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-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| 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| 15/05/83 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |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 12/03/1971 - Seen on Crewe - Cardiff line in formation: 50647 - 59265 - 50705 - 550262 | ||||||
| 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 24/04/1971 - Seen on Crewe - Cardiff line in formation: (50647 - 59265 - 50705) - (50738 - 59299 - 50693) - 55025 2 | ||||||
| 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 01/05/1971 - Seen on Crewe - Cardiff line in formation: 55025 - (50705 - 59265 - 50647) - 501322 | ||||||
| 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 08/05/1971 - Seen on Crewe - Cardiff line in formation: 55023 - (50705 - 59265 - 50647) - 55022 - (50723 - 59278 - 50674)2 | ||||||
| 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport3 | ||||||
| 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 23/08/1971 - at Newport3 | ||||||
| 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff3 | ||||||
| 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport3 | ||||||
| 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 29/04/1972 - Dean Forest Railway Preservation Society Sospan Fach Railtour | ||||||
| 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 30/06/1973 - at Newport3 | ||||||
| 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 Shrewsbury4 | |||||
| 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 30/08/1974 - at Newport3 | ||||||
| C500 | 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff4 | |||||
| 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 depot4 | |||||
| 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 + 562425 | |||||||
| 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 + 511035 | ||||||
| C500 | 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 25/07/1976 - Seen at Swindon Works. Unit outshopped after C3 Overhaul, September 1976.6 | |||||
| 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 Central7 | |||||
| C500 | 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C500 | 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 06/01/1978 - Cardiff Central7 | |||||
| C500 | 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 01/07/1978 - Seen at Tyseley6 | |||||
| C500 | 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 27/08/1978 - West Wales Area7 | |||||
| C500 | 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 21/10/1979 - Seen at Bristol Temple Meads.6 | |||||
| C500 | 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 20/01/1980 - at Carmarthen 6 | |||||
| C500 | 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| C500 | 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 06/07/1980 - at Carmarthen 6 | |||||
| C500 | 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 27/10/1980 - At Cardiff Central7 | |||||
| 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Transfer to DY - 2w/e 06/12/80 | ||||||
| EP500 | 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted 29/04/1982 - on Derby Etches Park depot 6 | |||||
| EP500 | 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP500 | 50705 | 59265 | 50647 | Noted circa 06/19822 | |||||
| EP500 | 50647 | 59265 | 50705 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc, on CLC line working to Chester2 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Phil Shatford
6: Martin Lumley
7: Shayne Lewis
Images:
29th April 1972
The Dean Forest Railway Preservation Society Sospan Fach railtour at Llanelli Sandy Lane on 29 April 1972. The vehicles in view should be W59265 + W50647. Roger Geach Collection.
April 1985
Class 120 centre car M59265 at Derby St Marys in April 1985. Ian Francis.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
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.
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.
Date: 14th May 1966
The RCTS "Central Wales Scenic Tour" at Llandeilo on 14 May 1966. W50723 is closest, the others should be59265 + 50656 / 51078 + 59436 + 51106. Image taken by CL Caddy. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.