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Vehicle 51789

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

16/01/60	New to	61A (Kittybrewster)
2w/e 09/04/60	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 04/06/60	Transferred to	61A (Kittybrewster)
4w/e 31/12/66	Transferred to	67A (Corkerhill)
2w/e 13/01/68	Transferred to	60A (Inverness)
4w/e 30/06/68	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
Oct-68	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	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
Oct-85	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
Apr-86	Withdrawn from	AY (Ayr)

Notes

12th October 1981 - Seen carrying unit no. 399

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 25/10/1977 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51785	59684	51789			Transfer to 67A - 4w/e 31/12/66
	51785	59684	51789			Transfer to 60A - 2w/e 13/01/68
	51781	59685	51789			Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 30/06/68
	51785	59683	51789			Noted 17/08/70 - at Inverness¹
	51785	59683	51789			Noted 18/09/71 - at Inverness²
	55011	59683	51789			Noted 17/10/73 - on 1435 Inverness-Aberdeen with 51787 + 59679 + 51791
	51785	59683	51789			Noted 07/04/1975 - 13:43 Aberdeen to Invernes³
	51789	59682	55011			Noted 29/07/76 - on 08.36 Inverness – Aberdeen with 51783 + 59680 + 51785⁴
304	51785	59680	51789			Noted 06/09/76 - on Inverness depot, set number only on 51789¹
301	51787	59685	51789			Listed at IS - mid-May-78 - Refurbished set
	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
	51470	59069	51789			Noted 22nd September 1981
399	51470	59069	51789			Noted 12th October 1981
EP504	51787	59685	51789			Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP504	51787	59685	51789			Noted circa 09/1982⁵
EP504	51787	59685	51789			Noted circa 01/1984⁵
	51787	59685	51789			Noted 03/01/1984 - 2003 Derby - Lincoln (ex Crewe?)⁶
EP504	51787	59685	51789			Noted 28/12/84 - at Lincoln St Marks¹
EP504	51787	59685	51789			Noted circa 02/1985⁵
	51787	59685	51789			Noted 29/08/85

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
6: MidlandDeltic

Images:

18th June 1979

Set number: 301

A service for Inverness in platform 6 of Aberdeen station on Monday 18 June 1979. With set 301 on the cab the closest power car will be 51789. Looking closely at the centre car, the windows show it's a Met-Camm, and with a red buffet stripe this should be 59574. The other power car is a Class 122, Inverness only has one blue/grey 122 at the time, 55011. The set at the far end seems to still be in plain blue. David Russon.

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.

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.

31st August 1984

Set number: EP504

Class 120 DMS 51789, set number EP504, is seen at Crewe on 31.08.1984. Andy Cole.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 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.

Date: 16th March 1985

Set number: EP504

Class 120 set EP504 (51787 + 59685 + 51789) at Lincoln St. Marks. on 16 March 1985. Rob Paterson.

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