Vehicle 59274
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 19/04/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| May-65 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 02/03/86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Notes
4th May 1958 - new at Swindon Works
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51421 | 59274 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Allerton1 | |||||||
| 50744 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 21/08/71 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50744 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50744 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 19/05/72 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50736 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 11/08/73 - at March3 | ||||||
| EP586 | 50720 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 24/08/74 - at Newark Castle3 | |||||
| EP581 | 50720 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 08/1975 - at Birmingham New Street on either 16th or 23rd August 19754 | |||||
| 50741 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 31/07/76 - in Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 50704 | 59274 | 50696 | Noted 09/04/77 - at Peterborough3 | ||||||
| 50704 | 59274 | 50656 | Noted 28/08/77 - on 2050 Derby-Burton Relief with 50696 + 59290 + 50736 | ||||||
| 50704 | 59274 | 50656 | Noted 24/09/77 - at Grantham3 | ||||||
| 50737 | 59274 | 50688 | Noted 29/08/81 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 50737 | 59274 | 50688 | Noted 20/09/81 | ||||||
| EP518 | 50737 | 59274 | 50688 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP518 | 50737 | 59274 | 50688 | Noted circa 01/19835 | |||||
| EP518 | 53737 | 59274 | 53688 | Noted circa 06/19835 | |||||
| 53737 | 59274 | 53688 | Noted circa 12/19835 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 20th September 1981
This Swindon Class 120 cross-country set (M50688, M59274, M50737) is seen at Derby waiting to work the 17.18 to Lincoln, doors open in welcoming fashion. 20/9/81. Gerard Fletcher.
Date: 7th May 1983
The gradual decline in status of the venerable Swindon built Class 120 cross-country dmus was a sad spectacle to witness. Quite probably the most comfortable classic dmus still in service in the 1980s, it was still a pleasure to travel in them. How sad that they should all perish in the scrapyard without a complete set being preserved. Originally a Western Region car as W50688, it was one of the large batch transferred to Derby Etches Park in May 1969 to improve the quality of service on the Birmingham to Norwich/Cambridge and Crewe - Derby - Lincoln routes. At this time they had micro buffets in the centre cars and after a brief period of service, these were soon disused. Renumbered from M50688 the previous month, M53688 is seen on May 7th 1983 along with M59274 & M53737 having arrived at Peterborough on the 14.08 stopping service from Birmingham and loading to work the 17.25 return to Leicester. Gerard Fletcher.