Vehicle 51787
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
| 12/12/59 | New to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| Feb-60 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 24/06/61 | Transferred to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| 3w/e 03/11/62 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 31/12/66 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 4w/e 02/09/67 | Transferred to | 60A (Inverness) | |
| 4w/e 05/07/69 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| Aug-69 | Transferred to | 60A (Inverness) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | IS | |
| 4w/e 01/03/80 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 05/10/81 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| circa 1984 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| circa Mar-85 | On loan to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| Apr-85 | Ex-loan back to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| Oct-85 | To Parcels Sector at | CH (Chester) | |
| 16/08/87 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) |
Notes
28th April 1980 - Seen with tablet catcher on van door LH side.
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 25/10/1977 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51787 | 59681 | 51788 | Transfer to 66C - Feb-60 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59681 | 51788 | Noted 05/03/60 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59681 | 51788 | Transfer to 67A - 3w/e 03/11/62 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59681 | 51788 | Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 30/04/66 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59681 | 51788 | Transfer to 60A - 4w/e 02/09/67 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59680 | 51791 | Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 05/07/69 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59680 | 51791 | Transfer to 60A - p/e 06/09/69 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59680 | 51791 | Noted 31/07/70 - on Ferryhill depot | ||||||
| 51787 | 59680 | 51791 | Noted 17/08/70 - at Inverness1 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59679 | 51791 | Noted 18/09/71 - at Inverness2 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59679 | 51791 | Noted 17/10/73 - on 1435 Inverness-Aberdeen with 51789 + 59683 + 55011 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59679 | 51791 | Noted 07/08/1974 - at Inverness3 | ||||||
| 301 | 51787 | 59685 | 51789 | Listed at IS - mid-May-78 - Refurbished set | |||||
| 51787 | 59685 | 55011 | Noted 03/07/78 - at Inverness2 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59685 | 51789 | Transfer to AY - 4w/e 01/03/80 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59685 | 51789 | Noted 1st March 1980 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59686 | 51789 | Noted 28th April 1980 | ||||||
| 398 | 51787 | 59685 | 51789 | Listed at AY - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 51789 | 59685 | 51787 | 59686 | 50159 | Noted 6th February 1981 | ||||
| 51787 | 59685 | 51529 | Noted 30th August 1981 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59685 | 51529 | Noted 30/08/1981 - Branch Line Society Ayrshire Wanderer Railtour day 2 of 2 | ||||||
| EP504 | 51787 | 59685 | 51789 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP504 | 51787 | 59685 | 51789 | Noted circa 09/19824 | |||||
| EP504 | 51787 | 59685 | 51789 | Noted circa 01/19844 | |||||
| EP504 | 51787 | 59685 | 51789 | Noted 28/12/84 - at Lincoln St Marks1 | |||||
| EP504 | 51787 | 59685 | 51789 | Noted circa 02/19854 | |||||
| 51787 | 59685 | 51789 | Noted 29/08/85 | ||||||
| 51787 | 53051 | Formed at CH circa Jan-86 - Parcels | |||||||
| 51783 | 51787 | Formation change - CH - 2w/e 14/05/86 - Parcels | |||||||
| 51783 | 51787 | Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 - Parcels | |||||||
| 51783 | 51787 | Noted 4th March 1987 - in Manchester Piccadilly |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
1960
Two Swindon Cross-Country sets in Kingsknowe station sometime in 1960. The vehicles are noted as Sc51787 + Sc59681 + Sc 51788 and Sc51783 + Sc59679 + Sc51792. For part of 1960 six of the seven sets were allocated to Hamilton depot. Stuart Mackay Collection.
2nd August 1967
Sc51787 at Dalmally heading for Oban on August 2nd, 1967. The tablet catcher can be clearly seen. Graham Johnston.
2nd August 1967
Sc51787, taken at Dalmally heading for Oban on August 2nd, 1967. Note the yellow first class stripe. Graham Johnston.
20th May 1978
Set number: 301
Set 301 at Keith Junction, 20/5/78 with SC51787 closest. An SRPS special was held waiting to come off the branch to Dufftown while this service passed. 20/5/78. Mike Cooper.
24th August 1978
Set number: 301
Swindon Cross-Country set 301 at Nairn on August 24, 1978. DMBC SC51787 is closest. Steve Jones.
10th March 1979
Set number: 301
On the 10th March 1979 set 301 is led by SC51787 and has a Met-Camm centre car (probably 59574, it seems to have buffet on the side). It's on the 15:50 from Aberdeen at Insch. Hamish Stevenson.
23rd July 1979
Set number: 301
Class 120 DMU set 301 with Sc51787 closest at Inverurie on 23 July 1979. Brian Daniels.
October 1979
A Swindon Cross-Country DMU in Edinburgh Waverley in October 1979. This would be an Inverness allocated vehicle, the first passenger window carries a 1 for first class making it a DMBC. The cut / oval buffers means that it is almost certainly 51787. S Saunders.
April 1980
Distant Past. An interesting array of DMUs in Ayr Kyle Street Sidings. From the left it looks like a Class 126 TSL, Class 120 Cross Country Power Car, Class 116 Derby Suburban, Class 126 TSL, Class 126 Leading and Class 126 Intermediate to the right on the short road. The Swindon Cross Country is one of a number that spent a short spell at Ayr after the Aberdeen to Inverness services went over to Type 2 haulage. They eventually went south. The Class 120 is probably a DMC (three leading saloon windows) and Railcar suggests this could be Sc51787. Enlargement from half frame 35 mm negative - not great quality, but not great weather either! Uncollated negative but possibly April 1980. alicia hartman.
30th April 1981
This is obviously a Branch Line Society railtour! Swindon Cross-Country car 51787 really could not have travelled further down the branch to Girvan Goods on the second day of the "Ayrshire Wanderer" tour on 30 August 1981. A few weeks later this car would be transferred to England (at Derby Etches Park). Jeremy Chapter.
30th August 1981
The 1981 BLS Scottish Tour was the Ayrshire Wanderer which ran in two parts. The Sunday tour (on 30 August) started and finished at Ayr and here we are at Barrhill. Alistair Ness.
30th August 1981
With the Ailsa Princess as a backdrop the BLS Ayr & Stranraer railtour on 30 August 1981 almost reaches the buffer stop at Stranraer Harbour. The tour ran from Ayr and was formed of 51787 + 59685 + 51529. John Horne Collection.
30th August 1981
The 1981 BLS Scottish Tour was the Ayrshire Wanderer which ran in two parts. The Sunday tour (on 30 August, formed 51787 + 59685 + 51529) started and finished at Ayr and here we are as far as you can get at Stranraer harbour. The mileage men were all crammed into the front coach to get the last drop but Alan and I elected to forego the scrum and walk down to take our pics. Alistair Ness.
30th August 1981
The 1981 BLS Scottish Tour was the Ayrshire Wanderer which ran in two parts. The Sunday tour (on 30 August) started and finished at Ayr and here we are at Girvan awaiting the road south. The formation of the train was interesting as it comprised two ex Inverness based Class 120 vehicles SC51787 + SC59685 and Class 101 SC51529. Alistair Ness.
30th August 1981
The 1981 BLS Scottish Tour was the Ayrshire Wanderer which ran in two parts. The Sunday tour (30 August) started and finished at Ayr and here we are at Girvan Goods. For some reason we spent ages here, probably due to awaiting a path on the Stranraer line where we were headed next, so I put the time to good use and walked much further away from the train to take my shot. It was formed of 51787/59685/51529. Alistair Ness.
30th August 1981
On the second day of the Branch Line Society's "Ayrshire Wanderer" railtour, August 30th 1981, a mixed formation set was used. The leading end here is Class 120 Swindon-built "cross-country" car 51787, the trailer is a similar former buffet car (59685) and the far end is a Metro-Cammell class 101 car (51529). This was taken at Barrhill station. Jeremy Chapter.
12th February 1983
Set number: EP504
Class 120 set EP504 (51787 + 59685 + 51789) at Matlock on 12 February 1983. An image from the Jim Freebury Railway Slide Collection. David Page.
16th March 1985
Set number: EP504
Class 120 set EP504 (51787 + 59685 + 51789) at Lincoln St. Marks. on 16 March 1985. Rob Paterson.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 7th October 1978
Class 122 Sc55005 sits in Inverness on 7/10/78, where it was based for a period of just over three years. Beside is Swindon Class 120 Cross-Country set 301, presumably with 51787 at the front. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 30th August 1981
The 1981 BLS Scottish Tour was the Ayrshire Wanderer which ran in two parts. The Sunday tour (on 30 August) started and finished at Ayr and here we are at Glenwhilly (51787 visible on the right) crossing the service train from Stranraer formed of a Class 126 DMU, 51039 closest. Alistair Ness.
Date: 12th February 1983
Set number: EP504
Class 120 set EP504 (51789 + 59685 + 51787) at Matlock on 12 February 1983. An image from the Jim Freebury Railway Slide Collection. David Page.
Date: 12th February 1983
Set number: EP504
Class 120 set EP504 (51789 + 59685 + 51787) at Matlock on 12 February 1983. An image from the Jim Freebury Railway Slide Collection. David Page.