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Vehicle 59258


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 25/01/58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
by Oct-60 Transferred to 84E (Tyseley)
30/07/62 Transferred to 88A (Cardiff Canton)
Sep-63Depot code change86A
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
12/01/84 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)
Feb-85 Reinstated DY (Derby Etches Park)
02/03/86 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


TYS505 50704 59258 50656 Listed at TS - circa Oct-60
EP494 50704 59258 50656 Noted circa Jun-69
50704 59258 50656 Noted 02/01/70 - in Derby1
50704 59258 50656 Noted 22/02/1971 - at Crewe2
50704 59258 50656 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street3
50704 59258 50656 Noted 31/10/71 - at Derby1
50704 59258 50654 Noted 16/01/72 - at Derby4
50703 59258 50678 Noted 03/09/73 - at Crewe1
50718 59258 50670 Noted 10/07/76 - at Norwich1
50718 59258 50670 Noted 17/07/76 - on 1220 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks
50718 59258 50670 Noted 17/07/76 - on 1632 Lincoln St Marks-Crewe
50734 59258 50678 Noted 24/09/77 - at Nottingham1
50718 59258 50651 Noted 18/02/1979 - at Crewe Station5
EP515 50744 59258 50670 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP515 50744 59258 50670 Noted circa 09/19826
53714 59258 53670 Noted 28/05/1983 - at Chester on a service to Derby with 53708,59301 and 536922
510 53713 59258 53667 Noted circa 05/19846
EP510 53713 59258 53667 Noted 15/09/84 - at Norwich1
510 53713 59258 53667 Noted 22/03/19856
53713 59258 53667 Noted 12/07/85
53713 59258 53667 Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby7

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Craven Arms

April 1965

A Swindon Cross-Country DMU seen just north of Craven Arms in April 1965. The centre car number seems to read W59258. Michael Mensing.