Vehicle 59272
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 | |
| by Jun-62 | Transferred to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 30/07/62 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 03/03/85 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |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:
| 50684 | 59272 | 50736 | Noted 24/10/70 - at Sheffield Midland1 | ||||||
| 50684 | 59272 | 50736 | Noted 30/10/70 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50736 | 59272 | 50684 | Noted 02/01/71 | ||||||
| 50731 | 59272 | 50657 | Noted 17/06/72 - at Thetford2 | ||||||
| 50709 | 59272 | 50657 | Noted 24/06/72 - at Thetford2 | ||||||
| 50709 | 59272 | 50657 | Noted 17/09/72 - at Stoke-on-Trent1 | ||||||
| 50709 | 59272 | 50650 | Noted 14/01/73 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50717 | 59272 | 50650 | Noted 18/08/1973 - at Peterborough with 17:45 to Birmingham New Street with 50741, 59256 and 506543 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59272 | 50684 | Noted 28/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street4 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59272 | 50684 | Noted 31/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street4 | ||||||
| 50709 | 59272 | 50676 | Noted 06/07/1975 - at Derby3 | ||||||
| 50709 | 59272 | 50676 | Noted 13/07/75 - on the RCTS East Angian Rambler railtour with 50717/59255/50655 | ||||||
| 50741 | 59272 | 50687 | Noted 24/09/77 - at Nottingham2 | ||||||
| EP512 | 50707 | 59272 | 50684 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP512 | 50707 | 59272 | 50684 | Noted 03/07/82 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| EP512 | 50707 | 59272 | 50684 | Noted circa 09/19825 | |||||
| EP512 | 53707 | 59272 | 53684 | Noted circa 06/19835 | |||||
| EP512 | 53707 | 59272 | 53684 | Noted 30/08/1983 - EP512+TS401 worked tour of West Midlands, organiser unknown (www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/830830_1.htm) |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 2nd September 1982
Set number: EP512
Swindon Cross-Country set EP512, formed M50684 + M59272 + M50707 with a Birmingham New Street -Peterborough service at Melton Mowbray on September 2, 1982. John Carter.
Date: 2nd September 1982
Set number: EP512
Swindon Cross-Country set EP512, formed M50707 + M59272 + M50684 with a Birmingham New Street -Peterborough service at Melton Mowbray on September 2, 1982. John Carter.
Date: 30th August 1983
Set number: TS401
The BR organised 'West Midlands Roundabout' tour on 30 August 1983 at Stratford-upon-Avon. The Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as 53325 + 59528 + 53306 and 53684 + 59272 + 53707. Walter Burt.
Date: 30th August 1983
Set number: TS401
The BR organised 'West Midlands Roundabout' tour at Stratford-upon-Avon on 30 August 1983. The Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as 53325 + 59528 + 53306 and 53684 + 59272 + 53707. Stuart Mackay Collection.