Vehicle 51575
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 | |
| 5w/e 05/12/70 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BR | |
| 5w/e 02/02/74 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| w/e 03/05/80 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 29/11/81 | 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| 11/05/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) | |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) | |
| 28/09/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 18/01/87 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
| 16/08/87 | Withdrawn from | CA (Cambridge) |
Modifications
circa Jul-70 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 25/06/77 - WR AWS removed
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with small yellow panel | ||||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted circa Dec-67 - in plain blue with small yellow panel | ||||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted 12/08/70 - at Plymouth1 | ||||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Transfer to 82A - 5w/e 05/12/70 | ||||||
| 51575 | 59261 | 51584 | Noted 03/03/73 - at Weymouth1 | ||||||
| 51575 | 59264 | 51584 | Transfer to LA - 5w/e 02/02/74 | ||||||
| P554 | 51575 | 51584 | Noted 6th September 1974 | ||||||
| P554 | 51575 | 51584 | 56283 | Noted 27/08/75 - at Plymouth, 56293 carrying P2831 | |||||
| P554 | 51575 | 51584 | Listed at LA - 01/05/1976 | ||||||
| P554 | 51575 | 51584 | Listed at LA - 31st December 1977 | ||||||
| P554 | 51575 | 51584 | Listed at LA - 03/03/80 | ||||||
| 554 | 51575 | 51584 | Transfer to CF - w/e 03/05/80 - from LA | ||||||
| 554 | 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Formation change - w/e 13/12/80 - 59581 added | |||||
| NH462 | 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted circa 05/19822 | |||||
| NH462 | 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria2 | |||||
| NH462 | 51584 | 59581 | 51575 | Noted circa 10/1982 - operating from Newton Heath, previously C554 set.2 | |||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Arrived Manchester Victoria as 06.38 ex Wigan via Atherton.2 | ||||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted circa 04/19842 | ||||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Listed at NH - circa Jan-86 | ||||||
| 51574 | 51575 | Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 - Parcels | |||||||
| 53739 | 51575 | Noted circa 10/1986 - Parcels set2 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
Images:
15th May 1974
Set number: P554
15/5/74 at Par. A class 120 dmu shortened to a 2 car unit waits for its next turn on the Newquay branch. Set P554 is presumably formed of 51575 + 51584. Stephen Burdett.
16th May 1974
Set number: P554
P554 (presumably 51575 + 51584) heads for Penzance at St Austell on 16/5/74. The parcels office seems to be generating good business. The attractive GWR buildings have been replaced by a modern structure. Stephen Burdett.
6th September 1974
Set number: P554
Swindon Class 120 set P554 (51575 + 51584) DMU at Dockyard, Devonport on 06/09/1974 with a train for Gunnislake. Graeme Phillips Collection.
10th July 1975
Set number: P554
Swindon built Class 120/1 DMU no. 51575 is seen at Looe forming the front coach of a 2 car unit on the 1500 hrs to Liskeard on July 10, 1975. Suthen Softy.
August 1975
Set number: P554
Liskeard, August 1975. The Looe branch train has been strengthened to three cars, with Class 120 DMBC W51575 from set P554 added to what is probably a two-car Class 118. Tony Watson.
21st August 1976
Set number: P554
The 8.01 to Exeter departs from Teignmouth on 21 August 1976, formed of Swindon Cross-Country set P554 (presumably 51575 + 51584) with a Class 116 centre car. Tom Burnham.
Unknown date
Set number: P554
Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 set P554 - the DMBC is probably 51575 - in a very rainy Newquay station. Date unknown. Phil Deane Collection.
15th August 1978
Set number: P554
Class 120 DMU set P554 (presumably 51575 + 51584) arrives into St Keyne station with a Looe to Liskeard service on 15 August 1978. Roger Geach.
Unknown date
Set number: P554
Cross-Country set P554 (51575 + 51584) at Paignton. Date unknown. Ian Francis.
7th July 1981
Set number: C554
Two Cross-Country sets at Pembroke Dock on 7/7/81. On the left is Swindon built 51575 and on the right Gloucester RC&W built 51102. Chris Lings.
Unknown date
Set number: P554
Two-car Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU set P554, presumably W51575 with W51584, is seen in Gunnislake station. Date unknown, prior to 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.
5th June 1983
51575 is at the head of the 'The Coal-ton Flyer' railtour at Coalville during the open day on 5 June 1983. Chris Lings.
12th April 1985
On 12th April 1985, just a month before withdrawal on the outskirts of Skipton is a Swindon Cross-Country class 120 dmu set, comprising of cars M51575 + M59581 + M51584, which has either worked in over the Settle & Carlisle line or the Little North Western from Lancaster. These units were not common along here, this is the only time I think I saw one, it's certainly the only photogragh I have of one along here! Andrew J Crowther.
22nd February 1986
One of the stylish and well-appointed Swindon Class 120 'Cross-Country' DMU's was stabled between duties in Croft Street Sidings at Preston on February 22nd 1986. The Newton Heath allocated three-car set was formed of cars M51575, M59581 & M51584 and had been transferred from the Western Region in 1982. Martyn Hilbert.
12th April 1986
A Class 120 DMU formed of 51575 + 59581 + 51584 seen in Ribblehead station on 12 April 1986. John Carter.
24th February 1987
Class 120 51575 is seen at Peterborough on 24.02.1987 after it's passenger carrying days were over and it had been taken over by the Parcels department. It is presumably paired with 53739, these are believed to be the only pair of this type to have the yellow/read stripes applied. Andy Cole.
15th May 1988
Class 120 M51575 at Snailwell on the 15th May 1988. The vehicle had spent it's last days in service at Cambridge. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 15th June 1976
Set number: P554
On Tuesday 15 June 1976 at 13:00 Laira (LA) based Swindon Cross Country P554 (W51575 and W51584 with a suburban centre car) is seen at St Ives after arriving with the 12:45 from St Erth. Mr Deltic.
Date: July 1978
Set number: P554
Class 120 set number P554 (presumably vehicles 51575 and 51584) sets off from Liskeard on another trip to Looe in July, 1978. Glen Batten.
Date: 15th August 1978
Set number: P554
A Looe to Liskeard service just departing St Keyne looking at the rear of the train (Class 120 set P554, presumably 51584 + 51575) on 15 August 1978. Roger Geach.
Date: 30th September 1978
Set number: P554
Class 120 car W51584 is seen at Gunnislake on 30 September 1978, coupled with W51575. 51584 was new in 1961 at Tyseley, Birmingham and withdrawn in March 1987 by which time it had moved to Ayr in Scotland. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: unknown
Set number: P554
Two-car Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU set P554, W51584 and presumably W51575, is seen in Bere Alston station. Date unknown, prior to 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 12th April 1986
A Class 120 DMU formed of 51584 + 59581 + 51575 heads away from Ribblehead station on 12 April 1986. John Carter.
Date: 22nd April 1986
Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU's meet at Leyland on April 22nd 1986. On the left M53680 was bringing up the rear of a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service, whilst arriving on the right (complete with its slam-doors opening before it had stopped!) was M51575 with a Manchester Victoria to Blackpool South through service. This was the brief period when the large three-car BRCW Class 104 fleet based at Newton Heath had been sidelined, and due to the introduction of the new Class 150/1 Sprinter fleet at Derby Etches Park, the surplus well-worn but not quite life expired Class 120's were moved to pastures new at Newton Heath. The 120's would fade-away as deliveries of new Class 150/2 Sprinters began in earnest during 1987. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 1987
Class 120 Express Parcels set 53739 + 51575 stabled in Cambridge station circa Spring 1987. This was the only pair of the type to carry the yellow/red stripes. Brian Ward.
Date: 1987
Class 120 Express Parcels vehicle 53739 (and 51575 behind) stabled in Cambridge station circa Spring 1987. Brian Ward.