Vehicle 59684
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 04/06/60 | Transferred to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| 4w/e 31/12/66 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 2w/e 13/01/68 | Transferred to | 60A (Inverness) | |
| Aug-69 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 01/11/69 | Transferred to | 60A (Inverness) | |
| w/e 04/07/70 | On loan to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| Sep-70 | Ex-loan back 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| Oct-85 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |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 11/05/1979 released in blue/grey livery59684 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 The vehicles slid down the embankment, the DMBC on its side, and would be the only one to be withdrawn.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:
| 51785 | 59684 | 51789 | Transfer to 67A - 4w/e 31/12/66 | ||||||
| 51785 | 59684 | 51789 | Transfer to 60A - 2w/e 13/01/68 | ||||||
| 51781 | 59684 | 51788 | Transfer to 66C - Aug-69 | ||||||
| 51781 | 59684 | 51788 | Transfer to 60A - 4w/e 01/11/69 | ||||||
| 51781 | 59684 | 51788 | Transfer to 66C - w/e 04/07/70 - on loan | ||||||
| 51781 | 59684 | 51788 | Transfer to 60A - Sep-70 | ||||||
| 302 | 51783 | 59684 | 51790 | Noted 03/09/73 - at Inverness1 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 51782 | 59684 | 51792 | Noted 06/09/76 - at Aberdeen1 | ||||||
| 51782 | 59684 | 51790 | Noted 30/03/1977 - 20:56 Aberdeen to Inverness3 | ||||||
| 51782 | 59684 | 55011 | Noted 24/09/77 - at Inverness4 | ||||||
| 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 | 59684 | 51793 | Noted circa 06/19825 | |||||
| C621 | 51785 | 59684 | 51793 | Noted circa 10/1982 - operating from Newton Heath5 | |||||
| 51785 | 59684 | 51793 | Noted circa 02/19835 | ||||||
| 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: Leonard Rogers
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
20th May 1978
Set number: 304
Class 120 centre car Sc59684 derailed at Oyne on 20 May 1978, the result of a bridge bash a few days earlier. It would be returned to traffic. Alistair Ness.
21st May 1978
Set number: 304
Class 120 centre car Sc59684 it recovered after derailing at Pitcaple, near Oyne, believed to be taken on Sunday May 21, 1978. Aberdeen Press and Journal.
25th May 1986
Stacks of vehicles at Vic Berrys in Leicester on 25/5/86. In the left is Met-Camm trailer 59064, a blue 104 sits atop Class 120 centre car 59684, to the right two 120 power cars. Ian Francis.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 23rd June 1970
A Class 120 DMU waits in Dalmally station for a southbound service to arrive before it can continue its journey to Oban. Tuesday 23 June 1970. That summer Hamilton had 51788/59684/51781 on loan from Inverness for the service, the DMBC still in green livery. Peter James.
Date: 23rd June 1970
Passing trains at Dalmally on Tuesday 23 June 1970. 5349 is heading south and once past the Class 120 will be able to continue its journey to Oban. That summer Hamilton had 51788 + 59684 + 51781 on loan from Inverness for the service. Peter James.
Date: summer 1970
A Swindon Cross-Country set in Oban station in summer 1970. That summer Hamilton had 51781/59684/51788 on loan from Inverness. Mike Cooper Collection.
Date: May 1978
Set number: 304
51784 - which still appears to have the luggage rack lights on - and 59684 after derailing at Oyne in May 1978. Alan Rintoul.
Date: 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.
Date: 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.
Date: 20th May 1978
Set number: 304
SC51784 and 59684 derailed at Oyne on 20 May 1978, the result of a bridge bash a few days earlier. Alistair Ness.
Date: 20th May 1978
Set number: 304
DMBC 51784 and 59684 after derailing at Pitcaple, near Oyne, 20th May 1978. Mike Cooper.
Date: 20th May 1978
Set number: 304
Preparing for the recovery of 51784 and 59684 after derailing at Pitcaple near Oyne in May 1978. Mike Cooper.
Date: 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.
Date: 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.
Date: 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.
Date: 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.