Vehicle 59280
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
| 2w/e 31/05/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 05/11/83 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50741 | 59280 | 50688 | Noted circa Aug-67 - in plain blue livery | ||||||
| EP480 | 50741 | 59280 | 50688 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| 50741 | 59280 | 50688 | Noted 27/09/69 - at Nuneaton1 | ||||||
| 50741 | 59280 | 50688 | Noted 30/10/70 - at Derby2 | ||||||
| 50708 | 59280 | 50689 | Noted 17/09/71 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| 50708 | 59280 | 50689 | Noted 18/09/1971 - at Crewe3 | ||||||
| 50708 | 59280 | 50689 | Noted 19/05/72 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| EP481 | 50744 | 59280 | 50689 | Noted 31/10/72 | |||||
| 50737 | 59280 | 50667 | Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 50737 | 59280 | 50667 | Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford1 | ||||||
| 50696 | 59280 | 50685 | Noted 07/07/74 - at Derby2 | ||||||
| EP589 | 50736 | 59280 | 50670 | Noted 16/03/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50734 | 59280 | 50670 | Noted 19/04/1975 - at March4 | ||||||
| 50704 | 59280 | 50684 | Noted 10/07/76 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 50704 | 59280 | 50684 | Noted 31/07/76 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50448 | 59280 | 50709 | Noted 30/04/77 - on 2F76 1236 Birmingham New Street-Leicester with 50062 + 59028 + 50117 | ||||||
| EP514 | 50696 | 59280 | 50687 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP514 | 50696 | 59280 | 50687 | Noted circa 01/19835 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
late summer 1974
A Class 120 DMU in Narborough station in late summer 1974. Both visible vehicles have coach letters in the windows (M59280 being B) suggesting that reserved seats were available on this or a previous service the set had worked. Michael Mensing.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: late summer 1974
A Class 120 DMU (centre car is 59280) departs from Narborough station in late summer 1974. Michael Mensing.