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Vehicle 51782

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: 30559
Diagram: 587

Allocations

28/11/59	New to	61A (Kittybrewster)
2w/e 09/04/60	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 18/06/60	Transferred to	61A (Kittybrewster)
Jul-60	On loan to	60A (Inverness)
3w/e 17/12/60	Ex-loan back to	61A (Kittybrewster)
Jan-67	Transferred to	60A (Inverness)
06/05/73	Depot code change	IS
2w/e 22/03/80	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
11/05/86	Stored S.	CF (Cardiff Canton)
2w/e 14/05/86	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
28/09/86	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
Mar-87	Withdrawn from	HA (Haymarket)	- also noted as 10/09/87

Notes

17th July 1986 - Seen with headlamp on cab front
27/07/87 - 51189 + 51782/8/94 + 53172/4/698 + 59285/682 moved Aberdeen Ferryhill to Snailwell hauled by 26007 Millerhill to Newcastle then 37051 to Whitemoor.

Modifications

circa May-81 - Headlamp fitted

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 01/09/1978 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51782	59683	51794	Transfer to 61A - 4w/e 18/06/60
	51782	59683	51794	Transfer to 60A - Jul-60 - on loan
	51782	59683	51794	Transfer to 61A - 3w/e 17/12/60 - ex-loan
	51782	59681	51792	Noted 17/08/70 - at Inverness¹
	51782	59681	51792	Noted 03/09/73 - at Inverness¹
	51782	59681	51792	Noted 07/08/1974 - at Inverness²
	51782	59684	51792	Noted 06/09/76 - at Aberdeen¹
	51782	59684	51790	Noted 30/03/1977 - 20:56 Aberdeen to Inverness²
	51782	59684	55011	Noted 24/09/77 - at Inverness³
304	51782	59681	51790	Listed at IS - mid-May-78 - in works
	51782	59681	51790	Noted 10/09/78 - in Glasgow Works departure road³
	51782	59681	51790	Noted 26/09/78 - in Polmadie repair shop³
C511	51782	59681	51790	Transfer to CF - 2w/e 22/03/80 - by May running as C617
C616	51782	59681	51790	Noted 24/10/1980 - At Landore LE⁴
C616	51782	59681	51790	Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
C616	51782	59681	51790	Noted circa 07/1983⁵
C616	51782	59681	51790	Noted circa 04/1984⁵
C616	51782	59681	51790	Noted 07/07/1984 - 0925 Cheltenham to Swindon
C616	51782	59681	51790	Listed at CF - 01/01/85
C616	51782	59681	51790	Noted circa 10/1985⁵
C616	51782	59681	51790	Noted 15/11/1985⁵
C616	51782	59681	51790	Listed at CF - circa Jan-86
	51782	59681	51790	Transfer to AY - 2w/e 14/05/86
C616	51782	59681	51790	Noted 20th May 1986
616	51782	59681	51790	Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
616	51782	59682	51790	Formation change - circa Jul-86 - 59682 (ex-615) replaced 59681
C616	51782	59681	53652	Noted 17th July 1986
	51782	59681	53652	Noted 29th July 1986
616	51782	59681	53652	Listed at Ayr - August 1986

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

17th May 1960

Sc51782 (other power car is 51794) waits to depart Oban at 6.50pm with a return excursion to Glasgow via Callander on 17/05/60. The outward journey was via Arrochar, a portion had been detached at Crianlarich for Fort William, the passengers would travel by steamers between the two locations to do a circular tour. Michael Mensing.

1979

Set number: 304

Set 304 (presumably 51782 + 59681 + 51790) in the snow at Inverness in 1979. John Law.

February 1979

Tablet catcher on a class 120 unit at Inverness in February 1979. Ian Buck.

17th April 1981

Set number: C616

GRC&W and Swindon Cross-Country DMUs stabled in Maliphant Sidings (Swansea) on 17 April 1981. Left to right are C594 (presumably 51104 + 59435 + 51073), C616 (presumably 51782 + 59681 + 51790), C622 and C559. Robert Thomas.

1982

Set number: C616

Swindon Cross-Country set C616 is working with a high-density set when seen at Newport in mid-1982, with W51782 leading. Michael Mensing.

12th June 1982

Set number: C616

C616 is seen at Stroud on 12/06/82. Shayne Lewis.

Unknown date

Set number: C616

51782 in Ayr depot, still carrying it's Cardiff set number C616 and central headlamp. Bill Hamilton.

Unknown date

51782 on Ayr shed, shortly after transfer from the WR. Undated, but the transfer date from CF to AY was 2w/e 14/5/86. Bill Hamilton.

1st August 1986

Set number: C616

Former Cardiff Canton operated Class 120 DMBC No.51782 has just terminated at the Scottish Coastal town of Largs on the 1st August 1986 from where she will return to Glasgow Central as the rear vehicle. Still marked up as C616 from her time at Cardiff she also still wears a yellow “First Class” yellow stripe above the first 3 windows of the coach and a central headlamp between her cab windows. Bob Woolnough.

8th February 1987

Set number: C616

51782 in Haymarket depot on the 8th February 1987. It has had the brackets for carrying sideboards removed, but retains the brackets for carrying coach letters. Hamish Stevenson.

14th February 1987

120 driving cars in storage at Haymarket on 14th February 1987. From right to left 51782, 537737, M53706, W51790 and M51794. Graham Johnston.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 17th May 1960

A Swindon Cross-Country set (power cars are 51794 and 51782) approaches Taynuilt with an Oban bound excursion on 17/05/60. A portion had been detached at Crianlarich for Fort William, the passengers would travel by steamers between the two locations to do a circular tour. Michael Mensing.

Date: 10th September 1978

Set number: 304

A freshly-outshopped class 120 set - 51790 (leading)/59681/51782 - stands at the eastern end of St Rollox works yard on Sunday 10.9.78, awaiting departure back to Inverness the following day. Note that, unlike some of the others of its kind at Inverness, the DMBC retains its second class seating area ahead of the guard's van and has not had it converted to mail and parcels space. Notice too that the buffet is both labelled as such on the coach side and carries a red stripe above the buffet windows - not so common on DMU's. Leonard Rogers.

Date: February 1979

Set number: 304

In a snowy Inverness stands class 120 set 304 (51790, presumably with 59681 + 51782) and used on the Aberdeen service in February 1979. The closest vehicle, 51790, has a 'stretcher' window. Ian Buck.

Date: August 1981

Set number: C616

Class 120 DMU no. C616 is seen at Weymouth in August 1981. W51790 leads (with the first passenger window being a 'stretcher' window), presumably with 59681 + 51782. These had been Scottish vehicles until the previous year. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: unknown

Set number: C616

Class 120 DMU set C616 at Church Stretton, date unknown. Closest is ex-ScR DMSL W51790 with its stretcher window behind the cab, the other two vehicles are presumably 59681 + 51782. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 27th August 1982

Set number: C616

Class 120 set W51790 (nearest camera), W59681 and W51782, approaching Whitland station, 27th August 1982. Simon Hadden.

Date: 28th August 1982

Set number: C616

Class 120 sitting at Pembroke Dock station, W51790 (DMSL) nearest camera. The other cars are W59681 (TSLRB) and, at the rear, W51782 (DMBC). Photo taken on 28th August 1982. Simon Hadden.

Date: May 1985

Set number: C616

Swindon built class 120 DMU, Cardiff set C616 (presumably 51790 + 59681 + 51782), approaching Shelwick Junction from the Ledbury direction, with a Hereford bound service, despite what it says on the destination blind, from Worcester. May 1985. John Crooks.

Date: 1st August 1986

Set number: C616

Class 120 DMBC No.M53652 awaits departure from Largs Station on the 1st August 1986 with an afternoon service for Glasgow Central. The centre car is former Class 120 TSLRB Buffet Car No.59681 and at the rear is Class 120 DMSL No.51782. Bob Woolnough.

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