Vehicle 59284
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) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Oct-65 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| May-71 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| Oct-71 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BR | |
| 30/06/74 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| w/e 08/05/76 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| w/e 03/05/80 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 20/06/82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 11/05/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50724 | 59284 | 50673 | Noted 23rd May 1966 | ||||||
| 506 | 50724 | 59284 | 50673 | Noted Nov-68 - now in blue/grey | |||||
| 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Transfer to 84A - May-71 | ||||||
| 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted 13/11/71 - at Bristol1 | ||||||
| 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted 11/10/72 - at Pritchatts Rd, Edgbaston1 | ||||||
| B553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted 12/04/74 - at Cardiff with B408 | |||||
| 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted 30/05/1974 - at Great Malvern2 | ||||||
| 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted 01/06/74 - in Birmingham New Street | ||||||
| 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| B553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted 02/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C601 | |||||
| B553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted 12/09/74 - on 2B46 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth with C303 + B468 | |||||
| C553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51586 | Noted 20/12/75 - on 2V67 0603 Crewe-Cardiff with C504 | |||||
| C553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51586 | Noted 05/01/76 - on 2C08 0735 Chepstow-Cardiff | |||||
| P553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Listed at LA - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Transfer to LA - w/e 08/05/76 | ||||||
| P553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted 07/09/76 - in Plymouth station3 | |||||
| P553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Listed at LA - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| P553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Listed at LA - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Transfer to CF - w/e 03/05/80 | |||||
| C553 | 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted circa 10/1982 - operating from Newton Heath4 | |||||
| 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Noted circa 03/19844 | ||||||
| 51574 | 59284 | 51583 | Listed at NH - circa Jan-86 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 16th November 1973
Set number: B553
Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU set B553 (presumably 51574 + 59284 + 51583) in Bristol Temple Meads with a Taunton service on 16 November 1973. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: circa April 1980
Set number: P553
With its destination box painted yellow, Class 120 DMU set P553 (presumably 51583 + 59284 + 51583) is seen at Dawlish. The slide process date is April 1980. Stuart Mackay Collection.