Vehicle 59261
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 | |
| Sep-65 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 2w/e 31/10/71 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Dec-71 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BR | |
| 5w/e 02/02/74 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| w/e 22/10/77 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| p/e 10/07/83 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 11/05/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Notes
29th January 1958 - New at Swindon Carriage Works.
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50711 | 59261 | 50658 | Transfer to 82A - Sep-65 | ||||||
| BL502 | 50711 | 59261 | 50658 | Noted circa Sep-67 - in blue /grey | |||||
| 50711 | 59261 | 50658 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50711 | 59261 | 50658 | Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| 51575 | 59261 | 51584 | Noted 03/03/73 - at Weymouth3 | ||||||
| C509 | 50715 | 59261 | 50665 | Noted 05/07/1975 - At Birmingham New Street4 | |||||
| C509 | 50715 | 59261 | 50665 | Noted 27/08/75 - in Cardiff Central3 | |||||
| C506 | 50715 | 59261 | 50665 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 50715 | 59261 | 50665 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50715 | 59261 | 50665 | Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot, no set number noted3 | ||||||
| C506 | 50715 | 59261 | 50665 | Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham New Street3 | |||||
| C506 | 50715 | 59261 | 50665 | Noted 19/05/1978 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| 50739 | 59261 | 50695 | Noted circa 05/19826 | ||||||
| 53739 | 59261 | 53695 | Noted circa 04/19836 | ||||||
| 53739 | 59261 | 53695 | Listed at NH - circa Jan-86 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
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