Vehicle 59297
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 24/01/59 | New to | BL (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| 30/07/62 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| by Jan-69 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| w/e 07/06/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| by Sep-84 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 20/04/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 2w/e 08/06/86 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) | |
| 28/09/86 | Reinstated | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Aug-87 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) |
Notes
14/09/78 - A Glasgow Works visit found 56291, 56297 and 56299, all withdrawn, distributed around the yard. Also 50745, W in 1976, 51447, W in 9/77, and 51803, which was recorded as being a “wreck”, and stored 51784.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50734 | 59297 | 50671 | Noted circa Mar-67 - in plain blue livery | ||||||
| 50734 | 59297 | 50671 | Noted Aug-67 - in plain blue livery | ||||||
| BL507 | 50734 | 59297 | 50671 | Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with yellow panel ends | |||||
| 50727 | 59297 | 50679 | Noted circa Nov-67 - in blue grey with full yellow ends | ||||||
| EP493 | 50714 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| 50671 | 59297 | 50734 | Noted 22/08/69 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59297 | 50671 | Noted 15/11/70 - on Norwich depot2 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59297 | 50671 | Noted 19/11/70 - at Peterborough1 | ||||||
| 50731 | 59297 | 50657 | Noted 21/08/71 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59297 | 50684 | Noted 30/04/72 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50717 | 59297 | 50650 | Noted 24/12/73 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50717 | 59297 | 56050 | Noted 30/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| EP577 | 50717 | 59297 | 50650 | Noted 10/08/74 - at Peterborough4 | |||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 15/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 08/05/1976 - at Loughborough 5 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 28/08/76 - at Thetford4 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 04/12/76 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 31/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 27/05/1979 - on 13:00 Coventry to Nuneaton (Special service)5 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 22/08/81 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
| EP502 | 50709 | 59297 | 50663 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| 50709 | 59297 | 50650 | Noted circa 03/1983 - 50709 labelled EP502, 60650 labelled EP5086 | ||||||
| 53709 | 59297 | 53650 | Noted circa 09/19836 | ||||||
| EP502 | 53709 | 59297 | 51794 | Noted circa 03/19846 | |||||
| 53709 | 59297 | 51794 | Listed at NH - circa Jan-86 | ||||||
| 53709 | 59297 | 51794 | Transfer to AY - 2w/e 15/04/86 | ||||||
| 531 | 53709 | 59297 | 51794 | Noted May 1986 | |||||
| 506 | 53708 | 59297 | 53672 | Formation change - HA - September 1986 | |||||
| 506 | 53708 | 59297 | 53672 | Noted 06/12/19866 | |||||
| 506 | 53708 | 59297 | 53672 | Noted 11th December 1986 | |||||
| 506 | 53708 | 59297 | 53672 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
Unknown date
Class 120 TSRB 59297 in a set about to depart from Edinburgh Waverley. Date unknown. Andrew McConnell.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 10th August 1979
A Class 120 Swindon Cross Country set with a 101 on the rear = M50719, M59297, M50326 at Swindon on August 10, 1979. I wonder if it was going into the Works as Swindon was overhauling DMUs then, certainly can't have been en route to Redditch. John Carter.
Date: circa 1987
Set number: 506
53672 at the front of DMU set 506 (presumably with 59297 + 53708) in Haymarket station circa 1987. A Strathclyde-liveried Class 107 departs from the adjacent platform. Mike Bunker.
Date: circa 1987
Set number: 506
Class 120 DMU set 506 (53708, the centre should be 59297, 53672 is at the far end) departs from Haymarket for the last 1 1/4 mile of its journey to Edinburgh Waverley. Circa 1987. Mike Bunker.
Date: 26th April 1987
Set number: 506
53672 + 59297 + 53708 seen at Thornton Yard on the 26th April 1987. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 23rd May 1987
Set number: 506
Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country set 506 (53672 + 59297 + 53708) about to enter Edinburgh Waverley station with the 10:06 from Cowdenbeath - on the 23rd May 1987. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 23rd May 1987
Set number: 506
Class 120 set 506 (53708 + 59297 + 53672) leaves Edinburgh Waverley station with the 11:03 Edinburgh - Cowdenbeath service on May 23, 1987. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 13th December 1987
Set number: 506
On December 13, 1987 set 506 (53708 + 59297 + 53672) is seen stabled in Haymarket depot beside set 101302. Hamish Stevenson.