Vehicle 59294
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
| w/e 04/10/58 | New to | WR Stock | |
| Nov-58 | Transferred to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/12/59 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| 14/01/60 | Transferred to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 04/05/70 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| w/e 22/10/77 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 12/01/84 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| BL515 | 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted circa Mar-68 - in blue grey with full yellow ends | |||||
| CTN502 | 50735 | 59294 | 50693 | Listed at 86A - May-70 - (also noted as 50738 - 59299 - 50693) | |||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN501 | 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 13/04/1971 - Seen on Crewe - Cardiff line in formation: 50683 - 59294 - 50735 - 501322 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 24/04/1971 - Seen on Crewe - Cardiff line in formation: (50683 - 59294 - 50735) - 550242 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 02/06/1971 - Seen on Crewe - Cardiff line in formation: (50686 - 50733) - (50683 - 59294 - 50735) - 550222 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 17/08/1971 - Cardiff General3 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport4 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 20/11/71 - in Bristol Temple Meads1 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 08/01/1972 - at Crewe5 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 26/05/1973 - at Crewe5 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 31/08/1974 - at Newport4 | ||||||
| C502 | 50735 | 59294 | 50693 | Noted 08/09/74 - on 2B33 1200 Cardiff-Cheltenham with C530 | |||||
| C502 | 50735 | 59294 | 50693 | Noted 29/04/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff attached to 56289 + C558 | |||||
| C502 | 50735 | 59294 | 50693 | Noted 03/05/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with C505 | |||||
| C501 | 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot6 | |||||
| C502 | 50735 | 59294 | 50693 | Noted 09/03/76 - on 2C40 0710 Cardiff-Swansea | |||||
| C512 | 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 19/02/1978 - Chester7 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 10/05/1978 - Toton7 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 09/07/1978 - Chester7 | ||||||
| C502 | 50735 | 59294 | 50693 | Noted 27/08/1978 - West Wales Area8 | |||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 09/05/1979 - Swindon Works. Outshopped after C3 Overhaul 6/797 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted circa 08/19792 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 23/09/1979 - Chester7 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 17/02/1980 - on Chester depot 7 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 07/09/1980 - at Crewe 7 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 28/09/1981 - at Shrewsbury7 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 30/12/1981 - passing Leamington Spa, on transfer from Swindon Works to Tyseley7 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 21/08/1982 - on Chester depot 7 | ||||||
| 53735 | 59294 | 53683 | Noted circa 04/19832 | ||||||
| 53735 | 59294 | 53683 | Noted circa 12/19832 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Alan N Walker
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Gerald Brown
7: Martin Lumley
8: Shayne Lewis
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: March 1983
A Chester allocated Class 120 seen at Wolverhampton in March 1982. Closest is M50683, the centre car is presumably M59294. Another Class 120 is on the left. Stuart Mackay Collection.