Vehicle 59260

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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 22/02/58	New to	86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88A
Sep-63	Depot code change	86A
06/05/73	Depot code change	CF
w/e 13/12/80	Transferred to	DY (Derby Etches Park)
15/05/83	Withdrawn from	DY (Derby Etches Park)

Notes

29th January 1958 - New at Swindon Carriage Works.

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

CDF510	50699	59260	50662						Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60
CTN524	50699	59260	50662						Listed at 86A - May-70
CTN524	50699	59260	50662						Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
	50699	59260	50662						Noted 23/08/1971 - at Newport1
	50699	59260	50662						Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport1
524	50699	59260	50662						Noted 02/11/72
	50699	59260	50662						Noted 05/07/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads1
C507	50699	59260	50662						Noted 23/06/74 - on 2B46 15:30 Cardiff-Bristol TM
	50699	59260	50662						Noted 25/08/1974 - at Carmarthen1
	50699	59260	50662						Noted 28/08/1974 - at Swansea1
C524	50699	59260	50662						Noted 03/09/74 - at Swansea High Street2
C507	50699	59260	50662						Noted 09/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C508
C526	50699	59260	50682						Noted 18/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C503
C611	50699	59260	50662						Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
	50699	59260	50662						Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff3
C611	50699	59260	50662						Noted 07/10/77 - on 2C82 0912 Pembroke Dock-Swansea
C611	50699	59260	50662						Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C611	50699	59260	50662						Noted 05/06/78 - on 2C01 0549 Newport-Chepstow with C610
C611	50699	59260	50662						Noted 15/07/78 - on 2V93 1541 Shrewsbury-Swansea
C611	50699	59260	50662						Noted 27/08/1978 - West Wales Area4
C611	50699	59260	50662						Noted 21/11/78 - on 2C71 0525 Cambridge-Swansea
C611	50699	59260	50662						Noted 21/04/1979 - At Cardiff Central4
C611	50699	59260	50662						Listed at CF - 03/03/80
	50699	59260	50658						Noted 10/05/82 - at Norwich2
EP507	50699	59260	50658						Listed at DY - circa Jun-82

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Shayne Lewis

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Date: 20th June 1976

Set number: B460

Sunday 20 June 1976 at 13:15. BRCW suburban dmu set B460 (W51302, W59469 and W51317) at Pembroke Dock. It is ready to work the 13:20 to Carmarthen, along with Swindon Cross Country set C507 (W50662, W59260 and W50699). The two units worked all Pembrokeshire coast services that day. Mr Deltic.

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Date: 20th June 1976

Set number: C507

Sunday 20 June 1976 at 13:10. Swindon Cross Country DMU set C507 (W50662, W59260 and W50699) soon after arriving at Pembroke Dock. This unit along with BRCW suburban set B460 formed the 12:08 from Whitland, along with all other Pembrokeshire coast services that day. Mr Deltic.

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Date: 20th June 1976

Set number: C507

Sun 20 Jun 1976 at 12:35. Swindon Cross Country dmu set C507 (W50662, W59260 and W50699) arrives at Tenby. This is the front unit forming the 12:08 Whitland-Pembroke Dock. The 'Tenby' blind had probably not been changed after it's first working of the day - the 07:30 Newport-Tenby. Mr Deltic.

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Date: 3rd May 1979

Set number: C611

Cardiff allocated Swindon Cross-Country set C611 (presumably 50699 + 59260 + 50662) at Milford Haven on 3 May 1979. We had taken this from Whitland. Alistair Ness.

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Date: 5th May 1979

Set number: C611

In the early morning sunlight of 5th May 1979 class 120 set C611 (50662, 59260 & 50699) complete with Central Wales Line headlight at Carmarthen. Ian Buck.

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Date: 1980

Set number: c611

50662,59260 & 50669 stand at Llandeilo on the Central Wales line. The train is working a Shrewsbury to Swansea Service Peter Shoesmith.