Vehicle 59289
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) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| Jan-64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| Jun-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| by Oct-65 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| Jan-86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| Feb-86 | Reinstated | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 16/02/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Mar-87 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Oct-87 | Withdrawn |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50730 | 59289 | 50677 | Noted 29/07/67 - R.C.T.S. Ten Counties Scenic Railtour 50668 + 59285 + 50715 / 50730 + 59289 + 50677 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59289 | 50650 | Noted 07/1971 - at Water Orton1 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59289 | 50650 | Noted 21/08/71 - at Derby2 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59289 | 50680 | Noted 07/11/71 - in Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59289 | 50680 | Noted 13/11/71 - in Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59289 | 50663 | Noted 30/04/72 - in Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59289 | 50663 | Noted 05/08/72 - at Thetford3 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59289 | 50663 | Noted 03/11/72 - in Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50725 | 59289 | 50676 | Noted 20/05/73 | ||||||
| 50725 | 59289 | 50676 | Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street4 | ||||||
| EP487 | 50725 | 59289 | 50676 | Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford3 | |||||
| EP589 | 50736 | 59289 | 50676 | Noted 04/08/74 - at Cambridge3 | |||||
| EP597 | 50708 | 59289 | 50692 | Noted 10/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 50708 | 59289 | 50692 | Noted 12/06/76 - at Ely3 | ||||||
| EP485 | 50708 | 59289 | 50692 | Noted 16/10/76 - at Bury St Edmunds, 50692 had set number EP5983 | |||||
| 50717 | 59289 | 50684 | Noted 28/05/77 - on 2255 Nuneaton-Coventry | ||||||
| 50717 | 59289 | 50684 | Noted 06/08/77 - on 2E85 0555 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks | ||||||
| EP528 | 50717 | 59289 | 50653 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP528 | 50717 | 59289 | 50653 | Noted circa 09/19825 | |||||
| EP528 | 50717 | 59289 | 50653 | Noted 23/04/1983 - BLS Wyvern Express Railtour 53656-59531-53725 + 50717-59289-50653 | |||||
| 53717 | 59289 | 53653 | Noted 21/07/84 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 53717 | 59289 | 53653 | Noted circa 07/19855 | ||||||
| 53717 | 59289 | 53653 | Noted 22/11/85 - on 20:25 Crewe - Nottingham service6 | ||||||
| 528 | 53722 | 59289 | 53653 | Formation change - AY - Mar-86 | |||||
| 53722 | 59289 | 53653 | Noted 2nd April 1986 | ||||||
| 528 | 53722 | 59289 | 53653 | Noted 1st May 1986 | |||||
| 528 | 53722 | 59289 | 53653 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 53722 | 59289 | 53653 | Noted 19th June 1986 | ||||||
| 528 | 53722 | 59289 | 53650 | Formation change - circa Jul-86 - 53650 (ex-521) replaced 53653 (to 521) | |||||
| 528 | 53722 | 59289 | 53653 | Noted 3rd July 1986 | |||||
| 528 | 53722 | 59289 | 53670 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 519 | 53737 | 59289 | 53679 | Formation change - circa Dec-86 | |||||
| 535 | 53733 | 59289 | 53654 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 533 | 53700 | 59289 | 53682 | Noted circa 04/19875 | |||||
| 533 | 53700 | 59289 | 53682 | Noted 02/05/19875 | |||||
| 533 | 53700 | 59289 | 53682 | Noted 21/05/19875 | |||||
| 533 | 53700 | 59289 | 53682 | Noted 27th June 1987 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 23rd April 1983
The Branch Line Society Wyvern Express railtour at Sinfin Central on 23 April 1983. M53656 is closest, the Six Bells website lists the other vehicles as 59531 + 53725 and 50717 + 59289 + 50653. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 23rd April 1983
Set number: EP516
The Branch Line Society Wyvern Express railtour at Nottingham on 23 April 1983. M53656 is closest, the Six Bells website lists the other vehicles as 59531 + 53725 and 50717 + 59289 + 50653. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 23rd April 1983
Set number: EP528
Participants return to the Branch Line Society Wyvern Express railtour at Sinfin Central on 23 April 1983. The vehicles are 50653 + 59289 + 50717 and 53725 + 59531 + 53656. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 23rd April 1983
Set number: EP516
The Branch Line Society Wyvern Express railtour during the lunchtime stop at Nottingham on 23 April 1983. M53656 is closest, the Six Bells website lists the other vehicles as 59531 + 53725 and 50717 + 59289 + 50653. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 23rd April 1983
Set number: EP516
The Branch Line Society "Wyvern Express" rail tour is seen at Butterley station on 23 April 1983 with (recently renumbered) Motor Second car 53656 leading. The Swindon-built Cross-Country units were always the most popular rail tour rolling stock (if not loco hauled). The Six Bells Junction lists the full formation as 53656 + 59531 + 53725 and 50717 + 59289 + 50653. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 23rd April 1983
Set number: EP528
On 23 April 1983, the Branch Line Society "Wyvern Express" railtour is seen at Sinfin Central with M50653 nearest the camera. The full formation was 53656-59531-53725 + 50717-59289-50653. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 23rd April 1983
Set number: EP516
The Branch Line Society "Wyvern Express" railtour is seen during the lunch stop at Nottingham station on April 23, 1983. Swindon Cross-Country class 120 DMU MSL car M53656 is the end car, the Six Bells website lists the other vehicles as 59531 + 53725 and 50717 + 59289 + 50653. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 1987
Set number: 533
9am one spring day in 1987. What a delight to be able to contemplate a ride in a Swindon Class 120 set out of Glasgow Queen Street. And there was still van traffic. Set 533 - 53700 and presumably 59289 + 53682. Robert Forsythe.
Date: 9th May 1987
Set number: 120533
Set 120 533 (53700/59289/53682) leaves Waverley station, Edinburgh, on 9/5/87 forming the 16.35 to Kirkcaldy. Leonard Rogers.
Date: circa summer 1987
Set number: 533
Class 120 DMU set 533 (presumably 53682 + 59289 + 53700) in Perth station circa summer 1987. Mike Bunker.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 533
Class 120 Burntisland Aug 1987. A northbound working calls at the station, 53700 is still wearing it's M prefix, the other vehicles should be 59289 + 53682. Alistair Ness.
Date: 24th October 1987
Set number: 533
Class 120 DMU set 533 (53682 + 59289 + 53700) in Edinburgh Waverley with the 12:30 to Kirkcaldy on 24 October 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.