Vehicle 59256
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 25/01/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| by Jun-62 | Transferred to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 10/09/62 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Feb-65 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 12/01/84 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| Feb-85 | Reinstated | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| circa Feb-85 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | - No official listing noted. |
| 28/07/85 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Notes
Dec-83 - Officially withdrawn, but still in traffic during December at DY.
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| BL527 | 50708 | 59256 | 50650 | Noted circa Jun-67 - in blue and grey livery. | |||||
| EP481 | 50708 | 59256 | 50650 | Noted circa Jun-69 - ex-BL500 | |||||
| 50717 | 59256 | 50650 | Noted 24/10/71 - on Bletchley depot1 | ||||||
| 50741 | 59256 | 50654 | Noted 18/08/1973 - at Peterborough with 17:45 to Birmingham New Street with 50717, 59272and 506502 | ||||||
| 50725 | 59256 | 50670 | Noted 05/09/74 - on Soho depot3 | ||||||
| EP583 | 50742 | 59256 | 50685 | Noted 02/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street2 | |||||
| EP579 | 50742 | 59256 | 50652 | Noted 30/04/76 - at Ely3 | |||||
| EP579 | 50742 | 59256 | 50652 | Noted 10/07/76 - at Peterborough3 | |||||
| 50741 | 59256 | 50669 | Noted 28/08/76 - at Thetford3 | ||||||
| EP586 | 50741 | 59256 | 50669 | Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham New Street3 | |||||
| 50703 | 59256 | 50685 | Noted 10/09/1977 - Charter from Congleton to Llandudno4 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59256 | 50669 | Noted March 1982 | ||||||
| EP501 | 50718 | 59256 | 50669 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP501 | 50718 | 59256 | 50669 | Noted circa 09/19824 | |||||
| EP501 | 50718 | 59256 | 50669 | Noted 04/09/82 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| EP501 | 53718 | 59256 | 53669 | Noted circa 12/19834 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 7th May 1983
Set number: L576
Class 119 sets L576 and L578 have either come out of or are about to enter the empty siding on the right. They are at Spalding on a Flower Parade special from West Ruislip on 7 May 1983. Other details from the July 1983 issue of The Railway Observer (p270): in the sidings on the far left are 53669 + 59256 + 53718 / 50331 + 59125 + 50308 / 53738 + 59262 + 53693 which ran from Burton-on-Trent / Leicester. On the right are 54230 + 53947 / 51929 + 52041 / 78601 + 78851 which ran from Manchester Piccadilly. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 24th November 1984
Two plain blue Class 104 DMBSs and a blue/grey Class 120 centre car; 53428 + 59256 + 53451 at Manchester Victoria on 24-11-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.