Vehicle 59262
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 | |
| May-65 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| Jul-65 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| 3w/e 17/02/79 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 03/02/83 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| Jan-86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| Mar-86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 28/09/86 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Dec-87 | Withdrawn |
Notes
29th January 1958 - New at Swindon Carriage Works.
27th June 1988 - Seen at Falkland Yard
21st August 1988 - Seen at Falkland Yard
Disposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| CDF508 | 50700 | 59262 | 50659 | Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60 | |||||
| CTN511 | 50716 | 59262 | 50675 | Listed at 86A - May-70 | |||||
| CTN511 | 50716 | 59262 | 50675 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50716 | 59262 | 50675 | Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport1 | ||||||
| 50716 | 59262 | 50675 | Noted 04/10/72 - at Pritchatts Rd, Edgbaston2 | ||||||
| 50701 | 59262 | 50681 | Noted 25/08/1974 - at Carmarthen1 | ||||||
| 50701 | 59262 | 50681 | Noted 27/08/1974 - at Swansea1 | ||||||
| 50701 | 59262 | 50681 | Noted 28/08/1974 - at Llanelli1 | ||||||
| C511 | 50716 | 59262 | 50675 | Noted 13/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C605 | |||||
| C511 | 50716 | 59262 | 50675 | Noted 09/04/75 - on 1A41 1452 Swansea-Paddington with 56289 + C509 | |||||
| C511 | 50716 | 59262 | 50675 | Noted 23/02/76 - on 2C40 0710 Cardiff-Swansea | |||||
| C509 | 50716 | 59262 | 50675 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C509 | 50716 | 59262 | 50675 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C509 | 50716 | 59262 | 50675 | Noted 27/08/1978 - Llanelli3 | |||||
| C509 | 50716 | 59262 | 50675 | Noted 18/09/78 - on 2C19 1830 Cardiff-Hereford | |||||
| 50716 | 59262 | 50675 | Transfer to CH - 3w/e 17/02/79 | ||||||
| 50721 | 59262 | 50668 | Noted 24/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury working 1840 to Chester3 | ||||||
| 50721 | 59262 | 50668 | Noted circa 08/19824 | ||||||
| 50738 | 59262 | 50693 | Transfer to DY - 03/02/83 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53693 | Noted 30/05/1983 - at Crewe on 11:20 to Derby with 53704, 59089 & 536765 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53693 | Noted circa 12/19834 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53693 | Noted 11/02/85 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53693 | Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby6 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53647 | Formation change - DY - circa Sep-85 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53647 | Noted circa 10/19854 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53647 | Noted 15/11/85 - on 09:22 Derby - Crewe service7 | ||||||
| TS400 | 53738 | 59262 | 53647 | New set number at TS - Jan-86 - number never carried | |||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53647 | Noted 19/01/86 - on 18:35 Crewe - Grantham running 19 late7 | ||||||
| TS400 | 53738 | 59262 | 53647 | Noted 12/02/19864 | |||||
| TS400 | 53738 | 59262 | 53647 | Noted 18/02/19864 | |||||
| 524 | 53738 | 59262 | 51587 | Formation change - circa Jun-86 - 51587 replaces 53647 | |||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 51790 | Noted 7th July 1986 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 51790 | Noted 12th July 1986 | ||||||
| 524 | 53738 | 59262 | 51790 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 51790 | Noted 8th August 1986 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 51790 | Noted 6th September 1986 | ||||||
| 59262 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard4 | ||||||||
| 533 | 53700 | 59262 | 53682 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 535 | 53733 | 59262 | 53654 | Formation change - circa May-87 - 59262 (ex-120533) replaced 59289 (to 120533) | |||||
| 53733 | 59262 | 53654 | Noted 29/05/19874 | ||||||
| 535 | 53733 | 59262 | 53654 | Noted 08/08/19874 | |||||
| 535 | 53733 | 59262 | 53654 | Noted 19th November 1987 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Robert Chilton
7: Martin Baumann
Images:
6th June 1989
Class 120 centre car M59262 at Springburn Yard on June 6, 1989. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 11th February 1985
53693 + 59262 + 53738 wait to leave Leamington spa with a New Street service on Monday 11/2/85. Mel Holley.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 535
Class 120 Wester Hailes Aug 1987. A train for Glasgow Central arrives at this then relatively newly opened West Edinburgh station. Set 535 is presumably 53733 + 59262 + 53654. Alistair Ness.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 535
Class 120 Wester Hailes August 1987 A Glasgow Central bound train departs. Set 535 is presumably 53654 + 59262 + 53733. Alistair Ness.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 535
Weird sight at Wester Hailes. The suburb of Wester Hailes grew rapidly in the 1970s but despite straddling the Edinburgh to Glasgow Central and Carstairs route, the locals were not provided with a station until May 1987. Three months after opening, we see the strange sight of a Swindon Cross Country class 120 DMU (53733 and presumably 59262 + 53654) stopping here on an Edinburgh to Glasgow Central via Shotts service. This was during the "anything goes" period where worn out DMUs displaced from Sprinterisation elsewhere were moved around the country and Scotrail got a few of these sets to tide them over during the latter half of the 1980s. Murray Liston.
Date: 23rd November 1987
Set number: 535
120535 departs from Dunlop with the 12.45 Kilmarnock - Glasgow Central train on 23-11-1987. I recorded the cars as 53654, 59262, 53733. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 23rd November 1987
Set number: 535
120535 calls at Dunlop with the 12.45 Kilmarnock - Glasgow Central train on 23-11-1987. I've recorded the cars as 53733, 59262, 53654. The old goods shed & yard have been taken over by a builders yard, later to become housing. Gordon Thomson.