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Vehicle 51790


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

23/01/60 New to 61A (Kittybrewster)
3w/e 02/04/60 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 04/06/60 Transferred to 61A (Kittybrewster)
3w/e 19/11/60 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
w/e 03/06/61 Transferred to 61A (Kittybrewster)
2w/e 12/05/62 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
Sep-62 Transferred to 67A (Corkerhill)
4w/e 01/06/63 Transferred to 61A (Kittybrewster)
Jan-67 Transferred 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Mar-87 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket)

Notes

8th August 1986 - Seen carrying unit no. C616 when in unit 524

Modifications

circa May-81 - Headlamp fitted

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 01/09/1978 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51781 59685 51790 Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 12/05/62
51781 59685 51790 Transfer to 67A - Sep-62
51781 59685 51790 Transfer to 61A - 4w/e 01/06/63
51783 59679 51790 Noted 17/08/70 - at Inverness1
302 51783 59684 51790 Noted 03/09/73 - at Inverness1
51783 59679 51790 Noted 05/04/1976 - on 08:40 Inverness to Aberdeen with 51781, 59682 & 517882
51783 59682 51790 Noted 06/09/76 - on Aberdeen Ferryhill depot1
51782 59684 51790 Noted 30/03/1977 - 20:56 Aberdeen to Inverness2
304 51782 59681 51790 Listed at IS - mid-May-78 - in works
51782 59681 51790 Noted 10/09/78 - in Glasgow Works departure road3
51782 59681 51790 Noted 26/09/78 - in Polmadie repair shop3
C511 51782 59681 51790 Transfer to CF - 2w/e 22/03/80 - by May running as C617
C616 51782 59681 51790 Noted 24/10/1980 - At Landore LE4
C616 51782 59681 51790 Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
C616 51782 59681 51790 Noted circa 07/19835
C616 51782 59681 51790 Noted circa 04/19845
C616 51782 59681 51790 Noted 07/07/1984 - 0925 Cheltenham to Swindon
C616 51782 59681 51790 Listed at CF - 01/01/85
C616 51782 59681 51790 Noted circa 10/19855
C616 51782 59681 51790 Noted 15/11/19855
C616 51782 59681 51790 Listed at CF - circa Jan-86
51782 59681 51790 Transfer to AY - 2w/e 14/05/86
C616 51782 59681 51790 Noted 20th May 1986
616 51782 59681 51790 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
616 51782 59682 51790 Formation change - circa Jul-86 - 59682 (ex-615) replaced 59681
53738 59262 51790 Noted 7th July 1986
53738 59262 51790 Noted 12th July 1986
524 53738 59262 51790 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
53738 59262 51790 Noted 8th August 1986
53738 59262 51790 Noted 6th September 1986

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

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Aberdeen Ferryhill

April 1978

April 1978, and a Class 120 set sits facing 25 091 in Aberbeen Ferryhill depot. This is probably 51790. Mike Cooper.

Class 120 DMU at St Rollox (Glasgow) Works

10th September 1978

Set number: 304

A freshly-outshopped class 120 set - 51790 (leading)/59681/51782 - stands at the eastern end of St Rollox works yard on Sunday 10.9.78, awaiting departure back to Inverness the following day. Note that, unlike some of the others of its kind at Inverness, the DMBC retains its second class seating area ahead of the guard's van and has not had it converted to mail and parcels space. Notice too that the buffet is both labelled as such on the coach side and carries a red stripe above the buffet windows - not so common on DMU's. Leonard Rogers.

Class 120 DMU at Inverness

7th October 1978

Set number: 304

Two class 120 dmus at Inverness after arrival from Aberdeen on 7/10/78. Set 304 is recently ex-works in blue and grey, the other set is still in all-over blue. The closest vehicle, DMS SC51790, has an opening 'stretcher' window as the first passenger window. Stephen Burdett.

Class 120 DMU at Inverness

February 1979

Set number: 304

In a snowy Inverness stands class 120 set 304 (51790, presumably with 59681 + 51782) and used on the Aberdeen service in February 1979. The closest vehicle, 51790, has a 'stretcher' window. Ian Buck.

Class 120 DMU at Inverness

11th February 1980

Set number: 304

Class 120 DMU set 304 (presumably SC51790 closest) in Inverness station on 11 February 1980. Brian Daniels.

Class 120 DMU at Inverness

11th February 1980

Set number: 304

Class 120 DMU set 304 (presumably SC51790 closest) passing Loco Box at Inverness on 11 February 1980. Brian Daniels.

Class 120 DMU at Weymouth

August 1981

Set number: C616

Class 120 DMU no. C616 is seen at Weymouth in August 1981. W51790 leads (with the first passenger window being a 'stretcher' window), presumably with 59681 + 51782. These had been Scottish vehicles until the previous year. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Bristol Temple Meads

Unknown date

Set number: C616

Class 120 DMU set C616 with 51790 closest in Bristol Temple Meads station. Date unknown, circa early 1980s. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Church Stretton

Unknown date

Set number: C616

Class 120 DMU set C616 at Church Stretton, date unknown. Closest is ex-ScR DMSL W51790 with its stretcher window behind the cab, the other two vehicles are presumably 59681 + 51782. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Whitland station

27th August 1982

Set number: C616

Class 120 set W51790 (nearest camera), W59681 and W51782, approaching Whitland station, 27th August 1982. Simon Hadden.

Class 120 DMU at Pembroke Dock station

28th August 1982

Set number: C616

Class 120 sitting at Pembroke Dock station, W51790 (DMSL) nearest camera. The other cars are W59681 (TSLRB) and, at the rear, W51782 (DMBC). Photo taken on 28th August 1982. Simon Hadden.

Class 120 DMU at Tenby

July 1984

Set number: C616

Class 120 set C616 at Tenby in July 1984. Roy Lambeth.

Class 120 DMU at Shelwick Junction

May 1985

Set number: C616

Swindon built class 120 DMU, Cardiff set C616 (presumably 51790 + 59681 + 51782), approaching Shelwick Junction from the Ledbury direction, with a Hereford bound service, despite what it says on the destination blind, from Worcester. May 1985. John Crooks.

Class 120 DMU at Glasgow Central

3rd July 1986

Set number: C616

Class 303 EMU number 303019 and Swindon class 120 cross-country DMU bearing set number C616 (51790 visible) at Glasgow Central on 3rd July 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

Class 120 DMU at Ayr station

30th August 1986

Set number: C616

Class 120 power car 51790 from set C616 is seen here at Ayr, a long way from former home depot of Cardiff Canton, but unusually still retains the large central headlight installed for working the Central Wales Line. August 1986 Andrew McConnell.

Class 120 DMU at Glasgow Central

circa October 1986

Set number: C616

Glasgow Central circa 10-1986. 318252 is brand new in service on the Ayrline, taking over from the old guard DMU. C616 was one of the Class 120 sets transferred from Cardiff Canton to Ayr to cover ScR DMU shortages in the mid 1980s. Andrew McConnell.

Class 120 DMU at Haymarket depot

8th February 1987

Set number: C616

W51790 in Haymarket depot on the 8th February 1987. Originally an ScR vehicle, it had spent six years at Cardiff from 1980. It moved back north to Ayr depot in June 1986, then to HA that September, keeping its W prefix until withdrawn in March 1987. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 120 DMU at Aberdeen Ferryhill

26th April 1987

Withdrawn W51790 at Aberdeen Ferryhill for component recovery on the 26th April 1987. It is missing windows and engines. Hamish Stevenson.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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: 1979

Set number: 304

Set 304 (presumably 51782 + 59681 + 51790) in the snow at Inverness in 1979. John Law.

DMU

Date: 17th April 1981

Set number: C616

GRC&W and Swindon Cross-Country DMUs stabled in Maliphant Sidings (Swansea) on 17 April 1981. Left to right are C594 (presumably 51104 + 59435 + 51073), C616 (presumably 51782 + 59681 + 51790), C622 and C559. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 14th February 1987

120 driving cars in storage at Haymarket on 14th February 1987. From right to left 51782, 537737, M53706, W51790 and M51794. Graham Johnston.