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Vehicle 59681

Class 120

Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Cross Country
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: BR Standard
Lot Number: 30561
Diagram: 561

Allocations

26/12/59	New to	61A (Kittybrewster)
Feb-60	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 24/06/61	Transferred to	61A (Kittybrewster)
3w/e 03/11/62	Transferred to	67A (Corkerhill)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 31/12/66	Transferred to	67A (Corkerhill)
4w/e 02/09/67	Transferred to	60A (Inverness)
06/05/73	Depot code change	IS
2w/e 22/03/80	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
11/05/86	Stored S.	CF (Cardiff Canton)
2w/e 14/05/86	Reinstated	AY (Ayr)
28/09/86	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
Mar-87	Withdrawn from	HA (Haymarket)	- also noted as 29/09/87

Notes

03/08/87 - 51193 + 53650/70 + 59247/88/268/559/80/681 moved as 5E96 Aberdeen Ferryhill - Snailwell hauled by 47308.

Refurbished

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

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51787	59681	51788	Transfer to 66C - Feb-60
	51787	59681	51788	Noted 05/03/60
	51787	59681	51788	Transfer to 67A - 3w/e 03/11/62
	51787	59681	51788	Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 30/04/66
	51787	59681	51788	Transfer to 60A - 4w/e 02/09/67
	51782	59681	51792	Noted 17/08/70 - at Inverness¹
	51782	59681	51792	Noted 03/09/73 - at Inverness¹
	51782	59681	51792	Noted 07/08/1974 - at Inverness²
	51784	59681	51793	Noted 06/09/76 - at Aberdeen¹
	51784	59681	51793	Noted 18/08/77 - on 08.31 Inverness – Aberdeen³
304	51784	59681	51793	Noted 27/08/77
	51784	59681	51793	Noted 24/09/77 - at Inverness⁴
304	51782	59681	51790	Listed at IS - mid-May-78 - in works
	51782	59681	51790	Noted 10/09/78 - in Glasgow Works departure road⁴
	51782	59681	51790	Noted 26/09/78 - in Polmadie repair shop⁴
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 LE⁵
C616	51782	59681	51790	Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
C616	51782	59681	51790	Noted circa 07/1983⁶
C616	51782	59681	51790	Noted circa 04/1984⁶
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 10/1985⁶
C616	51782	59681	51790	Noted 15/11/1985⁶
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
C616	51782	59681	53652	Noted 17th July 1986
	51782	59681	53652	Noted 29th July 1986
616	51782	59681	53652	Listed at Ayr - August 1986
	53380	59681	53652	Noted 8th August 1986
530	53380	59681	53652	Noted 6th September 1986
	53706	59681	53652	Noted 25th September 1986
617	53706	59681		Formation change - HA - circa Oct-86
	53706	59681	53652	Noted 11/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley⁶
617	53706	59681	53652	Formation change - circa Nov-86 - 53652 added
	51241	59681	53652	Noted 17/01/1987⁶

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

Images:

30th August 1986

Set number: 551

Class 120 TSB 59681 is seen as part of Set 551 at Kilmarnock on August 30, 1986. On the left is Class 120 DMS M53652 and on the right Class 105 DMBS 53380. Andrew McConnell.

September 1986

Swindon Cross Country buffet car 59681 at Girvan, September 1986. Most of the surviving 120s at this time ran with Met-Cam centre cars and to see this buffet vehicle was a rarity - possibly the last in service? Andrew McConnell.

September 1986

Showing the end details on Class 120 TSRB 59681. Taken at Girvan in September 1986. Andrew McConnell.

September 1986

Swindon Cross Country buffet car 59681 at Girvan, September 1986. Andrew McConnell.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 1960

Two Swindon Cross-Country sets in Kingsknowe station sometime in 1960. The vehicles are noted as Sc51787 + Sc59681 + Sc 51788 and Sc51783 + Sc59679 + Sc51792. For part of 1960 six of the seven sets were allocated to Hamilton depot. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 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.

Date: 1979

Set number: 304

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

Date: 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.

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.

Date: 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.

Date: unknown

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.

Date: 27th August 1982

Set number: C616

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

Date: 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.

Date: 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.

Date: 1986

A Class 120 set at Prestwick in 1986. Closest is 53652, probably with 59681 and 105 DMBS 53380. Andrew McConnell.

Date: 1st August 1986

Set number: C616

Class 120 DMBC No.M53652 awaits departure from Largs Station on the 1st August 1986 with an afternoon service for Glasgow Central. The centre car is former Class 120 TSLRB Buffet Car No.59681 and at the rear is Class 120 DMSL No.51782. Bob Woolnough.

Date: 9th August 1986

A Class 120 hybrid set sits in Girvan station on the 9th August 1986. Closest is 53652, probably with 59681 and 105 DMBS 53380 (labeled set 551). Andrew McConnell.

Date: 9th August 1986

A Class 120 hybrid set sits in Girvan station on the 9th August 1986. Closest is 53652, probably with 59681 and 105 DMBS 53380 (labeled set 551). Andrew McConnell.

Date: 30th August 1986

Set number: 551

This Class 105 DMBS is part of Scottish Region set 551 when seen at Kilmarnock on 30/08/86. The set also contained Class 120 TSB 59681 and Class 120 DMS 53652. Panoramic composite of previously submitted image. Andrew McConnell.

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