Vehicle 59680
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
| 19/12/59 | New to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| 3w/e 19/11/60 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| w/e 03/06/61 | Transferred to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| Jan-67 | Transferred to | 60A (Inverness) | |
| 4w/e 05/07/69 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| Aug-69 | Transferred to | 60A (Inverness) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | IS | |
| Mar-80 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 05/10/81 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 05/11/83 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 27/12/1979 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51781 | 59680 | 51793 | Listed at 61A - May-60 | ||||||
| 51784 | 59680 | 51791 | Noted mid-Sep-67 - at Inverness, all in plain blue, tablet catcher on 51784 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59680 | 51791 | Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 05/07/69 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59680 | 51791 | Transfer to 60A - p/e 06/09/69 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59680 | 51791 | Noted 31/07/70 - on Ferryhill depot | ||||||
| 51787 | 59680 | 51791 | Noted 17/08/70 - at Inverness1 | ||||||
| 51781 | 59680 | 51788 | Noted 03/09/73 - at Inverness1 | ||||||
| 51783 | 59680 | 51785 | Noted 29/07/76 - on 08.36 Inverness – Aberdeen with 51789 + 59682 + 550112 | ||||||
| 304 | 51785 | 59680 | 51789 | Noted 06/09/76 - on Inverness depot, set number only on 517891 | |||||
| 51785 | 59680 | 51791 | Noted 24/09/77 - at Inverness3 | ||||||
| 305 | 51785 | 59680 | 51794 | Listed at IS - mid-May-78 | |||||
| 51785 | 59680 | 51794 | Noted 03/07/78 - at Inverness on 08:31 to Aberdeen3 | ||||||
| 399 | 51470 | 59680 | 51794 | Listed at AY - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 51797 | 59680 | 50159 | Noted 9th June 1981 | ||||||
| EP525 | 50700 | 59680 | 50662 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP525 | 50700 | 59680 | 50662 | Noted 26/09/82 - at Norwich1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Phil Shatford
3: Leonard Rogers
Images:
April 1985
Class 120 buffet car (with 'Buffet' painted over) had a broken window when seen at Derby St Marys in April 1985. It had been withdrawn from DY at the end of 1983. 51617 on the left had also been withdrawn in 1983. Ian Francis.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: June 1978
Set number: 305
Set 305 (probably comprised of 51785 + 59680 + 51794) leaves Aberdeen for Inverness past the site of Schoolhill station with Class 122 55011 on the rear. June 1978. Mike Cooper.
Date: circa 1981
Set number: 177
Set 177 led by Class 101 DMBS SC51797 departs from Glasgow Central. Date unknown, the Class 120 centre car is presumably SC59680 which dates it to circa summer 1981. The rear car appears to be a Class 120 DMSL. Paul Redmond.
Date: circa 1981
A Class 120/101 hybrid set with a refurbished Met-Camm departs Fairlie High station en route to Largs circa 1981. It's an ex-Inverness DMS, of which two were at Ayr at the time. It is probably 51794 rather than '89, as it was noted working with 59680 + 51470 in February 1981. Andrew McConnell.
Date: April 1985
M51617 in Derby St. Marys in April 1985. On both sides are Class 120 trailer buffets, on the left M59273 and M59680. Ian Francis.