Vehicle 59287
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 | |
| by Jun-62 | Transferred to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 10/09/62 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Feb-65 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 02/03/86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50744 | 59287 | 50670 | Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with yellow panel ends | ||||||
| EP489 | 50744 | 59287 | 50678 | Noted circa Jun-69 - ex-BL511 | |||||
| 50744 | 59287 | 50670 | Noted 02/01/71 | ||||||
| 50709 | 59287 | 50688 | Noted 19/09/71 - at Crewe at 6.30am1 | ||||||
| 50709 | 59287 | 50688 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59287 | 50670 | Noted 02/05/73 - at Cambridge3 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59287 | 50670 | Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford3 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59287 | 50670 | Noted 14/08/1973 - at Nuneaton4 | ||||||
| EP583 | 50731 | 59287 | 50657 | Noted 05/07/1975 - at Nottingham on service to Derby/Crewe?4 | |||||
| EP587 | 50725 | 59287 | 50657 | Noted 08/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street4 | |||||
| 50696 | 59287 | 50657 | Noted 10/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59287 | 50657 | Noted 26/11/1977 - RCTS Reunion Railtour | ||||||
| EP579 | 50714 | 59287 | 50657 | Noted 02/01/78 | |||||
| EP523 | 50734 | 59287 | 50671 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP523 | 50734 | 59287 | 50671 | Noted circa 06/19825 | |||||
| 53734 | 59287 | 53671 | Noted 12th November 1983 | ||||||
| 53734 | 59287 | 53671 | Noted circa 12/19835 | ||||||
| 53704 | 59287 | 53671 | Noted 18/08/84 - at Norwich3 |
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: 12th November 1983
53671 + 59287 + 53734 are seen at Peterborough with a Peterborough - Birmingham New Street working on Saturday 12th November 1983. Mel Holley.