Vehicle 51588
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
| May-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) | |
| 5w/e 05/12/70 | 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) | |
| 4w/e 18/06/77 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 2w/e 09/07/77 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| w/e 30/12/78 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 20/06/82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 18/05/86 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) | - also shown as Jul-87 from S(u) |
Modifications
16/02/74 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 08/10/77 - WR AWS removed
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 519 | 51579 | 59585 | 51588 | Listed at TYS - circa Nov-61 | |||||
| 503 | 51579 | 51588 | Noted 03/10/69 | ||||||
| 51579 | 59286 | 51588 | Noted 14/08/70 - in Birmingham area1 | ||||||
| 51579 | 59286 | 51588 | Transfer to 84A - 5w/e 05/12/70 | ||||||
| LA502 | 51579 | 59286 | 51588 | Listed at Laira - circa Apr-71 - ex-BL507 | |||||
| 51579 | 59286 | 51588 | Noted 13/11/71 - on Laira depot2 | ||||||
| 51579 | 59286 | 51588 | Noted 19/05/72 - at Exeter2 | ||||||
| P558 | 51579 | 59286 | 51588 | Noted 03/07/1973 - at Plymouth3 | |||||
| P558 | 51579 | 59588 | 51588 | Noted 10/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C600 | |||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59588 | 51588 | Noted 08/03/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with C530 | |||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59588 | 51588 | Noted 29/04/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff attached to 56289 + C502 | |||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59588 | 51588 | Noted 03/07/75 - on 2C34 1433 Weston SM-Cardiff | |||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59588 | 51588 | Noted 03/07/75 - on 2B46 1625 Cardiff-Bristol TM | |||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport1 | |||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Transfer to LA - 3w/e 07/05/77 | ||||||
| 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Transfer to CF - 4w/e 18/06/77 | ||||||
| 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Transfer to LA - 2w/e 09/07/77 | ||||||
| P558 | 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Listed at LA - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Noted 06/05/1978 - Lea Valley Railway Club The Camel Train Railtour B803+C558 | |||||
| 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Transfer to CF - w/e 30/12/78 | ||||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Noted 24/03/1979 - at Swansea Station4 | |||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Noted 14/09/79 | |||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Noted 25/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station4 | |||||
| 558 | 51579 | 59588 | 51588 | Formation change - w/e 13/12/80 | |||||
| 558 | 51579 | 59588 | 51588 | Noted 17/10/1981 - Branch Line Society The Red Dragon Railtour | |||||
| 51579 | 59588 | 51588 | Noted 19/07/19825 | ||||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59588 | 51588 | Noted circa 10/1982 - operating from Newton Heath5 | |||||
| 51579 | 59588 | 51588 | Noted circa 06/19835 | ||||||
| 51579 | 59588 | 51588 | Noted 23/12/1983 - at Manchester Victoria5 | ||||||
| 51579 | 59532 | 51588 | Listed at NH - circa Jan-86 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
September 1968
Set number: 503
Two car Swindon Cross-Country set 503 (presumably 51588 + 51579) at Oxford in September 1968. The pair were spent just over a year allocated to Reading beginning April 1968. Steve Davies Collection.
7th June 1980
Set number: C558
Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 set C558 (W51588 and presumably 59264 + 51579) at Llanelli with the 13:40 Milford Haven - Swansea service on 7 June 1980. Robert Thomas.
19th May 1981
Set number: C558
Set C558 at Westbury on 19 May 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
5th September 1981
Set number: C558
A Swindon Class 120 three-car 'Cross-Country' DMU formed of cars W51588, W59588 & W51579 (558), was down to walking pace as it was climbing the Lickey Incline with a Worcester to Birmingham New Street service on September 5th 1981. At the time, the set was allocated to Cardiff Canton, but in the following year, 1982, the set was transferred to the North West operating from Newton Heath Depot. Martyn Hilbert.
20th February 1982
Set number: C558
Swindon class 120 DMU, set No C558 at Newport, 20th Feb 1982. Closest is 51588, the other power car is presumably 51579. Paul James.
29th October 1983
On an Autumn evening, one of the Newton Heath allocated well-appointed and stylish Swindon built Cross-Country Class 120 DMU's, with Driving Motor Second Lavatory M51588 leading, coupled to a class 104 set, passes Salwick with a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service on October 29th 1983. Just visible through the bridge is Salwick station then complete with its Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway island platform canopy. On the extreme left is the cobbled access road to the former goods yard. This stretch of railway once had four running lines in the days when the three Blackpool stations were busy with express, residential and a prodigious amount of excursion traffic. Martyn Hilbert.
7th November 1984
Class 120 DMU 51588 + 59588 + 51579 at Newton Heath Depot, Manchester, on 7-11-84. Spannerman37025.
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: 6th May 1978
Set number: C558
Leaving Plymouth on 6th May 1978 class 120 set C558 (51579, 59264 & 51588). Ian Buck.
Date: 29th June 1978
Set number: C558
A three-car Class 120 dmu (set C558, presumably 51579 + 59264 + 51588) appears to be stabled in the down through road at Totnes, while Class 50 No. 50 045 Achilles arrives with the 09:46 Penzance - Paddington service on Thursday 29th June 1978. Tom Harper.
Date: circa 1981
Set number: C558
Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU set C558 (51579 + 59264 + 51588) at Horton Road Crossing, Gloucester, most probably with a Swindon line service. Circa early 1980s. Curly42.
Date: 20th February 1982
Set number: C558
Swindon class 120 DMU, set No C558 at Newport, 20th Feb 1982. The furthest power car is 51588, closest is presumably 51579. Paul James.
Date: 24th November 1984
Class 120 Swindon 3-car DMU 51579 + 59588 + 51588 ready to form the 10-06 back to Manchester Victoria at Blackburn on 24-11-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.