Vehicle 59277
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 17/05/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| w/e 06/12/80 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 12/06/83 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) |
Notes
4th May 1958 - new at Swindon Works
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Noted 31/12/68 - at Gloucester Central1 | ||||||
| CTN530 | 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Listed at 86A - May-70 | |||||
| CTN530 | 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Noted 20/03/71 - at Leicester1 | ||||||
| 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Noted 24/08/1971 - at Bristol2 | ||||||
| 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central3 | ||||||
| C530 | 50732 | 59277 | 50691 | Noted 13/08/74 - on 2M67 0750 Cardiff-Crewe with 55025 + C502 + C516 | |||||
| 50716 | 59277 | 50675 | Noted 31/08/1974 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| C511 | 50716 | 59277 | 50675 | Noted 05/09/74 - at Newport4 | |||||
| C530 | 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Noted 08/03/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with C558 | |||||
| C530 | 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Noted 01/04/75 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven | |||||
| C530 | 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Noted 30/12/75 - on 2B45 1625 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B478 | |||||
| C613 | 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C613 | 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Noted 05/01/77 - on 2C49 1720 Carmarthen-Swansea | |||||
| C613 | 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Noted 04/10/77 - on 2C82 0912 Pembroke Dock-Swansea | |||||
| C613 | 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C613 | 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Noted 23/08/1978 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| C613 | 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Noted 27/08/1978 - West Wales Area5 | |||||
| C613 | 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Noted 28/08/78 - on 2C74 1610 Swansea-Pembroke Dock with C506 | |||||
| C613 | 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Noted 13/09/78 - on 2C96 2240 Swansea-Carmarthen with C605 | |||||
| C613 | 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Noted 24/03/1979 - at Swansea5 | |||||
| C613 | 50728 | 59277 | 50691 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 50728 | 59277 | 50672 | Noted circa 08/19826 | ||||||
| 53728 | 59277 | 53691 | Noted circa 06/19836 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
22nd June 1983
Class 120 TS 59277 Chester TMD 22-6-83. Note the jumper connections on the ground. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: June 1976
Set number: C613
Swindon Class 120 Set C613 (presumably W50691-W59277-W50728) seen at Shrewsbury on the 1st June 1976 with a working from Swansea via the Heart of Wales line which, according to the blind, will soon undertake the return journey. As befits a unit operating via this route is the external spot light fixture fitted just below the destination blind. Steve Carter.
Date: 3rd May 1979
Class 120 at Pembroke Dock on 3 May 1979 What a dump. And my pic isn't much better either, taken straight into the light, but I wanted to capture the dereliction. It's noteworthy that the train has stopped short of the wreckage of the station buildings yet it was perfectly OK for us passengers to walk under the canopy! It wouldn't happen nowadays. This is W50691 + W59277 + W50728 forming the first train of the day down the branch which we joined at Saundersfoot after spending the night in the Youth Hostel there. Alistair Ness.
Date: 17th April 1980
Set number: C613
The 11:35 Milford Haven - Swansea service arrives into Haverfordwest on the 17th April 1980. Formed of Swindon Cross-country DMU set C613 (presumably 50691 + 59277 + 50728). By the end of the year it was transferred from Cardiff to Chester depot. Hamish Stevenson.