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Vehicle 51788


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: 30560
Diagram: 586

Allocations

09/01/60 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)
Aug-69 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 01/11/69 Transferred to 60A (Inverness)
w/e 04/07/70 On loan to 66C (Hamilton)
Sep-70 Ex-loan back to 60A (Inverness)
06/05/73Depot code changeIS
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Mar-87 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket) - also noted as 10/09/87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

20th September 1986 - Seen without headlamp
28th February 1987 - Seen carrying unit no. C615
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 16/12/1977 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

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
51781 59684 51788 Transfer to 66C - Aug-69
51781 59684 51788 Transfer to 60A - 4w/e 01/11/69
51781 59684 51788 Transfer to 66C - w/e 04/07/70 - on loan
51781 59684 51788 Transfer to 60A - Sep-70
51781 59680 51788 Noted 03/09/73 - at Inverness1
51781 59682 51788 Noted 30/03/1975 - at Inverness2
51781 59682 51788 Noted 05/04/1976 - on 08:40 Inverness to Aberdeen with 51783, 59679 & 517903
51781 59679 51788 Noted 02/04/1977 - 14:35 Inverness to Aberdeen service3
302 51781 59682 51788 Listed at IS - mid-May-78 - Refurbished set
51781 59682 51788 Noted 03/07/78 - at Inverness4
C510 51781 59682 51788 Transfer to CF - 2w/e 22/03/80 - by May running as C616
C615 51781 59682 51788 Noted 22/07/80 - at Cardiff5
C615 51781 59682 51788 Noted 24/10/1980 - At Malliphant Sidings5
C615 51781 59682 51788 Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
C615 51781 59682 51788 Noted circa 04/19836
C615 51781 59682 51788 Noted 05/09/1983 - on 17.05 Cardiff to Chepstow6
C615 51781 59682 51788 Listed at CF - 01/01/85
C615 51781 59682 51788 Listed at CF - circa Jan-86
C615 51781 59682 51788 Noted 13/02/19866
51781 59682 51788 Transfer to AY - 2w/e 14/05/86
C615 51781 59682 51788 Noted 20th May 1986
615 51781 59682 51788 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
531 53709 59682 51788 Formation change - AY - Jun-86
51987 59268 51788 Noted 20th September 1986
615 51781 59580 51788 Formation change - circa Oct-86 - 59580 replaces 59682 (to 616)
530 51578 59571 51788 Formation change - AY - circa Oct-86
524 53738 59268 51788 Noted 06/12/19866

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

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Dalmally

23rd June 1970

A Class 120 DMU waits in Dalmally station for a southbound service to arrive before it can continue its journey to Oban. Tuesday 23 June 1970. That summer Hamilton had 51788/59684/51781 on loan from Inverness for the service, the DMBC still in green livery. Peter James.

Class 120 DMU at Dalmally

23rd June 1970

Passing trains at Dalmally on Tuesday 23 June 1970. 5349 is heading south and once past the Class 120 will be able to continue its journey to Oban. That summer Hamilton had 51788 + 59684 + 51781 on loan from Inverness for the service. Peter James.

Class 120 DMU at Oban

summer 1970

A Swindon Cross-Country set in Oban station in summer 1970. That summer Hamilton had 51781/59684/51788 on loan from Inverness. Mike Cooper Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Perth

8th September 1975

SC51788 at Perth on 8th September, 1975. An example of a negative I never thought worthy of printing in 1975, the unit was a mere 15 years out of Swindon Works. I think I took it because it was on the rarely used middle line between these platforms, Today the image has an historical context that I didn't envisage in my last year as a teenager! Arnie Furniss.

Class 120 DMU at Elgin

Unknown date

Set number: 302

Set 302 leads a 6-car set out of Elgin in the late 1970s, probably led by 51788. Norman Smart.

Class 120 DMU at Swansea Loop West

28th March 1981

Set number: C615

Two Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU sets form a down passenger service seen at Swansea Loop West on 28 March 1981. Closest is DMSL W51788 which until the previous year had been a Scottish vehicle. The other set is C588 with 51579 at the far end. Robert Thomas.

Class 120 DMU at Lawrenec Hill

1984

Set number: C615

C615 is formed of former ScR vehicles W51788 / W59682 / 51781, and seen at Lawrence Hill in 1984. Robert Tarling.

Class 120 DMU at Ferryside

31st March 1986

Set number: C615

Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU set C615 (presumably 51788 + 59682 + 51781) arrives at Ferryside with a down passenger service on 31 March 1986. Robert Thomas.

Class 120 DMU at Severn Tunnel Junction

24th April 1986

Set number: C615

Class 120 DMU set C615 (51788 + 59682 + 51781) at Severn Tunnel Junction on 24 April 1986. Keith Miller.

Class 120 DMU at Whitland

10th May 1986

Set number: C615

The driver of 51788 reaches out for the token at Whitland. This was the 13:00 Swansea-Pembroke Dock service on 10 May 1986, the other two vehicles in Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 set C615 are presumably 59682 + 51781. Robert Thomas.

Class 120 DMU at Ayr station

5th June 1986

Set number: C615

C615 is seen in Ayr station, presumably with 51788 closest, on June 5th 1986. Tom Clift.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: August 1968

BR (Swindon) Cross Country DMU (later Class 120) vehicles at Inverness MPD, August 1968. Closest is No.Sc51783 (120/1 in blue with small yellow warning panel) then No.Sc59679 (179 in blue), and No.Sc51788 (120/2 in green) & Sc51790 (120/2 also in green). The DMBF seems to have a different shade (or glossier?) of blue in the centre section - was the conversion done after the vehicles had been painted into blue? Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 28th December 1980

Set number: C615

3 car Swindon Cross Country set C615 (presumably 51781 + 59682 + 51788) stands at Crewe, 28 December 1980. Paul James.

DMU

Date: 28th March 1981

Set number: C558

Two Class 120 DMU sets (C558 and C615) pass around Swansea Loop West with a down passenger on 28 March 1981. W51579 is closest, W51788 is at the far end. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 10th April 1981

Set number: C615

A rather grubby Class 120 'Swindon Cross Country' set no. C615 (51781+59682+51788) is seen at Carmarthen during its reversal with train 2C64 the 13.15 Swansea to Milford Haven on 11/04/81. These 'Swindon' sets were synonymous with West Wales in the late 1970's early 80's with a mix of 2 and 3 car units covering the majority of no loco hauled services. Adrian Nicholls.

DMU

Date: unknown

Class 120 set C615 (presumably 51781 + 59682 + 51788) gallops westward though Port Talbot as empty stock on 2 January 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 4th January 1983

Set number: C615

Class 120 DMU set C615 (51781+59682+51788) making a very unusual visit to the London area of the Western Region on 04/01/83. I have few details for the working other than a note I made on the day which I now question. My photo notes suggest it was working an additional from Birmingham to London Paddington. It arrived at Reading around 12.30 following the 08.20 Liverpool Lime Street to Paddington. Seeing as New Years Day was a Saturday, Monday 3rd would have been a bank holiday so Tuesday 4th was busy so possibly warranted some relief workings but if anybody can shed any light on this or similar workings using 120's I would be grateful. These "Swindon Cross Country" sets were synonymous with workings in West Wales at the time and were never that common east of Cardiff let alone working into London. So I have to question if it did come from Birmingham as a relief train how did it get to Birmingham in the first place ? Via Shrewsbury maybe ? Adrian Nicholls.

DMU

Date: 1984

Set number: C615

51781 leads 59682 and 51788 as set C615 through Bristol Stapleton Road in 1984. Robert Tarling.

DMU

Date: 31st August 1984

Set number: C615

An unusual visitor to the London area on 31 August 1984 was Cardiff based class 120 dmu no. C615 presumably (51781 + 59682 + 51788), seen here at Maidenhead about to depart with a train for Oxford (despite what the destination blind says - at least it's in the right general direction!). Robert28194.

DMU

Date: 31st March 1986

Set number: C615

Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU set C615 (presumably 51781 + 59682 + 51788) arrives at Ferryside station with a down passenger service on 31 March 1986. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 31st March 1986

Set number: C615

Swindon Cross-Country DMU set C615 (presumably 51781 + 59682 + 51788) in Ferryside station with a down passenger service on 31 March 1986. Robert Thomas.