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<- 59298 | 59299 | 59300 ->

Vehicle 59299

Class 120

BR Diagram 561

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 WR Stock
Feb-59 Transferred to 84E (Tyseley)
Apr-59 Transferred to 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
06/12/59 Transferred to 81C (Southall)
Jan-60 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
29/02/60 Transferred to 81C (Southall)
05/03/62 Transferred to 88A (Cardiff Canton)
10/09/62 Transferred to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
Dec-63 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
May-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)
04/05/70 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
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16/03/83 Withdrawn from CH (Chester)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 14/04/1971 - Seen on Crewe - Cardiff line in formation: 50693 - 59299 - 50738 - 550262
50738 59299 50693 Noted 24/04/1971 - Seen on Crewe - Cardiff line in formation: (50683 - 59294 - 50735) - 55024 - (50647 - 59265 - 50705) - (50738 - 59299 - 50693) - 55025 2
50738 59299 50693 Noted 08/05/1971 - Seen on Crewe - Cardiff line in formation: 55024 - (50693 - 59299 - 50738)2
50738 59299 50693 Noted 20/08/1971 - at Abergavenny3
50738 59299 50693 Noted 23/08/1971 - at Abergavenny3
50738 59299 50693 Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport3
50738 59299 50693 Noted 18/09/1971 - at Crewe3
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 02/09/1978 - North Wales4
50738 59299 50693 Noted 11/02/1979 - Chester4
50738 59299 50693 Noted 28/05/1979 - on 17:45 Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton 5
50738 59299 50693 Noted 01/07/1979 - Aberystwyth4
50738 59299 50693 Noted 19/08/1979 - Chester4
50738 59299 50693 Noted 23/10/1980 - Working 0410 Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth6
50738 59299 50693 Noted 21/12/1980 - at Llandudno Junction 4
50738 59299 50693 Noted 06/06/1981 - in Swindon Works 4
50738 59299 50693 Noted 08/09/1981 - on Chester depot 4
50738 59299 50693 Noted 28/09/1981 - at Shrewsbury4
50738 59299 50693 Noted circa 05/19822
50738 59299 50693 Noted 26/06/1982 - on Chester depot 4

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Martin Lumley
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Shayne Lewis

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