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Vehicle 51577

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

Feb-61	New to	WR Stock
Feb-61	Stored	Swindon
02/03/61	Reinstated	84E (Tyseley)
05/03/62	Transferred to	83D (Laira)
Sep-63	Depot code change	84A
05/05/69	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)
07/11/70	Transferred to	84A (Laira)
May-73	Depot code change	LA
30/06/74	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
3w/e 07/05/77	Transferred to	LA (Laira)
2w/e 12/01/80	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
Mar-80	Transferred to	LA (Laira)
2w/e 10/05/80	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
04/01/82	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
09/02/86	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

Modifications

14/11/73 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 08/10/77 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51577	59583	51586	Noted 12/08/68
BL513	51577	59583	51586	Noted circa Dec-69 - in blue grey livery
	51577	59583	51586	Transfer to 84A - 5w/e 05/12/70
LA500	51577	59583	51586	Noted March 1971
LA500	51577	59583	51586	Noted 17/04/1971 - Exeter St David's on 2C91 17.40 to Paignton¹
LA500	51577	59583	51586	Listed at Laira - circa May-71
	51577	59583	51586	Noted 18/11/1973 - Plymouth Railway Circle The Didcot Railtour
	51577	59583	51586	Noted 02/03/1974 - Plymouth²
P556	51577	59583	51586	Noted 24/08/74 - on 2B16 0800 Cardiff-Bristol TM
P556	51577	59583	51586	Noted 07/09/74 - on 2V67 1600 Crewe-Cardiff with 55026 + C516
C556	51577	59583	51586	Noted 23/12/74 - on 2C46 1600 Weymouth-Cardiff with B468 + C506
C556	51577	59583	51586	Noted 08/01/75 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C512
C556	51577	59583	51586	Noted 19/06/75 - on 2B46 1615 Cardiff-Bristol TM
C556	51577	59583	51586	Noted 02/08/75 - on 2C54 2035 Weston SM-Cardiff with C311 and P800
C556	51577	59583	51586	Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport³
C556	51577	59583	51586	Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
	51577	59583	51586	Noted 30/08/76 - on 2Z75 1035 Newport-Cardiff Relief
	51577	59583	51586	Transfer to LA - 3w/e 07/05/77
P556	51577	59583	51586	Listed at LA - 31st December 1977
P556	51577	59583	51586	Noted 30/04/1978 - Swindon Works. Outshopped after C3 Overhaul 5/78.²
P556	51577	59583	51586	Noted 22/10/1978 - Exeter²
P556	51577	59583	51586	Noted 21/10/1979 - Exeter²
556	51577	59583	51586	Transfer to CF - 2w/e 12/01/80
C556	51577	59583	51586	Noted 20/01/1980 - on Cardiff Canton depot ²
556	51577	59583	51586	Transfer to LA - Mar-80
P556	51577	59583	51586	Listed at LA - 03/03/80
556	51577	59583	51586	Transfer to CF - 2w/e 10/05/80
C556	51577	59583	51586	Noted 22/08/1980 - Seen at Bristol Temple Meads⁴
C556	51577	59583	51586	Noted 09/09/1980 - at Severn Tunnel Junction ²
C556	51577	59583	51586	Noted 25/01/1981 - at Carmarthen ²
C556	51577	59583	51586	Listed at CF - 01/03/81
C556	51577	59583	51586	Listed at CF - 28/11/81
C556	51577	59583	51586	Noted 28/03/1982 - at Carmarthen ²
NH463	51577	59583	51586	Noted circa 05/1982⁴
NH463	51586	59583	51577	Noted circa 10/1982 - operating from Newton Heath, previously C556⁴
	51577	51586		Noted circa 12/1982⁴
	51577	51586		Noted circa 02/1983⁴
	51577	59583	51586	Noted 21/02/1983⁴
	51577	59583	51586	Noted 11/03/1984 - LCGB Staffordshire Ranger Railtour 53974-59387-51934 + 51586-59583-51577
	51577	59532	51586	Noted 19/05/85 - on 11:20 Blackpool North - Manchester
	51577	51586		Noted 17/08/85
	51577	51586		Noted 12/12/85

Formation Sources
1: Alan N Walker
2: Martin Lumley
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

6th April 1975

Set number: C556

Swindon Cross-Country set C556 is working the 12.14pm Lichfield City - Worcester Foregate Street service when seen at Sutton Coldfield on the 6th April 1975. Michael Mensing.

circa 1977

Set number: 557

The two Cross Country DMU types in Newquay station, circa 1977. On the left is Swindon built set 557 (presumably 51587 + 59580 + 51578), on the right is GRC&W set P572 with 51082 visible. Stuart Mackay Collection.

15th July 1977

Set number: P556

Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU set P556 (presumably 51577 + 59583 + 51586) at Dawlish on 15 July 1977. George Woods.

30th April 1979

Set number: P556

At Newquay on 30 April 1979 is Laira set P556 that which that day comprised W51577, W59583 and W51586 which we had taken up the branch from Par. Alistair Ness.

3rd June 1982

Set number: C556

Still carrying a Cardiff set number and W prefixes, W51577 + W59583 + W51586 are seen at York on June 3, 1983. They had been transferred to Newton Heath that January. John Carter.

23rd July 1983

Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country power car M51577 at Manchester Victoria on 23 July 1983. Chris Lings.

25th August 1984

Two Class 120s on the 09:25 Blackpool - Manchester service seen at Lostock, near Bolton, on 25 August 1984. The leading car is possibly 51577, the centre car in the trailing set is of a different type, of the 57ft variety. Image taken by Barrie Watkins. Stuart Mackay Collection.

18th September 1985

51577+51586 stand in platform 8 at Manchester Victoria. The notes with this say 51577 has double glazing in the 1st Class non-smoking section and second class seats in the 1st Class smoking area. Wednesday 18th September 1985. Photo by the late Rob Simpson Ian Hazlehurst.

10th October 1985

M51577 as part of a 2-car set with M51586 at Leeds, 10/10/85. Malcolm Clements.

10th October 1985

M51577 facing a Class 110 at Leeds, 10/10/85. Malcolm Clements.

10th October 1985

M51577 as part of a 2-car set with M51586 at Leeds, 10/10/85. Malcolm Clements.

12th October 1985

A Class 120/108 four-car DMU working a Preston to Colne service, was climbing Farington Curve on October 12th 1985. The train was formed of a two-car Swindon Cross-Country Class 120, with Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M51577 leading, coupled to M51586, with a two-car Class 108 bringing up the rear. Buildings in Preston town centre are visible on the skyline, including the 309ft spire of St Walburges Church, visible above the rear car of the train. The wooden post and rail fence visible on the left centre of this scene, marks the course of the Preston - Ormskirk route running in a cutting. Martyn Hilbert.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 8th September 1973

Set number: P556

Swindon Cross-Country DMU set P556 (presumably 51586 + 59583 + 51577) is calling at Axminster with the 18.03 from Exeter on 8 September 1973. Tom Burnham.

Date: 16th August 1975

Set number: C556

Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU set C556 (W51586 and presumably 59583 + 51577) departs from Whitland on 16 August 1975 with the 13:33 service to Pembroke Dock. Robert Thomas.

Date: 24th February 1979

Set number: P556

Plymouth-allocated class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU P556 (presumably 51586 + 59583 + 51577) in the platform at St Ives on February 24, 1979. Jeremy Chapter.

Date: 28th April 1979

Set number: P556

Class 120 DMU set P556 (51586 and presumably 59583 + 51577) in Newton Abbot station on Saturday 28 April 1979. David Russon.

Date: 10th March 1984

On 10 March 1984, the LCGB "Staffordshire Ranger" rail tour is seen at Cheddleton station with a three-car Swindon Works "cross-country" and a Derby Works class 108 three-car. Six Bells Junction notes the vehicles as 51586 + 59583 + 51577 / 53974 + 59387 + 51934. Jeremy Chapter.

Date: 19th May 1985

53697 + 59263 + 53655 + 51586 + 59532 + 51577 at Blackpool North with the 11:20 to Manchester on 19/5/85. Hamish Stevenson.

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