Vehicle 59682
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) | |
| 3w/e 02/04/60 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| Jun-60 | Transferred 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) | |
| 11/05/86 | Stored S. | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 2w/e 14/05/86 | Reinstated | AY (Ayr) | |
| Jun-86 | Stored | AY (Ayr) | |
| 28/09/86 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Mar-87 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) | - also noted as 10/09/87 |
Notes
27/07/87 - 51189 + 51782/8/94 + 53172/4/698 + 59285/682 moved Aberdeen Ferryhill to Snailwell hauled by 26007 Millerhill to Newcastle then 37051 to Whitemoor.
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 18/11/1977 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51784 | 59682 | 51791 | Transfer to 61A - Jun-60 | ||||||
| 51784 | 59682 | 51793 | Noted 17/08/70 - at Inverness1 | ||||||
| 303 | 51784 | 59682 | 51793 | Noted 27/08/74 - on Aberdeen Ferryhill depot1 | |||||
| 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Noted 30/03/1975 - at Inverness2 | ||||||
| 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Noted 05/04/1976 - on 08:40 Inverness to Aberdeen with 51783, 59679 & 517903 | ||||||
| 51789 | 59682 | 55011 | Noted 29/07/76 - on 08.36 Inverness – Aberdeen with 51783 + 59680 + 517854 | ||||||
| 51783 | 59682 | 51790 | Noted 06/09/76 - on Aberdeen Ferryhill depot1 | ||||||
| 302 | 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Listed at IS - mid-May-78 - Refurbished set | |||||
| 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Noted 03/07/78 - at Inverness5 | ||||||
| C510 | 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Transfer to CF - 2w/e 22/03/80 - by May running as C616 | |||||
| C615 | 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Noted 22/07/80 - at Cardiff6 | |||||
| C615 | 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Noted 24/10/1980 - At Malliphant Sidings6 | |||||
| C615 | 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| C615 | 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Noted circa 04/19837 | |||||
| C615 | 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Noted 05/09/1983 - on 17.05 Cardiff to Chepstow7 | |||||
| C615 | 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | |||||
| C615 | 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Listed at CF - circa Jan-86 | |||||
| C615 | 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Noted 13/02/19867 | |||||
| 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Transfer to AY - 2w/e 14/05/86 | ||||||
| C615 | 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Noted 20th May 1986 | |||||
| 615 | 51781 | 59682 | 51788 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 531 | 53709 | 59682 | 51788 | Formation change - AY - Jun-86 | |||||
| 616 | 51782 | 59682 | 51790 | Formation change - circa Jul-86 - 59682 (ex-615) replaced 59681 | |||||
| 51781 | 59682 | 53653 | Noted 31st July 1986 | ||||||
| 615 | 51781 | 59682 | 53653 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 51781 | 59682 | 53653 | Noted 7th August 1986 | ||||||
| 517 | 53722 | 59682 | 53742 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 - two brake vans | |||||
| 53722 | 59682 | 53742 | Noted 25th September 1986 | ||||||
| 53742 | 59682 | 53722 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley7 | ||||||
| 53722 | 59682 | 53742 | Noted 15th November 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Phil Shatford
5: Leonard Rogers
6: Shayne Lewis
7: Eddie Knorn
Images:
14th May 1960
A Swindon Cross-Country set (51784 + 59682 + 51792) sits in Callander station on the 14th May 1960 with a Six Lochs Land Cruise working. Michael Mensing.
28th December 1980
Set number: C615
3 car Swindon Cross Country set C615 (presumably 51781 + 59682 + 51788) stands at Crewe, 28 December 1980. Paul James.
26th April 1987
Withdrawn Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country centre car 59682 a Aberdeen Ferryhill on the 26th April 1987. Hamish Stevenson.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 10th April 1981
Set number: C615
A rather grubby Class 120 'Swindon Cross Country' set no. C615 (51781+59682+51788) is seen at Carmarthen during its reversal with train 2C64 the 13.15 Swansea to Milford Haven on 11/04/81. These 'Swindon' sets were synonymous with West Wales in the late 1970's early 80's with a mix of 2 and 3 car units covering the majority of no loco hauled services. Adrian Nicholls.
Date: unknown
Class 120 set C615 (presumably 51781 + 59682 + 51788) gallops westward though Port Talbot as empty stock on 2 January 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 4th January 1983
Set number: C615
Class 120 DMU set C615 (51781+59682+51788) making a very unusual visit to the London area of the Western Region on 04/01/83. I have few details for the working other than a note I made on the day which I now question. My photo notes suggest it was working an additional from Birmingham to London Paddington. It arrived at Reading around 12.30 following the 08.20 Liverpool Lime Street to Paddington. Seeing as New Years Day was a Saturday, Monday 3rd would have been a bank holiday so Tuesday 4th was busy so possibly warranted some relief workings but if anybody can shed any light on this or similar workings using 120's I would be grateful. These "Swindon Cross Country" sets were synonymous with workings in West Wales at the time and were never that common east of Cardiff let alone working into London. So I have to question if it did come from Birmingham as a relief train how did it get to Birmingham in the first place ? Via Shrewsbury maybe ? Adrian Nicholls.
Date: 1984
Set number: C615
51781 leads 59682 and 51788 as set C615 through Bristol Stapleton Road in 1984. Robert Tarling.
Date: 1984
Set number: C615
C615 is formed of former ScR vehicles W51788 / W59682 / 51781, and seen at Lawrence Hill in 1984. Robert Tarling.
Date: 31st August 1984
Set number: C615
An unusual visitor to the London area on 31 August 1984 was Cardiff based class 120 dmu no. C615 presumably (51781 + 59682 + 51788), seen here at Maidenhead about to depart with a train for Oxford (despite what the destination blind says - at least it's in the right general direction!). Robert28194.
Date: 31st March 1986
Set number: C615
Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU set C615 (presumably 51788 + 59682 + 51781) arrives at Ferryside with a down passenger service on 31 March 1986. Robert Thomas.
Date: 31st March 1986
Set number: C615
Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU set C615 (presumably 51781 + 59682 + 51788) arrives at Ferryside station with a down passenger service on 31 March 1986. Robert Thomas.
Date: 31st March 1986
Set number: C615
Swindon Cross-Country DMU set C615 (presumably 51781 + 59682 + 51788) in Ferryside station with a down passenger service on 31 March 1986. Robert Thomas.
Date: 24th April 1986
Set number: C615
Class 120 DMU set C615 (51788 + 59682 + 51781) at Severn Tunnel Junction on 24 April 1986. Keith Miller.
Date: 10th May 1986
Set number: C615
The driver of 51788 reaches out for the token at Whitland. This was the 13:00 Swansea-Pembroke Dock service on 10 May 1986, the other two vehicles in Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 set C615 are presumably 59682 + 51781. Robert Thomas.
Date: 15th September 1986
Set number: 120528
A scene at Ayr station on 15/9/86, with a class 120 "scratch set", formed of 53722/59682/53742, waiting to work the 13.40 to Kilmarnock. Alongside is unit 101 321 (51249/59542/53146). Leonard Rogers.