Vehicle 51582 / 55939
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: 30516
Diagram: 637
Allocations
| Apr-61 | New to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| by Jun-62 | Transferred to | 83D (Laira) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 84A | |
| Apr-68 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| Aug-68 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| 4w/e 22/02/69 | On loan to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May-69 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BR | |
| Jun-74 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 3w/e 09/10/76 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| w/e 03/05/80 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 29/11/81 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| by Jun-82 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| circa 1984 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 13/04/86 | To Parcels Sector at | CA (Cambridge) | |
| 27/04/86 | Withdrawn from | CA (Cambridge) | |
| 18/05/86 | Reinstated | CA (Cambridge) | |
| 18/05/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 27/07/86 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
| 02/11/86 | Stored U. | CA (Cambridge) | |
| 03/05/87 | Withdrawn from | CA (Cambridge) |
Notes
31st October 1987 - Seen at Tinsley Yard
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
51582 - original number
55939 - from 04/04/87 (parcels conversion)
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:
| 51582 | 51573 | 56292 | Noted circa Sep-67 - in blue with yellow panel (120) 56292 blue full yellow end | ||||||
| 51573 | 51582 | Noted circa Dec-67 - in plain blue with small yellow panel | |||||||
| 51573 | 59296 | 51582 | Transfer to 81D - 4w/e 22/02/69 - on loan | ||||||
| 51573 | 59296 | 51582 | Noted 30/07/69 - at Bristol Temple Meads1 | ||||||
| 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 23/08/1971 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 12/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston3 | ||||||
| 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 01/07/1973 - at Exeter2 | ||||||
| 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 07/09/73 - in Bristol Temple Meads1 | ||||||
| 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 30/05/1974 - at Great Malvern2 | ||||||
| C552 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 16/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth between B579 51065 + 59424 + 51093 and P557 51578 + 59580 + 51587 | |||||
| B552 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 29/08/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C505 50665 + 59588 + 50715 | |||||
| 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 30/08/1974 - at Newport, with 562892 | ||||||
| C552 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 05/09/74 - at Severn Tunnel Junction1 | |||||
| C552 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 08/02/76 - on 1069 1140 Cardiff-Salisbury with B900 | |||||
| C552 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Transfer to LA - 3w/e 09/10/76 | ||||||
| P552 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Listed at LA - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| P552 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 06/08/79 | |||||
| P552 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Listed at LA - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 51573 | 51582 | Noted 15th April 1980 | |||||||
| 552 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Transfer to CF - w/e 03/05/80 | |||||
| EP503 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| 51573 | 59108 | 51582 | Noted 1983 | ||||||
| EP503 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted circa 01/19834 | |||||
| EP503 | 51573 | 59108 | 51582 | Noted circa 01/19844 | |||||
| EP503 | 51573 | 59108 | 51582 | Noted 13/09/85 - at Blaenau Ffestiniog, NH set carrying number EP503 | |||||
| 51573 | 59108 | 51582 | Noted 13/11/1985 - 13:21 Chester-Man Vic5 | ||||||
| 51573 | 59108 | 51582 | Listed at NH - circa Jan-86 | ||||||
| 51573 | 51582 | Noted circa 08/1986 - Parcels set.4 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Chris Moxon
Images:
1979
Class 120 DMSL W51582 in Exeter St Davids in Autumn 1979. Michael Mensing.
30th April 1979
Set number: P552
Swindon Cross-Country DMU set P552 (presumably 51582 + 59285 + 51573) at St Ives on 20 April 1979. Alistair Ness.
6th August 1979
Set number: P552
Class 120 DMU set formation P552, consisting of cars 51582 59285 51573 is seen with 1546 Paignton-Exeter at Dawlish, 06/08/1979. Graeme Phillips Collection.
September 1979
Set number: P552
Swindon Cross-Country set P552 (presumably 51582 + 59285 + 51573) departs from Exeter Central in September 1979. Michael Mensing.
1980
Set number: P552
Oval-buffered W51582 is at the head of set Cross Country set P552 at Avoncliff in mid-1980. Michael Mensing.
17th November 1984
BR Swindon Class 120 DMSL M51582 in Manchester Victoria on 17 November 1984. Dave Warby.
13th September 1985
Set number: EP503
EP503 contains M51582 + M59108 + M51573 when seen at Blaenau Ffestiniog on the 13th September 1985. Hamish Stevenson.
13th November 1985
A Class 120/101 hybrid, 51582/59108/51573 working the 13.21 Chester-Manchester Victoria, 13/11/85. Anthony Griffiths.
27th June 1986
51582 is seen in the company of a 114, and paired with 51573. Leeds, 27th June 1986. Malcolm Clements.
28th June 1986
Speeding towards Sheffield and about to cross New Mills viaduct on June 28th 1986 is a Swindon Cross-Country class 120 dmu set (51582 + 51573) which has been converted to 'Express Parcels' use. Andrew J Crowther.
4th July 1988
Class 120 power car M51582. It was latterly in parcels use, and immediately before withdrawal in March 1987 had been allocated a new number 55939 in the parcels series. It is crudely applied above the original one. Seen at Ely on July 4, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa 1968
A Swindon Cross-Country DMU, with Paddington on the blind this is probably Reading depot. The mixed liveries (the centre car is still in green) suggest late 1960s. The DMSL is from the small 51582-90 batch, of which 2, 3 and 8 spend time at Reading during 1968/8. The blue / grey vehicle on the right is a Class 123 TCK. Graham Clark.
Date: 5th June 1979
Set number: P552
Class 120 DMU set P552 (W51573 and presumably 59285 + 51582) at Aller Junction with the 11:21 Paignton - Newton Abbot service on 5 June 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: September 1979
Set number: P552
Swindon Cross-Country set P552 (presumably 51573 + 59285 + 51582) at Exeter in September 1979. Michael Mensing.
Date: 28th June 1986
About to cross New Mills viaduct on 28th June 1986 is a Swindon Cross-Country class 120 dmu set, including 51573 + 51582 which has been converted to parcels use, the Red Star parcels branding can be seen down the side. These units were rare along here, this is the only time I think I saw one, it's possibly the only photograph I have of one along here! Andrew J Crowther.
Date: July 1986
Set number: EP503
A Express Parcels Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country set at Leeds circa 1986. The vehicles (M51573 + M51582) still carry set number EP503 from their time at Etches Park depot. Ian Charles.
Date: 4th July 1988
Near Kiln Lane, Ely. From the left - part of 55939 (M51582) then 55934 (M51573), E54423, E54193 and pair of Class 20's. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 4th July 1988
Part of E54390 nearest then 59108, 55939 (M51582), 55934 (M51573), E54423, E54193 and pair of Class 20's. Seen near Kiln Lane Ely on July 4, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.