Vehicle 59293
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
| w/e 04/10/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 12/01/84 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| Feb-85 | Reinstated | DY (Derby Etches Park) | - in traffic from 8/84 |
| Mar-85 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Notes
Dec-83 - Officially withdrawn, but still in traffic during December at DY.
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| CDF527 | 50734 | 59293 | 50685 | Noted Feb-62 | |||||
| EP479 | 50719 | 59293 | 50685 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| 50719 | 59293 | 50685 | Noted 02/01/70 - in Sheffield Midland1 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59293 | 50651 | Noted 30/10/70 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59293 | 50651 | Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59293 | 50651 | Noted 03/09/71 - at Norwich on 18:20 to Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50743 | 59293 | 50654 | Noted 19/05/72 - in Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59293 | 50655 | Noted 02/09/73 - at Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59293 | 50671 | Noted 17/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50737 | 59293 | 50671 | Noted 04/09/76 - on 1220 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks | ||||||
| 50714 | 59293 | 50678 | Noted 06/06/81 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| EP522 | 50714 | 59293 | 50678 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP522 | 50714 | 59293 | 50678 | Noted circa 06/19823 | |||||
| EP522 | 53714 | 59293 | 53678 | Noted circa 12/19833 | |||||
| EP522 | 53714 | 59293 | 53678 | Noted circa 05/19843 | |||||
| EP522 | 53714 | 59293 | 53678 | Noted 22nd August 1984 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 29th July 1983
Set number: EP522
A three car Swindon Cross Country DMU (set EP522 - M53678 + M59293 + M53714) awaits departure from Bedford Midland with the 16:21 service to Kettering on Friday 29th July 1983. By this date the Midland main line had been electrified as far as Bedford and these trains provided an onward connection to Kettering. Brian McDevitt.
Date: 22nd August 1984
Set number: EP522
EP522 (53678 + 59293 + 53714) at Leicester on 22/8/84. Jerry Glover.
Date: 24th November 1984
Set number: EP522
Cross-Country set EP522 (53714 + 59293 + 53678) at Derby on Saturday 24/11/84. Mel Holley.
Date: 15th November 1985
Set number: EP522
53714 at the rear of EP522 53714 + 59293 + 53678 at Alsager 15.11.1985 on a Crewe-Derby train Martin Baumann.