Vehicle 59264
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 22/03/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| May-69 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 2w/e 01/08/70 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| w/e 02/02/74 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 30/06/74 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 3w/e 07/05/77 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 4w/e 18/06/77 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 2w/e 09/07/77 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| w/e 30/12/78 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| w/e 13/12/80 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 02/02/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Feb-87 | Stored U. | FY (Falkland Yard) | |
| Mar-87 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Notes
29th January 1958 - New at Swindon Carriage Works.
24th April 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| CDF502 | 50698 | 59264 | 50649 | Noted Feb-62 | |||||
| 50715 | 59264 | 50665 | Noted 30/07/69 - at Bristol Temple Meads1 | ||||||
| CTN505 | 50712 | 59264 | 50666 | Formed at Canton circa Oct-70 - power cars had been extras on Cardiff-Crewe service, buffet from BL503 | |||||
| 50712 | 59264 | 50666 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Swansea2 | ||||||
| CTN505 | 50712 | 59264 | 50666 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50712 | 59264 | 50666 | Noted 02/04/1971 - at Crewe3 | ||||||
| 50712 | 59264 | 50666 | Noted 24/08/1971 - at Bristol4 | ||||||
| C505 | 50712 | 59264 | 50666 | Noted 03/09/73 - at Shrewsbury1 | |||||
| 51575 | 59264 | 51584 | Transfer to LA - 5w/e 02/02/74 | ||||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport1 | |||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Transfer to LA - 3w/e 07/05/77 | ||||||
| 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Transfer to CF - 4w/e 18/06/77 | ||||||
| 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Transfer to LA - 2w/e 09/07/77 | ||||||
| P558 | 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Listed at LA - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Noted 06/05/1978 - Lea Valley Railway Club The Camel Train Railtour B803+C558 | |||||
| 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Transfer to CF - w/e 30/12/78 | ||||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Noted 24/03/1979 - at Swansea Station5 | |||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Noted 14/09/79 | |||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| C558 | 51579 | 59264 | 51588 | Noted 25/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station5 | |||||
| EP505 | 50715 | 59264 | 50680 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP505 | 50715 | 59264 | 50680 | Noted circa 09/19826 | |||||
| 53704 | 59264 | 53687 | Noted circa 02/19856 | ||||||
| EP514 | 53704 | 59264 | 53687 | Noted 08/06/85 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| 53705 | 59264 | 53687 | Formation change - DY - Aug-85 | ||||||
| 53705 | 59264 | 53687 | Noted 19/09/19856 | ||||||
| 53705 | 59264 | 53687 | Noted 17/11/85 - on 20:25 Crewe - Nottingham service7 | ||||||
| 53705 | 59264 | 53687 | Noted 03/12/85 - on 14:33 Lincoln Central - Crewe service7 | ||||||
| EP514 | 53705 | 59264 | 53687 | Noted 23/12/85 | |||||
| 53705 | 59264 | 53687 | Noted circa Feb-86 | ||||||
| 514 | 53705 | 59264 | 53687 | New set number at AY - circa Feb-86 | |||||
| 514 | 53705 | 59264 | 53687 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 53473 | 59264 | 53705 | Noted 7th July 1986 | ||||||
| 104451 | 53473 | 59264 | 51583 | Noted 14th July 1986 | |||||
| 104451 | 53473 | 59264 | 51583 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 104451 | 53473 | 59264 | 51583 | Noted 4th August 1986 | |||||
| 53473 | 59264 | 51583 | Noted 8th August 1986 | ||||||
| spare | 59264 | Formation change - circa Oct-86 | |||||||
| 53473 | 59264 | 51584 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Ayr Depot6 | ||||||
| 53473 | 59264 | 51584 | Noted 16th October 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Martin Baumann
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 6th May 1978
Set number: C558
Leaving Plymouth on 6th May 1978 class 120 set C558 (51579, 59264 & 51588). Ian Buck.
Date: 29th June 1978
Set number: C558
A three-car Class 120 dmu (set C558, presumably 51579 + 59264 + 51588) appears to be stabled in the down through road at Totnes, while Class 50 No. 50 045 Achilles arrives with the 09:46 Penzance - Paddington service on Thursday 29th June 1978. Tom Harper.
Date: 7th June 1980
Set number: C558
Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 set C558 (W51588 and presumably 59264 + 51579) at Llanelli with the 13:40 Milford Haven - Swansea service on 7 June 1980. Robert Thomas.
Date: circa 1981
Set number: C558
Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU set C558 (51579 + 59264 + 51588) at Horton Road Crossing, Gloucester, most probably with a Swindon line service. Circa early 1980s. Curly42.
Date: 2nd March 1985
Set number: EP514
Class 120 Swindon 3-car DMU 53687 + 59264 + 53704 (Etches Park set EP 514) at Matlock with the 16-10 to Derby on 2-3-85. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 2nd March 1985
Set number: EP514
Class 120 Swindon 3-car DMU 53687 + 59264 + 53704 at Matlock with the 16-10 to Derby on 2-3-85. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 19th October 1985
Set number: EP514
On the way to March Yard on 19 October 1985 where my friend scored his "cop" we called at Ely station where this class 120 unit, EP514 with vehicles 53687 + 59264 + 53785, was on its way to Birmingham New Street while passing Ely South signalbox with the diminishing range of semaphore signals showing how much track rationalisation had been carried out in the recent past. Peter Tandy.
Date: November 1985
Set number: EP514
53687-59264-53705 EP514 Alsager November 1985 Martin Baumann.
Date: 23rd December 1985
Set number: EP514
A Derby allocated Swindon Cross-Country class 120 dmu set EP514 comprising of cars M53687 + M59264 + M53705, leaves platform 4 at Crewe with a Derby service on 23rd December 1985. Class 85kv electric locomotive 85017 (E3072) can be seen standing on one of the through roads along with it's driver. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 23rd December 1985
Set number: EP514
A Derby allocated Swindon Cross-Country class 120 dmu set EP514 comprising of cars M53687 + M59264 + M53705, waits to leave platform 4 at Crewe with a Derby service, 23rd December 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 23rd March 1986
Largs railway station on 23rd March 1986, before work on electrification began. On the left was Class 120 Cross Country DMU 53705 + 59264 + 53687 and on the right Class 101/107 hybrid unit 101320 (51248 + 59800 + 52011). Gordon Edgar.
Date: circa summer 1986
Set number: 104451
104451 (53473 + 59264 + 51583) calls at Bellshill with the 08:24 Edinburgh-Glasgow Central service, circa summer 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: circa September 1986
Set number: EP514
EP514 - Johnstone circa September 1986. Class 120 unit 514 transferred from Derby Etches Park seen here in Johnstone just before the electrification of the Ayr line. The set was formed of 53705 59264 53687 around that time. Building of new housing developments around the station was in full swing. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 27th September 1986
Set number: 104451
A class 104 / 120 hyrid (presumably 53473 + 59264 + 51583) departs Newton on Ayr with the 15.15 Ayr - Glasgow Central on 27-09-1986, the last day of diesel services. Stored 107s can be seen in the yard ahead. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 19th November 1986
Set number: 104451
Set 104451 only contains one Class 104 vehicles when seen at Ardrossan Harbour with the 15:18 Ardrossan Harbour - Glasgow service on November 19, 1986. DMBS SC53473 is working with two Class 120 vehicles, presumably 59264 and 51583. Hamish Stevenson.