - w/e 08/05/76 | ||||||
| P553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted 07/09/76 - in Plymouth station3 | |||||
| P553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Listed at LA - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| P553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Listed at LA - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Transfer to CF - w/e 03/05/80 | |||||
| C553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted circa 10/1982 - operating from Newton Heath4 | |||||
| 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted circa 03/19844 | ||||||
| 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Listed at NH - circa Jan-86 | ||||||
| 51574 | 51575 | Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 - Parcels | |||||||
| 51574 | 51580 | Noted 09/08/1986 - 10.07 Llandudno-Man Vic (8-car)5 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Chris Moxon
Images:
May 1969
Set number: 502
A Swindon Cross-Country DMU approaching Bath Spa station in May 1969. Leading is W51574. George Woods.
16th November 1973
Set number: B553
Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU set B553 (presumably 51574 + 59284 + 51583) in Bristol Temple Meads with a Taunton service on 16 November 1973. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa 1977
Set number: P553
Swindon Cross-Country set P553 at Plymouth circa 1977. DMBC 51574 is closest. John Law.
24th April 1980
Set number: P553
Freshly transferred from LA to CF, Class 120 set P553 is seen at Newport on 24/04/1980. In the background can be seen (left) a Jet petrol station, an Austin Maxi (right) and a Talbot Sunbeam. Graeme Phillips Collection.
23rd April 1982
A Class 120 Cross Country DMU with W51574 closest at Preston station on April 23, 1982. Ian Cuthbertson Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 22nd March 1969
Set number: 503
Two two-car Class 120s in Sutton Park station. There were no details on the slide other than a process date of April 1969, and this is thought to be the Gilks-Grenside Educational Specials Numbers 4 & 5 on 22 March that originated at Kingston. Closest is set 503, presumably 51579 + 51588, and the other set will be the other Reading Class 120 twin, set 502 (51574 + 51583). Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: May 1969
A Swindon Cross-Country DMU in Bath Spa station in May 1969. At the far end is W51574, this end is presumably W51583. George Woods.
Date: May 1969
A Swindon Cross-Country DMU at Bath Spa in May 1969. On the left is W51574 and on the right is presumably W51583. George Woods.
Date: circa mid-1969
Two Cross-Country DMUs in the bay platforms at the south end of Shrewsbury station. On the right is a three-car GRC&W set, DMBC W51064 closest with 'Excursion' on the destination blind, it was allocated to Bristol. On the left is a two-car Swindon set from the third batch with the four-character route indicator. It has a headlamp fitted for the Central Wales line, in is period circa late 1960s Canton only had two sets from this batch of vehicles, both transferred from Reading in May 1969 and moving on to Bristol in April 1970. These vehicles is believed to be 51583 + 51574, allocated CTN603, so 502 could have been their Reading set number. Graham Clark.
Date: 9th August 1986
Set number: BX490
An 8-car formation at Helsby working the 10.07 Llandudno-Manchester Victoria. The formation (closest the camera first) was 51927, 59390, 52049, 53634, 59387, 51934, 51574 & 51580. 9/8/86. Anthony Griffiths.
Date: 7th September 1986
A two-car Swindon 'Cross Country' Class 120 DMU formed of Driving Motor Brake Seconds M51580 & M51574 back-to-back, was stabled in Croft Street Sidings adjacent to the Preston PSB on Sunday September 7th 1986. The unit spent its final period of operation in use as a mail/parcels set. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 25th October 1986
Parcels set 51580/51574 wait at Chester in the rain on the 25th October 1986. Paul Moxon.