Vehicle 59263
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 | |
| 11/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| Apr-79 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| p/e 10/07/83 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 11/05/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Notes
29th January 1958 - New at Swindon Carriage Works.
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50712 | 59263 | 50657 | 5865 | Noted 18th June 1958 | |||||
| CDF506 | 50712 | 59263 | 50657 | Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60 | |||||
| 50709 | 59263 | 50652 | Transfer to 16C - 2w/e 28/06/69 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59263 | 50663 | Noted 12/08/70 - in Birmingham area1 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59263 | 50663 | Noted 21/12/70 - at March2 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59263 | 50663 | Noted 05/04/71 - at Peterborough2 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59263 | 50663 | Noted 22/05/71 - at Derby2 | ||||||
| 50696 | 59263 | 50678 | Noted 01/03/72 - in Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50696 | 59263 | 50685 | Noted 09/08/1972 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 50696 | 59263 | 50685 | Noted 11/05/73 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| 50696 | 59263 | 50685 | Noted 30/07/73 - on 1035 Lincoln St Marks-Crewe | ||||||
| 50696 | 59263 | 50685 | Noted 17/08/1973 - at Leicester on 20:35 to Birmingham New Street with 50697 50290 and 506893 | ||||||
| 50696 | 59263 | 50685 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street4 | ||||||
| EP593 | 50718 | 59263 | 50684 | Noted 02/08/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 3 | |||||
| 50697 | 59263 | 50655 | Noted 12/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59263 | 50655 | Noted 04/09/1977 - Longsight5 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59263 | 50655 | Transfer to CH - April 79 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59263 | 50655 | Noted 28/08/1979 - at Dovey Junction on service to Aberystwyth3 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59263 | 50655 | Noted 01/03/1980 - in Swindon Works 5 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59263 | 50655 | Noted 25/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station6 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59263 | 50655 | Noted 08/09/1981 - on Chester depot 5 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59263 | 50655 | Noted 15/05/1982 - at Wolverhampton 5 | ||||||
| 50655 | 59263 | 50697 | Noted circa 08/19827 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59263 | 50694 | Noted 21/08/1982 - on Chester depot 5 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59263 | 50655 | Noted circa 01/19837 | ||||||
| 53697 | 59263 | 53655 | Noted circa 04/19837 | ||||||
| 53697 | 59263 | 53655 | Noted 19/05/85 | ||||||
| 53697 | 59263 | 53655 | Noted 25/10/1985 - at Manchester Victoria 5 | ||||||
| 53697 | 59263 | 53655 | Listed at NH - circa Jan-86 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Martin Lumley
6: Shayne Lewis
7: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 2nd November 1969
A Swindon Cross-Country DMU formed of W50652 + W59263 + W50709 (transferred from Cardiff to Derby in June) arrive into Hinckley working wrong line on 2 November 1969. Phillip Malin.
Date: 20th July 1980
Two Class 120 units with vehicles 50697 + 59263 + 50655 / 50716 + 59275 + 50675 head away from Dovey Junction with the 11:35 to Barmouth on 20/7/1980. Derek Hoskins.
Date: 19th May 1985
53697 + 59263 + 53655 + 51586 + 59532 + 51577 at Blackpool North with the 11:20 to Manchester on 19/5/85. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 9th November 1985
With three different types of first generation dmu's in view, a Newton Heath allocated Swindon Cross-Country class 120 dmu set comprising of cars M53696 + M59263 + M53655, waits to leave Manchester Victoria's platform 14 with a Blackpool North service, 9th November 1985. This view has totally changed beyond recognition, all the platforms are now straight with a 21,000 seat arena built on top of them. Andrew J Crowther.