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Vehicle 59285


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

Sep-58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
Sep-63Depot code change86A
3w/e 02/05/70 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
06/05/73Depot code changeBR
30/06/74 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
3w/e 09/10/76 Transferred to LA (Laira)
w/e 03/05/80 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
29/11/81 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
by Jun-82 Transferred to DY (Derby Etches Park)
02/02/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
2w/e 08/06/86 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)
28/09/86 Reinstated HA (Haymarket)
Feb-87 Stored U. HA (Haymarket)
Mar-87 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket) - also noted as 10/09/87

Notes

27/07/87 - 51189 + 51782/8/94 + 53172/4/698 + 59285/682 moved Aberdeen Ferryhill to Snailwell hauled by 26007 Millerhill to Newcastle then 37051 to Whitemoor.

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


CDF524 50727 59285 50685 Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60
50715 59285 50668 Noted 29/07/1967 - R.C.T.S. Ten Counties Scenic Railtour 50668 + 59285 + 50715 / 50730 + 59289 + 50677
51573 59285 51582 Noted 23/08/1971 - at Newport1
51573 59285 51582 Noted 12/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston2
51573 59285 51582 Noted 01/07/1973 - at Exeter1
51573 59285 51582 Noted 07/09/73 - in Bristol Temple Meads3
51573 59285 51582 Noted 30/05/1974 - at Great Malvern1
C552 51573 59285 51582 Noted 16/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth between B579 51065 + 59424 + 51093 and P557 51578 + 59580 + 51587
B552 51573 59285 51582 Noted 29/08/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C505 50665 + 59588 + 50715
51573 59285 51582 Noted 30/08/1974 - at Newport, with 562891
C552 51573 59285 51582 Noted 05/09/74 - at Severn Tunnel Junction3
C552 51573 59285 51582 Noted 08/02/76 - on 1069 1140 Cardiff-Salisbury with B900
C552 51573 59285 51582 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
51573 59285 51582 Transfer to LA - 3w/e 09/10/76
P552 51573 59285 51582 Listed at LA - 31st December 1977
P552 51573 59285 51582 Noted 06/08/79
P552 51573 59285 51582 Listed at LA - 03/03/80
552 51573 59285 51582 Transfer to CF - w/e 03/05/80
EP503 51573 59285 51582 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP503 51573 59285 51582 Noted circa 01/19834
53720 59285 53677 Noted circa 03/19844
53720 59285 53677 Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby5
53711 59285 53689 Formation change - DY - circa Sep-85
53720 59285 53677 Noted 06/12/85 - on 09:22 Derby - Crewe service6
53720 59285 53677 Noted 08/12/85 - on 18:35 Crewe - Grantham service6
53720 59285 53677 Noted circa 01/19864
516 53720 59285 53677 Noted 1st February 1986 - on ScR
53720 59285 53677 Listed at AY - Feb-86
53720 59285 53677 Noted 24/02/86
516 53720 59285 53677 New set number at AY - Feb-86
53698 59285 53648 Noted 7th July 1986
507 53698 59285 53648 Noted 31st July 1986
507 53698 59285 53648 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
53698 59285 53648 Noted 26th September 1986
507 53698 59285 53648 Transfer to HA - 28/09/86

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Martin Baumann

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 30th April 1979

Set number: P552

Swindon Cross-Country DMU set P552 (presumably 51582 + 59285 + 51573) at St Ives on 20 April 1979. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: 6th August 1979

Set number: P552

Class 120 DMU set formation P552, consisting of cars 51582 59285 51573 is seen with 1546 Paignton-Exeter at Dawlish, 06/08/1979. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: September 1979

Set number: P552

Swindon Cross-Country set P552 (presumably 51573 + 59285 + 51582) at Exeter in September 1979. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: September 1979

Set number: P552

Class 120 set P552 seen in Exeter St Davids during September 1979. Visible vehicles are presumably 51573 and 59285. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: September 1979

Set number: P552

Swindon Cross-Country set P552 (presumably 51582 + 59285 + 51573) departs from Exeter Central in September 1979. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 8th October 1985

Set number: 516

53720-59285-53677 on a Crewe to Derby working at Alsager. Taken in October 1985, date may not be entirely correct but taken in the week leading to an HST run Crewe to Birmingham on 09.10.1985 Martin Baumann.

DMU

Date: 1st November 1986

Set number: 507

A Class 120 set with two brake vehicle in Edinburgh Waverley on November 1st, 1986. This should make it set 507 formed 53698 + 59285 + 51781. Gordon Thomson.

DMU

Date: 1st November 1986

Set number: C507

W51781 is at the rear of M59285 + M53698 heading out of Uphall with the 11:18 Edinburgh - Bathgate on the 1st November 1986. This is set 507, a few weeks earlier the vehicle still had its Cardiff set number C615, the new set sticker failed to cover the 'C'. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 1st November 1986

Set number: C507

Set 507 (W51781 + M59285 + M53698) arrives into Uphall station with the 16:03 Bathgate - Edinburgh on the 1st November 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 5th December 1986

Set number: C507

Set formation C507 consisting of vehicles W51781 M59285 M53698 is seen working the North Berwick-Edinburgh Waverley shuttle service at North Berwick on 5/12/86. This example had been transferred from Western Region - Cardiff Division in May, the car numbers still had W-prefixing and the C-prefix set number. It also has a bracket between the two cab front windows for carrying the extra headlight used on the Central Wales line. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: circa January 1987

Set number: 507

A Class 120 seen between Haymarket station and depot, the slide process date was January 1987. Closest is DMBS 53698 carrying set number 507, the centre car is presumably 59285 and the rear car is another brake vehicle still with a yellow first class stripe presumably 51781. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: January 1987

Set number: 507

Swindon class 120 set 507 (W51781 + M59285 + M53698) rasps its way up the grade towards Lochmuir summit with an Edinburgh to Dundee stopping service. January 1987. Bruce Galloway.