Vehicle 59301
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 | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 30/07/62 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| Jan-86 | To Parcels Sector at | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 02/03/86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Modifications
circa Sep-78 - B4 Bogies fitted
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 20/01/1978 released in blue/grey livery - Fitted with B4 bogies as part of refurbishmentDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| EP486 | 50703 | 59301 | 50654 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| 50703 | 59301 | 50654 | Noted 20/11/69 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59301 | 50652 | Noted 15/08/19702 | ||||||
| 50709 | 59301 | 50652 | Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50737 | 59301 | 50692 | Noted 16/01/71 - at Ipswich with 50677 + 59300 + 50730 on a Derby - Ipswich footex3 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59301 | 50692 | Noted 18/08/72 - on Cambridge depot4 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59301 | 50692 | Noted 17/09/72 - at Stoke-on-Trent1 | ||||||
| 50737 | 59301 | 50677 | Noted 24/03/73 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50743 | 59301 | 50677 | Noted 14/08/1973 - at Leicester2 | ||||||
| EP581 | 50743 | 59301 | 50655 | Noted 30/08/74 - at Derby4 | |||||
| 50736 | 59301 | 50688 | Noted 28/05/1975 - at Nottingham2 | ||||||
| EP598 | 50731 | 59301 | 50688 | Noted 05/08/1975 - at Solihull2 | |||||
| EP598 | 50731 | 59301 | 50688 | Noted 13/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 2 | |||||
| 50731 | 59301 | 50688 | Noted 05/06/76 - on 0844 Nottingham-Skegness | ||||||
| 50731 | 59301 | 50688 | Noted 04/09/76 - on 12.38 Leicester – Derby with 50714 + 59273 + 506875 | ||||||
| 50731 | 59301 | 50688 | Noted 15/05/77 - on 0800 Crewe-Manchester Piccadilly | ||||||
| 50708 | 59301 | 50692 | Noted 10/06/79 - at Norwich on a Long Eaton to Great Yarmouth excursion4 | ||||||
| 50708 | 59301 | 50692 | Noted 22/04/82 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
| EP506 | 50708 | 59301 | 50692 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP506 | 50708 | 59301 | 50692 | Noted circa 01/19836 | |||||
| 53708 | 59301 | 53692 | Noted 28/05/1983 - at Chester on a service to Derby with 53714, 59258 & 536702 | ||||||
| 53708 | 59301 | 53692 | Noted circa 03/19846 | ||||||
| 53708 | 59301 | 53692 | Noted 23rd May 1985 | ||||||
| 53708 | 59301 | 53692 | Noted 05/07/85 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
| 53708 | 59301 | 53692 | Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby7 | ||||||
| 53704 | 59301 | 53692 | Listed at DY - circa Jan-86 - Parcels |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Gerald Brown
5: Phil Shatford
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton
Images:
circa October 1977
An official image (25 of 27, negative D5939/4) from a internal BR photo album titled "Part Refurbished Class 120 Prototype 1 and 'CIBA Giegy' Ceiling". This is the fourth image in the second half of the album (after a divider) and shows the CIBA Giegy ceiling (with two rows of fluorescent lights) fitted to an Etches Park set that was refurbished circa October 1977. This is thought to be centre car M59301, taken in the middle saloon looking to the buffet end. The vehicle would also be fitted with B4 bogies. British Rail.
circa October 1977
An official image (26 of 27, negative D5939/5) from a internal BR photo album titled "Part Refurbished Class 120 Prototype 1 and 'CIBA Giegy' Ceiling". This is the fifth image in the second half of the album (after a divider) and shows the CIBA Giegy ceiling (with two rows of fluorescent lights) fitted to an Etches Park set that was refurbished circa October 1977. This is the buffet area of centre car M59301. British Rail.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 4th June 1978
Swindon-built 3-car class 120 dmu (DMS M50692 nearest camera, centre car is B4 bogie fitted 59301) departs Lincoln Central with a Nottingham-bound service - 04/06/1978. 53A Models of Hull Collection.
Date: 23rd May 1985
Swindon class 120 'Cross-Country' DMU Nos.M53692-M59301-M53708 forming a Lincoln service at Crewe on 23rd May 1985. Station pilot loco 08737 is in the adjacent platform. Gordon Edgar.
Date: 28th December 1985
A Class 120 DMU set formed of 53704 + 59301 + 53692 departs Derby with the 15:04 to Lincoln on 28 December 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.