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Vehicle 59265


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 22/03/58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
Sep-63Depot code change86A
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
2w/e 06/12/80 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15/05/83 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)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 Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


CDF501 50706 59265 50648 Noted Feb-62
50723 59265 50656 Noted 14/05/1966 - R.C.T.S. Central Wales Scenic Tour with 51078 + 59436 + 51106
CTN500 50705 59265 50647 Listed at 86A - May-70
CTN500 50705 59265 50647 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50705 59265 50647 Noted 22/02/1971 - at Crewe1
50705 59265 50647 Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport2
50705 59265 50647 Noted 23/08/1971 - at Newport2
50705 59265 50647 Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2
50705 59265 50647 Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport2
50705 59265 50647 Noted 29/04/1972 - Dean Forest Railway Preservation Society Sospan Fach Railtour
50705 59265 50647 Noted 30/06/1973 - at Newport2
C500 50705 59265 50647 Noted 01/08/73 - on 2M67 0755 Cardiff-Crewe with C125 (55025)
C500 50705 59265 50647 Noted 03/09/73 - at Shrewsbury3
50705 59265 50647 Noted 30/08/1974 - at Newport2
C500 50705 59265 50647 Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff3
C500 50705 59265 50647 Noted 24/05/75 - on 2B35 (train unknown) with C346 + B559
C500 50705 59265 50647 Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot3
C500 50705 59265 50647 Noted 25/02/76 - on 2C40 0710 Cardiff-Swansea
C500 50705 59265 50647 Noted 26/02/76 - on 2C39 0910 Pembroke Dock-Swansea
C500 50705 59265 50647 Noted 03/03/76 - on 2C24 1106 Bristol TM-Cardiff
50952 59265 Noted 03/04/76 - on 12.30 Lancaster – Carlisle with 50951 + 562424
C500 50705 59265 50647 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
50705 59265 50647 Noted 29/05/76 - on 13.14 Bristol TM – Cardiff Central with 51075 + 59434 + 511034
C500 50705 59265 50647 Noted 19/09/76 - on 1O69 1240 Cardiff-Salisbury with C610
C500 50705 59265 50647 Noted 05/10/76 - on 2C00 0605 Bristol TM-Cardiff
C500 50705 59265 50647 Noted 29/01/77 - on 2C84 1715 Swansea-Milford Haven
C500 50705 59265 50647 Noted 07/10/77 - on 1A71 1355 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B462
C500 50705 59265 50647 Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central5
C500 50705 59265 50647 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C500 50705 59265 50647 Noted 06/01/1978 - Cardiff Central5
C500 50705 59265 50647 Noted 27/08/1978 - West Wales Area5
C500 50705 59265 50647 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
C500 50705 59265 50647 Noted 27/10/1980 - At Cardiff Central5
50705 59265 50647 Transfer to DY - 2w/e 06/12/80
EP500 50705 59265 50647 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP500 50705 59265 50647 Noted circa 06/19826
EP500 50647 59265 50705 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc, on CLC line working to Chester6

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Phil Shatford
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Derby St Marys

April 1985

Class 120 centre car M59265 at Derby St Marys in April 1985. Ian Francis.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 14th May 1966

The R.C.T.S. DMU Central Wales Scenic Tour at Llandovery on 14 May 1966. The Six Bells website lists the vehicles as DMU 50723 + 59265 + 50656 and 51078 + 59436 + 51106, Swindon and GRC&W Cross-Country sets. Norman Thomas courtesy S V Blencowe collection.

DMU

Date: 14th May 1966

Cross-Country DMUs of GRC&W and Swindon types with the R.C.T.S. DMU Central Wales Scenic Tour at Llanwrtyd Wells on 14 May 1966. The Six Bells website lists the vehicles as DMU 50723 + 59265 + 50656 and 51106 + 59436 + 51078 (closest). Norman Thomas courtesy S V Blencowe collection.

DMU

Date: 14th May 1966

The RCTS Central Wales Scenic Tour at Llandeilo on 14 May 1966. M50723 is closest, the Six Bells Junction website lists the other Swindon vehicles as 59265 + 50656 and the Gloucester as 51106 + 59436 + 51078. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 29th April 1972

Set number: C500

Swindon Cross-Country set C500 (presumably 50705 + 59265 + 50647) at the entrance to Abernant Colliery; working the Dean Forest Railway Preservation Society 'Sospan Fach' railtour on 29th April 1972. Walter Burt.

DMU

Date: 31st December 1973

Set number: C500

Swindon class 120 Cross Country DMU set C500 (presumably W50705 + W59265 + W50674) runs into Hereford on 31-12-73. Note the centre car was still operational as a buffet, it has "Buffet Car" on the side and a red stripe. Paul James.

DMU

Date: 28th March 1978

Set number: C500

Motor Brake Composite W50705 was built at Swindon Works and entered service at Cardiff in 1957. It was still allocated to Cardiff when seen at Worcester Shrub Hill bound for Hereford on 28 March 1978. The other two vehicles in set C500 are presumably 59265 and 50647. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: 23rd June 1980

Set number: C500

Swindon Cross-Country DMU set C500 (W50705 and presumably 59265 + 50647) on the 16:10 Swansea-Pembroke Dock service pass 08 354 at Old Castle Crossing, Llanelli, on 23 June 1980. Robert Thomas.