Vehicle 59296
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
| 4w/e 29/11/58 | New to | BL (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| 30/07/62 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Apr-68 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| Aug-68 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| 4w/e 22/02/69 | On loan to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May-69 | Ex-loan back to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 3w/e 02/05/70 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| 2w/e 20/10/79 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 22/11/82 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51573 | 59296 | 51582 | Transfer to 81D - 4w/e 22/02/69 - on loan | ||||||
| 51573 | 59296 | 51582 | Noted 30/07/69 - at Bristol Temple Meads1 | ||||||
| CTN512 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Listed at 86A - May-70 | |||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 13/08/70 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| CTN512 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 22/02/1971 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 20/08/1971 - at Abergavenny3 | ||||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff3 | ||||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport3 | ||||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 08/01/1972 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| C517 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 03/09/73 - at Shrewsbury1 | |||||
| C512 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 06/09/73 - on Cardiff Canton depot1 | |||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff3 | ||||||
| C512 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 08/01/75 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C556 | |||||
| C512 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 15/02/75 - on 2C10 0654 Weston SM-Cardiff | |||||
| C512 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 10/04/75 - on 1A41 1452 Swansea-Paddington with 56289 + C505 | |||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport1 | ||||||
| C512 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 12/03/76 - on 2C40 0710 Cardiff-Swansea | |||||
| C501 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C501 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 26/09/1976 - Bulmers Open Day Shuttle from and to Hereford station 51084-59415-51056 + 50706-59296-50648 B574+C501 | |||||
| C501 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C508 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 19/05/1978 - Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| C501 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 19/05/1978 - Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| C501 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 15/09/78 - on 2225 Cardiff-Hereford | |||||
| C501 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 09/10/78 - on 2C97 1725 Milford Haven-Swansea | |||||
| C501 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 24/03/1979 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Gwaun Cae Gurwen Growler Railtour C501+B466 | |||||
| C501 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 16/04/1979 - at Llanelli Station4 | |||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Transfer to CH - 2w/e 20/10/79 | ||||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 22/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station4 | ||||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted circa 05/19825 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 17th October 1970
The 11:40 Cardiff General-Crewe is seen at Newport on 17 October 1970. The Swindon Cross-Country DMU has W50706 closest, it's regular partners were 59296 (still with "Buffet" and a red stripe) and 50648. A Class 116 DMS leads at the far end. Robert Thomas.
Date: 26th September 1976
Set number: C501
Class 120 set C501 (50706 + 59296 + 50648) and Class 119 set B574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) at Bulmers, Hereford, with a shuttle for the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976 Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 26th September 1976
Set number: C501
Class 120 C501 (50706 + 59296 + 50648) and Class 119 B574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 26th September 1976
Set number: C501
Class 120 C501 (50706 + 59296 + 50648) and Class 119 B574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976, and is waiting for the points to be clipped. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 26th September 1976
Set number: B574
Class 119 B574 (51056 + 59415 + 51084) and Class 120 C501 (50648 + 59296 + 50706) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 26th September 1976
Set number: B574
Class 119 B574 (51056 + 59415 + 51084) and Class 120 C501 (50648 + 59296 + 50706) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 21st September 1979
Set number: C501
Gloomy skies at Salisbury on 21 September 1979. W50706 is at the front od Swindon Cross-Country set C501, presumably with 59296 + 50648. David Mant.
Date: 21st October 1982
Class 103 Park Royal car, DMBS 50402 without it's partner on Chester depot 21-10-82. The end of Class 120 Trailer Second Buffet 59296 on the left of the frame. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.