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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)
06/05/73Depot code changeIS
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Apr-86 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)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
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:

Class 120 DMU at Aberdeen

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.

Class 120 DMU at Matlock

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.

Class 120 DMU at Matlock

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.

Class 120 DMU at Crewe

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:

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 16th March 1985

Set number: EP504

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