Vehicle 51793
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
| 20/02/60 | New to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| 3w/e 19/11/60 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| w/e 03/06/61 | Transferred to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| Jan-67 | Transferred to | 60A (Inverness) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | IS | |
| 2w/e 22/03/80 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| p/e 09/10/82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| Oct-85 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Apr-86 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Modifications
01/05/68 - Stretcher Windows fitted - at Glasgow Works ("C5 Mod")
circa May-81 - Headlamp fitted
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 11/05/1979 released in blue/grey livery51793 was involved in the following incident:
12/5/78 - Near Oyne, ScR
Derailment involving Class 120
Info from Alan Binns, Mike Cooper, Peter Mullen
A road vehicle hit a railway bridge on the Aberdeen - Inverness Line, knocking it out of alignment, which was then hit by Class 120 set 304 which derailed. The vehicles slid down the embankment, the DMBC on its side, and would be the only one to be withdrawn. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51781 | 59680 | 51793 | Listed at 61A - May-60 | ||||||
| 51784 | 59682 | 51793 | Noted 17/08/70 - at Inverness1 | ||||||
| 303 | 51784 | 59682 | 51793 | Noted 27/08/74 - on Aberdeen Ferryhill depot1 | |||||
| 51784 | 59684 | 51793 | Noted 30/03/1975 - at Aberdeen2 | ||||||
| 51784 | 59684 | 51793 | Noted 12/04/1975 - 08;40 Inverness to Aberdeen3 | ||||||
| 51786 | 59684 | 51793 | Noted 31/03/76 | ||||||
| 51784 | 59681 | 51793 | Noted 06/09/76 - at Aberdeen1 | ||||||
| 51784 | 59681 | 51793 | Noted 18/08/77 - on 08.31 Inverness – Aberdeen4 | ||||||
| 304 | 51784 | 59681 | 51793 | Noted 27/08/77 | |||||
| 51784 | 59681 | 51793 | Noted 24/09/77 - at Inverness5 | ||||||
| 306 | 51784 | 59684 | 51793 | Listed at IS - mid-May-78 | |||||
| C521 | 51785 | 59684 | 51793 | Transfer to CF - 2w/e 22/03/80 - by May running as C621 | |||||
| C621 | 51785 | 51793 | Noted 30/12/80 | ||||||
| C621 | 51785 | 59684 | 51793 | Noted circa 06/19826 | |||||
| C621 | 51785 | 59684 | 51793 | Noted circa 10/1982 - operating from Newton Heath6 | |||||
| 51785 | 59684 | 51793 | Noted circa 02/19836 | ||||||
| 51793 | 59684 | 51785 | Noted 11/05/1985 - 51793-59684-51785 + 51791-59679-51786 connecting train from Bury to Manchester Victoria for The Settle & Carlisle Pioneer Railtour (organiser unknown) | ||||||
| 51793 | 59684 | 51785 | Noted 11/05/1985 - 53682-59105-53726 + 51793-59684-51785 + 51791-59679-51786 Settle & Carlisle Pioneer Railtour (organiser unknown) |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Phil Shatford
5: Leonard Rogers
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
12th May 1978
Set number: 304
Derailment near Oyne (Aberdeen - Inverness line), 12/5/78, following a lorry crashing into a bridge. Class 120 Set 304 containing DMS 51793 (left, on rails), TBS 59684 (centre, half on half off) and DMBC 51784 (right, on side). Scotpix courtesy of Peter Mullen.
12th May 1978
Set number: 304
The scene at Pitcaple (near Oyne) on the day that Class 120 set 304 (51793 + 59684 + 51784) derailed. Aberdeen Press and Journal.
3rd June 1978
Inverness TMD based Class 120 DMSL SC51793 waits outside in BREL Glasgow Works Yard on the 3rd June 1978 for a call inside for overhaul. The opening 'stretcher' window behind the drivers cab is very clear in this image as is what appears to be a repair list written at the top of the secondmans window. Officially withdrawn in April 1986 whilst stored at Glasgow Shields Road EMD, she was scrapped at Vic Berry's Yard in Leicester the same month. Bob Woolnough.
12th April 1980
Set number: C621
Swindon Cross-Country DMU set C621 (51793 and presumably 59684 visible) at Gloucester with the 11:30 Newport on 12 April 1980. Robert Thomas.
Unknown date
Class 120 DMSL M51793 seen on Newton Heath depot, date unknown. Mike Bunker.
7th May 1982
Set number: C621
A Swindon Cross-Country DMU (C621 - W51793 and presumably 59684 and 51785) arrives into Port Talbot station with what is thought to be an up ECS on 7 May 1982. Robert Thomas.
4th February 1984
A Class 120 set formed 51793 + 59684 + 51785 sets next to a Class 110 set at Manchester Victoria. Taken at 18:18 on Saturday 4th February 1984. Mel Holley.
27th October 1984
One of the stylish well-appointed Swindon Class 120 Cross-Country 3-car DMUs with DMSL M51793 at the rear of a Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North service at Leyland on October 27th 1984, coupled to a Class 104. The batch of Class 120s were allocated to Newton Heath and saw these units on Manchester-Blackpool/Southport duties as a stop-gap until new Class 142s/150s came on stream in 1985/86. Martyn Hilbert.
7th September 1985
Coasting down towards New Mills South Junction is a six car Swindon Cross-Country class 120 dmu formation, headed by M51793 + M59684 + M51785 with a returning summer Saturday Skegness - Manchester Piccadilly working. These units were not common along here, it's possibly the only time I saw one here! 7th September 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 30th December 1980
Set number: C621
C621 (51785 + 51793) sits beside a Class 128 at Shrewsbury on 30 December 1980, having arrived on the 05:44 from Swansea. The 128 will leave on the 09:40 parcels service to Newtown. Tom Clift.