Vehicle 59299
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) | |
| by Jun-62 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 10/09/62 | 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 | 84A (Laira) | |
| Apr-68 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 4w/e 23/11/68 | On loan to | 81D (Reading) | |
| Dec-68 | Ex-loan back to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| May-70 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| w/e 22/10/77 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 16/03/83 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) |
59299 was involved in the following incident:
23/1/74 - Pontypool Rd, WR
Derailment involving Class 120 / Class 121
Info from Peter Mullen
A Cardiff to Crewe train became derailed on catch points near Pontypool Road while working wrong line to pass a failed freight train. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Transfer to 81D - 4w/e 23/11/68 - on loan | ||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Transfer to 82A - Dec-68 | ||||||
| CTN502 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Listed at 86A - May-70 - (also noted as 50735 - 59294 -50693) | |||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Shrewsbury1 | ||||||
| CTN502 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 20/08/1971 - at Abergavenny2 | ||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 23/08/1971 - at Abergavenny2 | ||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 18/09/1971 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| C502 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 31/10/72 | |||||
| C533 | 50732 | 59299 | 50738 | Noted 22/06/74 - at Crewe1 | |||||
| C530 | 50738 | 59299 | 50691 | Noted 05/09/74 - at Newport1 | |||||
| C502 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport1 | |||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot1 | ||||||
| C513 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 30/04/76 - on 2B60 1715 Cardiff-Taunton with C526 | |||||
| C513 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C513 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 07/06/77 - on 2B30 1155 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C509 | |||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 28/05/1979 - on 17:45 Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton 3 | ||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 23/10/1980 - Working 0410 Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth4 | ||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted circa 05/19825 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
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