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Vehicle 51573 / 55934


Class 120

Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Cross Country
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: BR Standard
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30515
Diagram: 636

Allocations

Jan-61 New to 84E (Tyseley)
by Jun-62 Transferred to 83D (Laira)
Sep-63Depot code change84A
4w/e 04/05/68 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
Aug-68 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
4w/e 22/02/69 On loan to 81D (Reading)
May-69 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
06/05/73Depot code changeBR
30/06/74 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
3w/e 09/10/76 Transferred to LA (Laira)
w/e 03/05/80 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
29/11/81 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
by Jun-82 Transferred to DY (Derby Etches Park)
circa early 1984 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
13/04/86 To Parcels Sector at CA (Cambridge)
18/05/86 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
27/07/86 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
02/11/86 Stored U. CA (Cambridge)
03/05/87 Withdrawn from CA (Cambridge)

Notes

27th December 1987 - Seen in Tinsley Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51573 - original number
55934 - from 04/04/87 (parcels conversion)

Modifications

circa Jul-70 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 25/06/77 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51582 51573 56292 Noted circa Sep-67 - in blue with yellow panel (120) 56292 blue full yellow end
51573 51582 Noted circa Dec-67 - in plain blue with small yellow panel
51573 59296 51582 Transfer to 81D - 4w/e 22/02/69 - on loan
51573 59296 51582 Noted 30/07/69 - at Bristol Temple Meads1
51573 59285 51582 Noted 23/08/1971 - at Newport2
51573 59285 51582 Noted 12/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston3
51573 59285 51582 Noted 01/07/1973 - at Exeter2
51573 59285 51582 Noted 07/09/73 - in Bristol Temple Meads1
51573 59285 51582 Noted 30/05/1974 - at Great Malvern2
C552 51573 59285 51582 Noted 16/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth between B579 51065 + 59424 + 51093 and P557 51578 + 59580 + 51587
B552 51573 59285 51582 Noted 29/08/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C505 50665 + 59588 + 50715
51573 59285 51582 Noted 30/08/1974 - at Newport, with 562892
C552 51573 59285 51582 Noted 05/09/74 - at Severn Tunnel Junction1
C552 51573 59285 51582 Noted 08/02/76 - on 1069 1140 Cardiff-Salisbury with B900
C552 51573 59285 51582 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C552 50723 59278 51573 Noted 06/08/1976 - at Cardiff Central - 2 DMBCs4
51573 59278 51578 Noted 04/09/76 - at Bristol (two DMBSs)3
51573 59285 51582 Transfer to LA - 3w/e 09/10/76
P552 51573 59285 51582 Listed at LA - 31st December 1977
P552 51573 59285 51582 Noted 06/08/79
P552 51573 59285 51582 Listed at LA - 03/03/80
51573 51582 Noted 15th April 1980
552 51573 59285 51582 Transfer to CF - w/e 03/05/80
EP503 51573 59285 51582 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
51573 59108 51582 Noted 1983
EP503 51573 59285 51582 Noted circa 01/19835
EP503 51573 59108 51582 Noted circa 01/19845
EP503 51573 59108 51582 Noted 13/09/85 - at Blaenau Ffestiniog, NH set carrying number EP503
51573 59108 51582 Noted 13/11/1985 - 13:21 Chester-Man Vic6
51573 59108 51582 Listed at NH - circa Jan-86
51573 51581 Formation change - CA - 2w/e 14/05/86 - Parcels
51573 51582 Noted circa 08/1986 - Parcels set.5

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Chris Moxon

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Par

circa 1977

Set number: 552

Class 120 DMU set 552 (W51573 leading) arrives into Par station. The slide process date was July 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Exeter

September 1979

Set number: P552

Swindon Cross-Country set P552 (presumably 51573 + 59285 + 51582) at Exeter in September 1979. Michael Mensing.

Class 120 DMU at Exeter St Davids

September 1979

Set number: P552

Class 120 set P552 seen in Exeter St Davids during September 1979. Visible vehicles are presumably 51573 and 59285. Michael Mensing.

Class 120 DMU at Preston

13th March 1982

A Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country set, with M51573 closest, seen at Preston on the 13th March 1982. Chris Lings.

Class 120 DMU at Cocker Bar

25th June 1985

Set number: EP503

A Class 120 hybrid set drifts through the West Lancashire countryside at Cocker Bar between Midge Hall and Ulnes Walton with the 17.55 Preston to Ormskirk service on June 25th 1985. The former Derby Etches Park set EP503 was formed of two Class 120 Swindon built driving cars and a Class 101 centre trailer car. This particular out and back service on the Ormskirk line was regularly diagrammed for a Class 120 during this period. The sets were normally used on Manchester to Blackpool North services. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 120 DMU at Kirkham

2nd August 1985

Set number: EP503

A hybrid Swindon Cross-Country 3-Car DMU set (Formerly Derby Etches Park Depot set EP503) with W51573 leading, departs from Kirkham with Manchester Victoria to Blackpool South tea-time through service on August 2nd 1985. Sandwiched between the two Class 120 driving cars was a Metro-Cammell Class 101 trailer car. This viewpoint including the semaphore signal has now gone, a six-foot palisade fence now segregates the running lines from the cobbled road to the former goods yard. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 120 DMU at Leeds

27th June 1986

Set number: EP503

51573 at Leeds, 27th June 1986, with Express Parcels branding on the bodyside. Malcolm Clements.

Class 120 DMU at New Mills

28th June 1986

About to cross New Mills viaduct on 28th June 1986 is a Swindon Cross-Country class 120 dmu set, including 51573 + 51582 which has been converted to parcels use, the Red Star parcels branding can be seen down the side. These units were rare along here, this is the only time I think I saw one, it's possibly the only photograph I have of one along here! Andrew J Crowther.

Class 120 DMU at Leeds

Unknown date

An Express Parcels branded Class 120 set is seen at Leeds with 51573 closest. Malcolm Clements.

Class 120 DMU at Leeds

July 1986

Set number: EP503

A Express Parcels Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country set at Leeds circa 1986. The vehicles (M51573 + M51582) still carry set number EP503 from their time at Etches Park depot. Ian Charles.

Class 120 DMU at Chester depot

circa October 1986

Chester depot, circa October-November 1986, contains (l-r) a 116, 108, 142, parcel 120s and a 108. The closest parcel vehicle has no marker light above the destination blind so it is a batch three vehicle, of which only M51573 had oval buffers and an EP set number in parcel use. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 120 DMU at Snailwell

4th July 1988

Class 120 parcels car 55934 (ex-51573) seen at Snailwell on July 4, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 120 DMU at Kiln Lane

4th July 1988

Near Kiln Lane, Ely. From the left - part of 55939 (M51582) then 55934 (M51573), E54423, E54193 and pair of Class 20's. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 30th April 1979

Set number: P552

Swindon Cross-Country DMU set P552 (presumably 51582 + 59285 + 51573) at St Ives on 20 April 1979. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: 6th August 1979

Set number: P552

Class 120 DMU set formation P552, consisting of cars 51582 59285 51573 is seen with 1546 Paignton-Exeter at Dawlish, 06/08/1979. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: September 1979

Set number: P552

Swindon Cross-Country set P552 (presumably 51582 + 59285 + 51573) departs from Exeter Central in September 1979. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1983

A Class 120 repaint at Swindon Works in the summer of 1983. The BR logo and number are applied before painting (as was the white lines), these vinyl stickers are supplied with a masking layer which is removed after painting. The number appears to be M51578 or M51573 - although both of these were oval buffered vehicles? fgrsimon.

DMU

Date: 13th September 1985

Set number: EP503

EP503 contains M51582 + M59108 + M51573 when seen at Blaenau Ffestiniog on the 13th September 1985. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 13th November 1985

A Class 120/101 hybrid, 51582/59108/51573 working the 13.21 Chester-Manchester Victoria, 13/11/85. Anthony Griffiths.

DMU

Date: 27th June 1986

51582 is seen in the company of a 114, and paired with 51573. Leeds, 27th June 1986. Malcolm Clements.

DMU

Date: 28th June 1986

Speeding towards Sheffield and about to cross New Mills viaduct on June 28th 1986 is a Swindon Cross-Country class 120 dmu set (51582 + 51573) which has been converted to 'Express Parcels' use. Andrew J Crowther.

DMU

Date: 4th July 1988

Part of E54390 nearest then 59108, 55939 (M51582), 55934 (M51573), E54423, E54193 and pair of Class 20's. Seen near Kiln Lane Ely on July 4, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.