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Vehicle 51588

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: 30516
Diagram: 637

Allocations

May-61	New to	84E (Tyseley)
by Jun-62	Transferred to	83D (Laira)
Sep-63	Depot code change	84A
4w/e 04/05/68	Transferred to	81D (Reading)
May-69	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
3w/e 02/05/70	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)
5w/e 05/12/70	Transferred to	84A (Laira)
May-73	Depot code change	LA
30/06/74	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
3w/e 07/05/77	Transferred to	LA (Laira)
4w/e 18/06/77	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
2w/e 09/07/77	Transferred to	LA (Laira)
w/e 30/12/78	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
20/06/82	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
11/05/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
18/05/86	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)	- also shown as Jul-87 from S(u)

Modifications

16/02/74 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 08/10/77 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

519	51579	59585	51588	Listed at TYS - circa Nov-61
503	51579	51588		Noted 03/10/69
	51579	59286	51588	Noted 14/08/70 - in Birmingham area¹
	51579	59286	51588	Transfer to 84A - 5w/e 05/12/70
LA502	51579	59286	51588	Listed at Laira - circa Apr-71 - ex-BL507
	51579	59286	51588	Noted 13/11/71 - on Laira depot²
	51579	59286	51588	Noted 19/05/72 - at Exeter²
P558	51579	59286	51588	Noted 03/07/1973 - at Plymouth³
P558	51579	59588	51588	Noted 10/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C600
C558	51579	59588	51588	Noted 08/03/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with C530
C558	51579	59588	51588	Noted 29/04/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff attached to 56289 + C502
C558	51579	59588	51588	Noted 03/07/75 - on 2C34 1433 Weston SM-Cardiff
C558	51579	59588	51588	Noted 03/07/75 - on 2B46 1625 Cardiff-Bristol TM
C558	51579	59264	51588	Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport¹
C558	51579	59264	51588	Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
	51579	59264	51588	Transfer to LA - 3w/e 07/05/77
	51579	59264	51588	Transfer to CF - 4w/e 18/06/77
	51579	59264	51588	Transfer to LA - 2w/e 09/07/77
P558	51579	59264	51588	Listed at LA - 31st December 1977
C558	51579	59264	51588	Noted 06/05/1978 - Lea Valley Railway Club The Camel Train Railtour B803+C558
	51579	59264	51588	Transfer to CF - w/e 30/12/78
C558	51579	59264	51588	Noted 24/03/1979 - at Swansea Station⁴
C558	51579	59264	51588	Noted 14/09/79
C558	51579	59264	51588	Listed at CF - 03/03/80
C558	51579	59264	51588	Noted 25/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station⁴
558	51579	59588	51588	Formation change - w/e 13/12/80
558	51579	59588	51588	Noted 17/10/1981 - Branch Line Society The Red Dragon Railtour
	51579	59588	51588	Noted 19/07/1982⁵
C558	51579	59588	51588	Noted circa 10/1982 - operating from Newton Heath⁵
	51579	59588	51588	Noted circa 06/1983⁵
	51579	59588	51588	Noted 23/12/1983 - at Manchester Victoria⁵
	51579	59532	51588	Listed at NH - circa Jan-86

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

September 1968

Set number: 503

Two car Swindon Cross-Country set 503 (presumably 51588 + 51579) at Oxford in September 1968. The pair were spent just over a year allocated to Reading beginning April 1968. Steve Davies Collection.

7th June 1980

Set number: C558

Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 set C558 (W51588 and presumably 59264 + 51579) at Llanelli with the 13:40 Milford Haven - Swansea service on 7 June 1980. Robert Thomas.

19th May 1981

Set number: C558

Set C558 at Westbury on 19 May 1981. Steve Davies Collection.

20th February 1982

Set number: C558

Swindon class 120 DMU, set No C558 at Newport, 20th Feb 1982. Closest is 51588, the other power car is presumably 51579. Paul James.

29th October 1983

On an Autumn evening, one of the Newton Heath allocated well-appointed and stylish Swindon built Cross-Country Class 120 DMU's, with Driving Motor Second Lavatory M51588 leading, coupled to a class 104 set, passes Salwick with a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service on October 29th 1983. Just visible through the bridge is Salwick station then complete with its Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway island platform canopy. On the extreme left is the cobbled access road to the former goods yard. This stretch of railway once had four running lines in the days when the three Blackpool stations were busy with express, residential and a prodigious amount of excursion traffic. Martyn Hilbert.

7th November 1984

Class 120 DMU 51588 + 59588 + 51579 at Newton Heath Depot, Manchester, on 7-11-84. Spannerman37025.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 6th May 1978

Set number: C558

Leaving Plymouth on 6th May 1978 class 120 set C558 (51579, 59264 & 51588). Ian Buck.

Date: 29th June 1978

Set number: C558

A three-car Class 120 dmu (set C558, presumably 51579 + 59264 + 51588) appears to be stabled in the down through road at Totnes, while Class 50 No. 50 045 Achilles arrives with the 09:46 Penzance - Paddington service on Thursday 29th June 1978. Tom Harper.

Date: circa 1981

Set number: C558

Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU set C558 (51579 + 59264 + 51588) at Horton Road Crossing, Gloucester, most probably with a Swindon line service. Circa early 1980s. Curly42.

Date: 20th February 1982

Set number: C558

Swindon class 120 DMU, set No C558 at Newport, 20th Feb 1982. The furthest power car is 51588, closest is presumably 51579. Paul James.

Date: 24th November 1984

Class 120 Swindon 3-car DMU 51579 + 59588 + 51588 ready to form the 10-06 back to Manchester Victoria at Blackburn on 24-11-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

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