Vehicle 59259
Class 120
Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Cross Country
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: BR Standard
Lot Number: 30336
Diagram: 561
Allocations
| 4w/e 22/02/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| 11/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 12/01/84 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Notes
29th January 1958 - New at Swindon Carriage Works.
Dec-83 - Officially withdrawn, but still in traffic during December at DY.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50657 | 59259 | 50658 | Noted 29th January 1958 - On trial | ||||||
| CDF504 | 50713 | 59259 | 50655 | Noted circa Oct-59 | |||||
| 50713 | 59259 | 50655 | Noted 07/08/1965 - Seen on Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff service (image posted on Flickr).1 | ||||||
| 50713 | 59259 | 50655 | Noted 30/07/1969 - Leicester, on Nottingham to Birmingham New Street service2 | ||||||
| 50731 | 59259 | 50678 | Noted 31/12/1969 - Leicester, on 17.15 Birmingham New Street to Nottingham.2 | ||||||
| 50731 | 59259 | 50678 | Noted 14/08/70 - at Derby3 | ||||||
| 50731 | 59259 | 50678 | Noted 04/1971 - at Water Orton4 | ||||||
| 50737 | 59259 | 50687 | Noted 20/11/71 - in Birmingham New Street5 | ||||||
| 50737 | 59259 | 50671 | Noted 08/07/72 - at Thetford3 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59259 | 50651 | Noted 14/01/73 - at Derby5 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59259 | 50651 | Noted 14/08/1973 - at Nuneaton4 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59259 | 50663 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street6 | ||||||
| EP584 | 50719 | 59259 | 50663 | Noted 10/08/74 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| EP584 | 50719 | 59259 | 50663 | Noted 30/08/74 - at Derby3 | |||||
| 50717 | 59259 | 50692 | Noted 20/12/74 - on 1252 Norwich-Birmingham NS | ||||||
| 50743 | 59259 | 50680 | Noted 07/07/1975 - at Loughborough4 | ||||||
| 50743 | 59259 | 50680 | Noted 13/09/1975 - 08:47 Nottingham to Grantham4 | ||||||
| 50743 | 59259 | 50680 | Noted 27/06/1976 - Aberystwyth7 | ||||||
| 50709 | 59259 | 50680 | Noted 05/08/77 - on 2E84 2054 Derby-Lincoln St Marks | ||||||
| 50709 | 59259 | 50680 | Noted 10/09/77 - at Aberystwyth3 | ||||||
| 50741 | 59259 | 50687 | Noted 17/06/1978 - Derby7 | ||||||
| 50696 | 59259 | 50687 | Noted 29/01/1979 - Birmingham New Street7 | ||||||
| 50725 | 59259 | 50669 | Noted 20/07/1980 - at Lincoln St Marks 7 | ||||||
| 50725 | 59259 | 50669 | Noted 06/09/1980 - at Derby 7 | ||||||
| 50725 | 59259 | 50669 | Noted 14/01/81 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 50725 | 59259 | 50669 | Noted 15/08/81 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 50725 | 59259 | 50671 | Noted 06/04/82 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| EP511 | 50725 | 59259 | 50665 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP516 | 50730 | 59259 | 51794 | Noted circa 03/19831 | |||||
| EP516 | 53730 | 59259 | 51794 | Noted circa 06/19831 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Leonard Rogers
6: Jeremy Goodyear
7: Martin Lumley
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 7th August 1965
The 7th of August 1965 at Southampton Central and the 12.03 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central service is leaving as an up steam hauled service arrives. The rear set of the DMU was a Swindon Cross Country set comprising W50655, W59259 and W50713. The KDH Archive.