Vehicle 59683
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
| 02/01/60 | New to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| 2w/e 09/04/60 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 18/06/60 | Transferred to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| Jul-60 | On loan to | 60A (Inverness) | |
| 3w/e 17/12/60 | Ex-loan back 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| Oct-85 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 27/05/1977 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51782 | 59683 | 51794 | Transfer to 61A - 4w/e 18/06/60 | ||||||
| 51782 | 59683 | 51794 | Transfer to 60A - Jul-60 - on loan | ||||||
| 51782 | 59683 | 51794 | Transfer to 61A - 3w/e 17/12/60 - ex-loan | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 51783 | 59683 | 51792 | Noted 24/09/77 - at Inverness2 | ||||||
| 300 | 51783 | 59683 | 51792 | Listed at IS - mid-May-78 - Refurbished set | |||||
| 51783 | 59683 | 51792 | Noted 01/07/78 - at Inverness on 17:37 to Aberdeen2 | ||||||
| C520 | 51783 | 59683 | 51792 | Transfer to CF - 2w/e 22/03/80 - by May running as C620 | |||||
| C620 | 51783 | 59683 | 51792 | Noted circa 10/1982 - operating from Newton Heath4 | |||||
| 51783 | 59683 | 51792 | Noted circa 10/19834 | ||||||
| 51783 | 59683 | 51792 | Noted circa 06/19854 | ||||||
| 51783 | 59683 | 51792 | Noted 29/08/85 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
circa June 1977
Set number: 300
An official image (7 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows a Smiths heater and battery box, the sparsity of underframe equipment tells us it is centre car Sc59693. Note the battery rating - 280 AH (amp hours) is painted on the solebar. This was taken circa June 1977, probably at Wormit goods yard. British Rail.
circa June 1977
Set number: 300
An official image (8 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the centre section of centre car Sc59683. The major underframe items, from left to right, are battery box, vacuum reservoir, the box with grilles I think has to do with refrigeration for the buffet. The J Stone box is the dynamo regulator, the plain box to the right is the lighting relays, and the two small boxes above the dynamo contain fuse. This was taken circa June 1977, probably at Wormit goods yard. British Rail.
circa June 1977
Set number: 300
An official image (10 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the interior of centre car Sc59683 looking towards the buffet end. This was taken circa June 1977, crossing the Tay Bridge, looking south towards Fife. British Rail.
circa June 1977
Set number: 300
An official image (12 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the buffet area of centre car Sc59683 and was taken circa June 1977. The scene out the staff door window shows it was taken crossing the Tay Bridge on the approach to Dundee. The lowered ceiling just before the sliding door to the gangway hides a water tank. British Rail.
circa June 1977
Set number: 300
An official image (13 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the interior of centre car Sc59683 from the buffet end to the toilet end. Taken circa June 1977 in Dundee West sidings, looking east. British Rail.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa June 1977
Set number: 300
An official image (1 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows set 300 (51792 + 59683 + 51783) in Wormit goods yard, looking north, circa June 1977. Note the 'stretcher' window on the DMSL. British Rail.
Date: circa June 1977
Set number: 300
An official image (4 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the rear end of Sc51783 (still fitted with a tablet catcher on the van door), the exhaust silencer on the rear end, and the gangway through to 59683 on the right. Note the 'squared' and oval buffer. The various bits of text tell us this was taken circa June 1977, the C1 completion date and buckeye exam being 11th June, the work being done at 7076 (Glasgow Works). This was probably taken at Wormit goods yard. British Rail.
Date: circa June 1977
Set number: 300
An official image (5 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the connection between Sc59683 (left) and Sc51792 (right). While most of the steps up the end of the centre car have been removed (leaving the studs behind), the stepboard above the gangway is still in place, unusual for this era. This was taken circa June 1977, probably at Wormit goods yard. British Rail.
Date: circa June 1977
Set number: 300
An official image (15 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 120 DMU Pre-Production SC Region'. It shows the toilet end of either centre car Sc59683 or DMSL Sc51792, the seat numbering on the wall (numbers 3 and 4) suggest the former as the power car numbering would likely start at the cab? Through the sliding door with the window were two toilets, one on either side, in-between was the door to the next vehicle. Taken while crossing the Tay Bridge, looking towards Dundee. British Rail.
Date: 2nd April 1978
Set number: 300
Stabled in the BREL Glasgow Works yard Inverness based DMSL SC51792 has arrived for repairs / overhaul. The 'stretcher window' is clearly visible, the front passenger window behind the cab, which was hinged at the top to permit a person on a stretcher to be placed inside the coach straight from a platform. Also visible behind is Inverness allocated Class 120 TSLRB SC59683 which is still labled as a 'Buffet Car' complete with a red cantrail section denoting it's position. Bob Woolnough.
Date: 1st July 1978
DMBF no.51783 is at the rear of a Cross Country set (51792/59683/51783) making a smoky exit from Inverness on the 17.37 to Aberdeen on 1.7.78. Beyond is 08 738 marshalling the stock for that evening's Royal Highlander to Euston. The unique coaching stock type of DMBF arose when the small area of second class seating ahead of the guard's compartment on these DMBC's based at Inverness was converted to extra mail and parcels space for Inverness - Aberdeen services. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 25th July 1978
Set number: 300
The 25th July 1978 and set 300 leaves Huntly for Aberdeen. Taken from a Class 40 on the 'grain'. The first passenger window behind the can on the DMS is a stretcher window. The vehicles are presumed to be 51792 + 59683 + 51783. Mike Cooper.
Date: 24th August 1978
Set number: 300
A Swindon Cross-Country DMU at Nairn on 24 August 1978. It appears to be set 300, making the vehicles 51783 + 59683 + 51792. There is another DMU on the rear. Steve Jones.