Vehicle 59679
Class 120
Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Cross Country
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: BR Standard
Lot Number: 30561
Diagram: 561
Allocations
| 19/12/59 | New to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| 2w/e 09/04/60 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 24/06/61 | Transferred to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| Jan-67 | Transferred to | 60A (Inverness) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | IS | |
| 2w/e 10/05/80 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 20/06/82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| Oct-85 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 04/03/1978 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51783 | 59679 | 51790 | Noted 17/08/70 - at Inverness1 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59679 | 51791 | Noted 18/09/71 - at Inverness2 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59679 | 51791 | Noted 17/10/73 - on 1435 Inverness-Aberdeen with 51789 + 59683 + 55011 | ||||||
| 51787 | 59679 | 51791 | Noted 07/08/1974 - at Inverness3 | ||||||
| 51783 | 59679 | 51790 | Noted 05/04/1976 - on 08:40 Inverness to Aberdeen with 51781, 59682 & 517883 | ||||||
| 51781 | 59679 | 51788 | Noted 02/04/1977 - 14:35 Inverness to Aberdeen service3 | ||||||
| 303 | 51786 | 59679 | 51791 | Listed at IS - mid-May-78 - Refurbished set | |||||
| 51786 | 59679 | 51791 | Noted 01/07/78 - at Inverness on 12:42 to Aberdeen with 51243/59303/502342 | ||||||
| 51786 | 59679 | 51791 | Noted 12/12/79 - on 10:43 Inverness - Aberdeen4 | ||||||
| 622 | 51786 | 59679 | 51791 | Transfer to CF - 2w/e 10/05/80 | |||||
| 51786 | 59679 | 51791 | Noted circa 08/19825 | ||||||
| 51786 | 59679 | 51791 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 07.42 Earlestown to Manchester Victoria.5 | ||||||
| 51786 | 59679 | 51791 | Noted circa 03/1983 - operating from Newton Heath, previously C6225 | ||||||
| 51786 | 59679 | 51791 | Noted 11/05/1985 - connecting train Bury to Manchester Victoria with 51793-59684-51785 for The Settle & Carlisle Pioneer Railtour | ||||||
| 51786 | 59679 | 51791 | Noted 11/05/1985 - on Settle & Carlisle Pioneer Railtour with 53682-59105-53726 + 51793-59684-51785 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
circa Autumn 1985
Class 120 centre car M59679 at Willesden Brent Sidings. Date unknown. Probably around the time of its withdrawal in October 1985. Mike Bunker.
27th April 1986
M59679 and M51792 are amongst the Class 120 and 101 vehicles awaiting the chop at Vic Berrys on 27/4/86. Ian Francis.
18th May 1986
Class 120 centre car M59679 is seen on stands in Vic Berry's yard at Leicester. Undated. Ian Francis.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1960
Two Swindon Cross-Country sets in Kingsknowe station sometime in 1960. The vehicles are noted as Sc51787 + Sc59681 + Sc 51788 and Sc51783 + Sc59679 + Sc51792. For part of 1960 six of the seven sets were allocated to Hamilton depot. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: August 1968
BR (Swindon) Cross Country DMU (later Class 120) vehicles at Inverness MPD, August 1968. Closest is No.Sc51783 (120/1 in blue with small yellow warning panel) then No.Sc59679 (179 in blue), and No.Sc51788 (120/2 in green) & Sc51790 (120/2 also in green). The DMBF seems to have a different shade (or glossier?) of blue in the centre section - was the conversion done after the vehicles had been painted into blue? Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 18th May 1986
Vic Berrys. B4 bogie fitted M53674 (withdrawn April 1986) is right, and grounded on the left is M59679. Ian Francis.