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Set C616

These formations have been noted:

51782 59681 51790 Noted 24/10/1980 - At Landore LE1
51782 59681 51790 Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
51782 59681 51790 Noted circa 07/19832
51782 59681 51790 Noted circa 04/19842
51782 59681 51790 Noted 07/07/1984 - 0925 Cheltenham to Swindon
51782 59681 51790 Listed at CF - 01/01/85
51782 59681 51790 Noted circa 10/19852
51782 59681 51790 Noted 15/11/19852
51782 59681 51790 Listed at CF - circa Jan-86
51782 59681 51790 Noted 20th May 1986
51782 59681 53652 Noted 17th July 1986

Formation Sources
1: Shayne Lewis
2: Eddie Knorn

Class 120 DMU at Pantyffynnon

Unknown date

A BR Photo Unit picture taken at Pantyffynnon showing a token exchange between the driver of C616 and the signalman. Date not known. Courtesy Tom Clift. British Rail.

Class 120 DMU at Maliphant Sidings

17th April 1981

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.

Class 120 DMU at Weymouth

August 1981

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.

Class 120 DMU at Church Stretton

Unknown date

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.

Class 120 DMU at Bristol Temple Meads

Unknown date

Class 120 DMU set C616 with 51790 closest in Bristol Temple Meads station. Date unknown, circa early 1980s. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Newport

1982

Swindon Cross-Country set C616 is working with a high-density set when seen at Newport in mid-1982, with W51782 leading. Michael Mensing.

Class 120 DMU at Stroud

12th June 1982

C616 is seen at Stroud on 12/06/82. Shayne Lewis.

Class 120 DMU at Whitland station

27th August 1982

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

Class 120 DMU at Pembroke Dock station

28th August 1982

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.

Class 120 DMU at Tenby

July 1984

Class 120 set C616 at Tenby in July 1984. Roy Lambeth.

Class 120 DMU at Porthkerry

13th July 1984

A 6-car formation is seen at Porthkerry on the 13th July 1984. Swindon set C616 is on the front. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Shelwick Junction

May 1985

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.

Class 120 DMU at Ayr depot

Unknown date

51782 in Ayr depot, still carrying it's Cardiff set number C616 and central headlamp. Bill Hamilton.

Class 120 DMU at Glasgow Central

3rd July 1986

Class 303 EMU number 303019 and Swindon class 120 cross-country DMU bearing set number C616 (51790 visible) at Glasgow Central on 3rd July 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

Class 120 DMU at Largs Station

1st August 1986

Former Cardiff Canton operated Class 120 DMBC No.51782 has just terminated at the Scottish Coastal town of Largs on the 1st August 1986 from where she will return to Glasgow Central as the rear vehicle. Still marked up as C616 from her time at Cardiff she also still wears a yellow “First Class” yellow stripe above the first 3 windows of the coach and a central headlamp between her cab windows. Bob Woolnough.

Class 120 DMU at Largs Station

1st August 1986

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.

Class 120 DMU at Ayr station

30th August 1986

Class 120 power car 51790 from set C616 is seen here at Ayr, a long way from former home depot of Cardiff Canton, but unusually still retains the large central headlight installed for working the Central Wales Line. August 1986 Andrew McConnell.

Class 120 DMU at Glasgow Central

circa October 1986

Glasgow Central circa 10-1986. 318252 is brand new in service on the Ayrline, taking over from the old guard DMU. C616 was one of the Class 120 sets transferred from Cardiff Canton to Ayr to cover ScR DMU shortages in the mid 1980s. Andrew McConnell.

Class 120 DMU at Haymarket depot

8th February 1987

W51790 in Haymarket depot on the 8th February 1987. Originally an ScR vehicle, it had spent six years at Cardiff from 1980. It moved back north to Ayr depot in June 1986, then to HA that September, keeping its W prefix until withdrawn in March 1987. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 120 DMU at Haymarket depot

8th February 1987

51782 in Haymarket depot on the 8th February 1987. It has had the brackets for carrying sideboards removed, but retains the brackets for carrying coach letters. Hamish Stevenson.


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