Vehicle 59258
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 | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 30/07/62 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| 11/05/69 | 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| 12/01/84 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |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) | |
| 02/03/86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| TYS505 | 50704 | 59258 | 50656 | Listed at TS - circa Oct-60 | |||||
| EP494 | 50704 | 59258 | 50656 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| 50704 | 59258 | 50656 | Noted 02/01/70 - in Derby1 | ||||||
| 50704 | 59258 | 50656 | Noted 22/02/1971 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| 50704 | 59258 | 50656 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 50704 | 59258 | 50656 | Noted 31/10/71 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50704 | 59258 | 50654 | Noted 16/01/72 - at Derby4 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59258 | 50678 | Noted 03/09/73 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59258 | 50670 | Noted 10/07/76 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59258 | 50670 | Noted 17/07/76 - on 1220 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks | ||||||
| 50718 | 59258 | 50670 | Noted 17/07/76 - on 1632 Lincoln St Marks-Crewe | ||||||
| 50734 | 59258 | 50678 | Noted 24/09/77 - at Nottingham1 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59258 | 50651 | Noted 18/02/1979 - at Crewe Station5 | ||||||
| 50744 | 59258 | 50670 | Noted 19/05/1979 - Swindon Works. Outshopped after C1 or C3 Overhaul 6/796 | ||||||
| 50744 | 59258 | 50670 | Noted 01/06/1980 - at Leicester 6 | ||||||
| EP515 | 50744 | 59258 | 50670 | Noted 02/05/1982 - at Leicester 6 | |||||
| EP515 | 50744 | 59258 | 50670 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP515 | 50744 | 59258 | 50670 | Noted circa 09/19827 | |||||
| 53714 | 59258 | 53670 | Noted 28/05/1983 - at Chester on a service to Derby with 53708,59301 and 536922 | ||||||
| 510 | 53713 | 59258 | 53667 | Noted circa 05/19847 | |||||
| 53713 | 59258 | 53667 | Noted 04/07/1984 - at Grantham (trailer supposedly withdrawn)6 | ||||||
| EP510 | 53713 | 59258 | 53667 | Noted 15/09/84 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| 510 | 53713 | 59258 | 53667 | Noted 22/03/19857 | |||||
| 53713 | 59258 | 53667 | Noted 12/07/85 | ||||||
| 53713 | 59258 | 53667 | Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby8 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Martin Lumley
7: Eddie Knorn
8: Robert Chilton
Images:
April 1965
A Swindon Cross-Country DMU seen just north of Craven Arms in April 1965. The centre car number seems to read W59258. Michael Mensing.