Vehicle 59283
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 12/07/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jul-58 | On loan to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| Aug-58 | Ex-loan back to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Mar-67 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| Jul-67 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 16/03/83 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50720 | 59283 | 50676 | Transfer to 61A - Jul-58 - on loan | ||||||
| 50720 | 59283 | 50676 | Transfer to CDF - Aug-58 - ex-loan | ||||||
| 50720 | 59283 | 50676 | Noted 6th August 1958 - Special Aberdeen-Keith excursion | ||||||
| 50718 | 59283 | 50669 | Transfer to 84A - Mar-67 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59283 | 50669 | Transfer to 82A - Jul-67 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59283 | 50669 | Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with yellow panel ends | ||||||
| 50730 | 59283 | 50677 | Noted 21/08/71 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59283 | 50677 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Derby2 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59283 | 50677 | Noted 15/07/72 - at Thetford3 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 11/05/73 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 29/06/74 - on 12:11 Leamington-Birmingham NS | ||||||
| 50697 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 24/08/74 - at Nottingham3 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 06/07/1975 - at Derby4 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 05/12/1975 - at Loughborough4 | ||||||
| 50742 | 59283 | 50652 | Noted 17/08/76 - on 1947 Derby-Lincoln St Marks | ||||||
| 50720 | 59283 | 50670 | Noted 27/11/1976 - RCTS (West Midlands Branch)Reunion Railtour 50677-59255-50730+50720-59283-50670 | ||||||
| 50720 | 59283 | 50670 | Noted 03/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 50720 | 59283 | 50670 | Noted 27/08/77 - on 2E84 0645 Derby-Lincoln St Marks with 50305 + 59119 + 50329 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 01/06/79 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 14/06/80 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 25/07/81 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| EP516 | 50730 | 59283 | 50656 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP516 | 50730 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 19/06/82 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| EP516 | 50730 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted circa 08/19825 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: July 1958
In late July 1958 Swindon Cross-Country set W50720 + W59283 + W50676 prepares to leave Inverness with the 12.45pm to Aberdeen. The set was borrowed from the Western Region for a few weeks for trials. Great North of Scotland Railway Association.
Date: 27th July 1979
A Class 120 DMU in Barnetby station while working a Cleethorpes - Birmingham service on 27 July 1979. The power cars were recorded as 50730 and 50656, the center car is presumably 59283. Note the set of drivers controls in their holder visible through the left cab window. Stuart Mackay Collection.