Vehicle 59285
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
| Sep-58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| 3w/e 02/05/70 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BR | |
| 30/06/74 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 3w/e 09/10/76 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| w/e 03/05/80 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 29/11/81 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| by Jun-82 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 02/02/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 2w/e 08/06/86 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) | |
| 28/09/86 | Reinstated | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Feb-87 | Stored U. | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Mar-87 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) | - also noted as 10/09/87 |
Notes
27/07/87 - 51189 + 51782/8/94 + 53172/4/698 + 59285/682 moved Aberdeen Ferryhill to Snailwell hauled by 26007 Millerhill to Newcastle then 37051 to Whitemoor.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| CDF524 | 50727 | 59285 | 50685 | Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60 | |||||
| 50715 | 59285 | 50668 | Noted 29/07/1967 - R.C.T.S. Ten Counties Scenic Railtour 50668 + 59285 + 50715 / 50730 + 59289 + 50677 | ||||||
| 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 23/08/1971 - at Newport1 | ||||||
| 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 12/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston2 | ||||||
| 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 01/07/1973 - at Exeter1 | ||||||
| 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 07/09/73 - in Bristol Temple Meads3 | ||||||
| 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 30/05/1974 - at Great Malvern1 | ||||||
| C552 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 16/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth between B579 51065 + 59424 + 51093 and P557 51578 + 59580 + 51587 | |||||
| B552 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 29/08/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C505 50665 + 59588 + 50715 | |||||
| 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 30/08/1974 - at Newport, with 562891 | ||||||
| C552 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 05/09/74 - at Severn Tunnel Junction3 | |||||
| C552 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 08/02/76 - on 1069 1140 Cardiff-Salisbury with B900 | |||||
| C552 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Transfer to LA - 3w/e 09/10/76 | ||||||
| P552 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Listed at LA - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| P552 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted 06/08/79 | |||||
| P552 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Listed at LA - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 552 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Transfer to CF - w/e 03/05/80 | |||||
| EP503 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP503 | 51573 | 59285 | 51582 | Noted circa 01/19834 | |||||
| 53720 | 59285 | 53677 | Noted circa 03/19844 | ||||||
| 53720 | 59285 | 53677 | Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby5 | ||||||
| 53711 | 59285 | 53689 | Formation change - DY - circa Sep-85 | ||||||
| 53720 | 59285 | 53677 | Noted 06/12/85 - on 09:22 Derby - Crewe service6 | ||||||
| 53720 | 59285 | 53677 | Noted 08/12/85 - on 18:35 Crewe - Grantham service6 | ||||||
| 53720 | 59285 | 53677 | Noted circa 01/19864 | ||||||
| 516 | 53720 | 59285 | 53677 | Noted 1st February 1986 - on ScR | |||||
| 53720 | 59285 | 53677 | Listed at AY - Feb-86 | ||||||
| 53720 | 59285 | 53677 | Noted 24/02/86 | ||||||
| 516 | 53720 | 59285 | 53677 | New set number at AY - Feb-86 | |||||
| 53698 | 59285 | 53648 | Noted 7th July 1986 | ||||||
| 507 | 53698 | 59285 | 53648 | Noted 31st July 1986 | |||||
| 507 | 53698 | 59285 | 53648 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 53698 | 59285 | 53648 | Noted 26th September 1986 | ||||||
| 507 | 53698 | 59285 | 53648 | Transfer to HA - 28/09/86 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Martin Baumann
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 30th April 1979
Set number: P552
Swindon Cross-Country DMU set P552 (presumably 51582 + 59285 + 51573) at St Ives on 20 April 1979. Alistair Ness.
Date: 5th June 1979
Set number: P552
Class 120 DMU set P552 (W51573 and presumably 59285 + 51582) at Aller Junction with the 11:21 Paignton - Newton Abbot service on 5 June 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 6th August 1979
Set number: P552
Class 120 DMU set formation P552, consisting of cars 51582 59285 51573 is seen with 1546 Paignton-Exeter at Dawlish, 06/08/1979. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: September 1979
Set number: P552
Swindon Cross-Country set P552 (presumably 51573 + 59285 + 51582) at Exeter in September 1979. Michael Mensing.
Date: September 1979
Set number: P552
Class 120 set P552 seen in Exeter St Davids during September 1979. Visible vehicles are presumably 51573 and 59285. Michael Mensing.
Date: September 1979
Set number: P552
Swindon Cross-Country set P552 (presumably 51582 + 59285 + 51573) departs from Exeter Central in September 1979. Michael Mensing.
Date: 8th October 1985
Set number: 516
53720-59285-53677 on a Crewe to Derby working at Alsager. Taken in October 1985, date may not be entirely correct but taken in the week leading to an HST run Crewe to Birmingham on 09.10.1985 Martin Baumann.
Date: 1st November 1986
Set number: 507
A Class 120 set with two brake vehicle in Edinburgh Waverley on November 1st, 1986. This should make it set 507 formed 53698 + 59285 + 51781. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 1st November 1986
Set number: C507
W51781 is at the rear of M59285 + M53698 heading out of Uphall with the 11:18 Edinburgh - Bathgate on the 1st November 1986. This is set 507, a few weeks earlier the vehicle still had its Cardiff set number C615, the new set sticker failed to cover the 'C'. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 1st November 1986
Set number: C507
Set 507 (W51781 + M59285 + M53698) arrives into Uphall station with the 16:03 Bathgate - Edinburgh on the 1st November 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 5th December 1986
Set number: C507
Set formation C507 consisting of vehicles W51781 M59285 M53698 is seen working the North Berwick-Edinburgh Waverley shuttle service at North Berwick on 5/12/86. This example had been transferred from Western Region - Cardiff Division in May, the car numbers still had W-prefixing and the C-prefix set number. It also has a bracket between the two cab front windows for carrying the extra headlight used on the Central Wales line. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: circa January 1987
Set number: 507
A Class 120 seen between Haymarket station and depot, the slide process date was January 1987. Closest is DMBS 53698 carrying set number 507, the centre car is presumably 59285 and the rear car is another brake vehicle still with a yellow first class stripe presumably 51781. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: January 1987
Set number: 507
Swindon class 120 set 507 (W51781 + M59285 + M53698) rasps its way up the grade towards Lochmuir summit with an Edinburgh to Dundee stopping service. January 1987. Bruce Galloway.