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Vehicle 59286


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
Feb-65 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
5w/e 05/12/70 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
May-73Depot code changeLA
w/e 02/02/74 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
20/06/82 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
Oct-85 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


BL500 50708 59286 50650 Noted circa Mar-68 - in blue grey with full yellow ends
50701 59286 50681 Noted 14/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1
51579 59286 51588 Noted 14/08/70 - in Birmingham area2
51579 59286 51588 Transfer to 84A - 5w/e 05/12/70
LA502 51579 59286 51588 Listed at Laira - circa Apr-71 - ex-BL507
51579 59286 51588 Noted 13/11/71 - on Laira depot1
51579 59286 51588 Noted 19/05/72 - at Exeter1
P558 51579 59286 51588 Noted 03/07/1973 - at Plymouth3
C508 50712 59286 50666 Noted 13/07/74 - on 2B16 0800 Cardiff-Bristol TM
50712 59286 50666 Noted 21/08/1974 - at Milford Haven3
50712 59286 50666 Noted 03/09/74 - at Swansea High Street2
C508 50712 59286 50666 Noted 06/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C605
C508 50712 59286 50666 Noted 09/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C507
C612 50712 59286 50666 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C612 50712 59286 50666 Noted 03/06/76 - on 2C05 0705 Carmarthen-Port Talbot
50712 59286 50666 Noted 04/09/76 - at Bristol1
C612 50712 59286 50666 Noted 08/01/77 - on 2C84 1715 Swansea-Milford Haven
C612 50712 59286 50666 Noted 15/06/77 - on 2C96 2240 Swansea-Carmarthen with C511
C612 50712 59286 50666 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C612 50712 59286 50666 Noted 24/08/78 - working 5C99 with C610 seen at Swansea
C612 50712 59286 50666 Noted 25/08/78 - 2C58 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff with C508
C612 50712 59286 50666 Noted 13/09/78 - on 2C17 1720 Swansea-Cardiff
C612 50712 59286 50666 Noted 19/12/78 - on 5C99 2202 Swansea-Cardiff Canton with C595
C612 50712 59286 50666 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
50666 59286 50712 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria, still with C508 on cab ends and W prefixes to vehicle numbers4
50712 59286 50666 Noted circa 02/1983 - operating from Newton Heath, previously C5084
53712 59286 53666 Noted circa Mar-84
53712 59286 53666 Noted 07/07/1984 - Brian Isherwood's Eastgate Explorer Railtour 53666-59286-53712 + 51587-59580-51578

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 5th May 1979

Set number: C612

Class 120 set C612 (50666, 59286 & 50712) at Carmarthen on 5th May 1979. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: September 1979

Set number: C612

Class 120 C612 (50666, 59286 & 50712) on a railtour at Aberdare in September 1979. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 7th June 1980

Set number: C612

Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU set C614 (50666 and presumably 59286 + 50712) at Llanelli with the 14:58 Swansea-Shrewsbury on 7 June 1980. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 19th June 1983

Swindon Works 3-car Cross Country Class 120 vehicles M53712, M59286 and M53666 at Blackpool North Carriage Sidings, 19-06-83. Vincent Haworth.

DMU

Date: March 1984

Class 120 DMSL M53666 prepares to leave Manchester Victoria's platform 13 at the rear of a service to Blackpool North, circa March 1984. At the front of this 3-car set was M53712 followed by centre car M59286. S Gaskell.

DMU

Date: 1st June 1985

M51581, M59587, M51585, M53666, M59286, M53712 awaiting departure from Bolton with the 1155 Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria 1st June 1985. Keith Long.

DMU

Date: 1st June 1985

M53712, M59286, M53666, M51585, M59587, M51581 depart Bolton with the 1155 Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria 1st June 1985. Keith Long.