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Vehicle 59286

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
Feb-65	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)
5w/e 05/12/70	Transferred to	84A (Laira)
May-73	Depot code change	LA
w/e 02/02/74	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
20/06/82	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
Oct-85	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

BL500	50708	59286	50650	Noted circa Mar-68 - in blue grey with full yellow ends
	50701	59286	50681	Noted 14/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street¹
	51579	59286	51588	Noted 14/08/70 - in Birmingham area²
	51579	59286	51588	Transfer to 84A - 5w/e 05/12/70
LA502	51579	59286	51588	Listed at Laira - circa Apr-71 - ex-BL507
	51579	59286	51588	Noted 13/11/71 - on Laira depot¹
	51579	59286	51588	Noted 19/05/72 - at Exeter¹
P558	51579	59286	51588	Noted 03/07/1973 - at Plymouth³
C508	50712	59286	50666	Noted 13/07/74 - on 2B16 0800 Cardiff-Bristol TM
	50712	59286	50666	Noted 21/08/1974 - at Milford Haven³
	50712	59286	50666	Noted 03/09/74 - at Swansea High Street²
C508	50712	59286	50666	Noted 06/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C605
C508	50712	59286	50666	Noted 09/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C507
C612	50712	59286	50666	Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C612	50712	59286	50666	Noted 03/06/76 - on 2C05 0705 Carmarthen-Port Talbot
	50712	59286	50666	Noted 04/09/76 - at Bristol¹
C612	50712	59286	50666	Noted 08/01/77 - on 2C84 1715 Swansea-Milford Haven
C612	50712	59286	50666	Noted 15/06/77 - on 2C96 2240 Swansea-Carmarthen with C511
C612	50712	59286	50666	Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C612	50712	59286	50666	Noted 24/08/78 - working 5C99 with C610 seen at Swansea
C612	50712	59286	50666	Noted 25/08/78 - 2C58 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff with C508
C612	50712	59286	50666	Noted 13/09/78 - on 2C17 1720 Swansea-Cardiff
C612	50712	59286	50666	Noted 19/12/78 - on 5C99 2202 Swansea-Cardiff Canton with C595
C612	50712	59286	50666	Listed at CF - 03/03/80
	50666	59286	50712	Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria, still with C508 on cab ends and W prefixes to vehicle numbers⁴
	50712	59286	50666	Noted circa 02/1983 - operating from Newton Heath, previously C508⁴
	53712	59286	53666	Noted circa Mar-84
	53712	59286	53666	Noted 07/07/1984 - Brian Isherwood's Eastgate Explorer Railtour 53666-59286-53712 + 51587-59580-51578

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 5th May 1979

Set number: C612

Class 120 set C612 (50666, 59286 & 50712) at Carmarthen on 5th May 1979. Ian Buck.

Date: September 1979

Set number: C612

Class 120 C612 (50666, 59286 & 50712) on a railtour at Aberdare in September 1979. Ian Buck.

Date: 7th June 1980

Set number: C612

Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU set C614 (50666 and presumably 59286 + 50712) at Llanelli with the 14:58 Swansea-Shrewsbury on 7 June 1980. Robert Thomas.

Date: 19th June 1983

Swindon Works 3-car Cross Country Class 120 vehicles M53712, M59286 and M53666 at Blackpool North Carriage Sidings, 19-06-83. Vincent Haworth.

Date: March 1984

Class 120 DMSL M53666 prepares to leave Manchester Victoria's platform 13 at the rear of a service to Blackpool North, circa March 1984. At the front of this 3-car set was M53712 followed by centre car M59286. S Gaskell.

Date: 1st June 1985

M51581, M59587, M51585, M53666, M59286, M53712 awaiting departure from Bolton with the 1155 Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria 1st June 1985. Keith Long.

Date: 1st June 1985

M53712, M59286, M53666, M51585, M59587, M51581 depart Bolton with the 1155 Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria 1st June 1985. Keith Long.

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