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Vehicle 59259

Class 120

BR Diagram 561

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-61Depot code change88A
Sep-63Depot code change86A
11/05/69 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
12/01/84 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)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Dec-83 - Officially withdrawn, but still in traffic during December at DY.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
50731 59259 50678 Noted 14/08/70 - at Derby2
50731 59259 50678 Noted 04/1971 - at Water Orton3
50737 59259 50687 Noted 20/11/71 - in Birmingham New Street4
50737 59259 50671 Noted 08/07/72 - at Thetford2
50719 59259 50651 Noted 14/01/73 - at Derby4
50719 59259 50651 Noted 14/08/1973 - at Nuneaton3
50719 59259 50663 Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street5
EP584 50719 59259 50663 Noted 10/08/74 - at Norwich2
EP584 50719 59259 50663 Noted 30/08/74 - at Derby2
50717 59259 50692 Noted 20/12/74 - on 1252 Norwich-Birmingham NS
50743 59259 50680 Noted 07/07/1975 - at Loughborough3
50743 59259 50680 Noted 13/09/1975 - 08:47 Nottingham to Grantham3
50743 59259 50680 Noted 27/06/1976 - Aberystwyth6
50709 59259 50680 Noted 05/08/77 - on 2E84 2054 Derby-Lincoln St Marks
50709 59259 50680 Noted 10/09/77 - at Aberystwyth2
50741 59259 50687 Noted 17/06/1978 - Derby6
50696 59259 50687 Noted 29/01/1979 - Birmingham New Street6
50725 59259 50669 Noted 20/07/1980 - at Lincoln St Marks 6
50725 59259 50669 Noted 06/09/1980 - at Derby 6
50725 59259 50669 Noted 14/01/81 - at Norwich2
50725 59259 50669 Noted 15/08/81 - at Norwich2
50725 59259 50671 Noted 06/04/82 - at Norwich2
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: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Jeremy Goodyear
6: Martin Lumley

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