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| Apr-86 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |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 liveryDisposal
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 | |||||
| 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
Images:
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.