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Vehicle 59580


Class 120

Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Cross Country
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: BR Standard
Lot Number: 30517
Diagram: 572

Allocations

Dec-60 New to 84E (Tyseley)
by Jun-62 Transferred to 83D (Laira)
Sep-63Depot code change84A
May-73Depot code changeLA
30/06/74 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
3w/e 07/05/77 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
w/e 21/05/77 Transferred to LA (Laira)
2w/e 29/12/79 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
Mar-80 Transferred to LA (Laira)
w/e 03/05/80 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
04/01/82 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
20/04/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
28/09/86 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
Feb-87 Stored U. HA (Haymarket)
Mar-87 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket) - also shown as 29/09/87

Notes

29th June 1987 - Seen at Aberdeen Ferryhill
03/08/87 - 51193 + 53650/70 + 59247/88/268/559/80/681 moved as 5E96 Aberdeen Ferryhill - Snailwell hauled by 47308.

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51578 59580 51587 Noted circa Sep-67 - in blue /grey
51578 59580 51587 Noted circa Dec-67 - in blue grey with full yellow ends
LA501 51578 59580 51587 Noted March 1971
LA501 51578 59580 51587 Listed at Laira - circa May-71
P557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 04/07/1973 - at Exeter1
P557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 07/09/73 - at Par2
P558 51578 59580 51587 Noted 16/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth with B579 51065 + 59424 + 51093 and C552 51573 + 59285 + 51582
P557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 20/11/74 - on 2C38 1621 Weston SM-Cardiff
C557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 04/03/75 - on 2C09 1430 Swansea-Newport with C560
51578 59580 51587 Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot2
C557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 05/02/76 - on 2C08 0735 Chepstow-Cardiff
C557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 17/02/76 - on 2C40 0710 Cardiff-Swansea
C557 51578 59580 51587 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 10/11/76 - on 2C38 1630 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff
C557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 20/02/77 - on 2B17 1405 Cardiff-Cheltenham
51578 59580 51587 Transfer to BR - 3w/e 07/05/77
C557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 09/05/77 - on 2C30 1305 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B802
51578 59580 51587 Transfer to LA - w/e 21/05/77
P557 51578 59580 51587 Listed at LA - 31st December 1977
51578 59580 51587 Noted 17th May 1979
557 51578 59580 51587 Transfer to CF - 2w/e 29/12/79
557 51578 59580 51587 Transfer to LA - Mar-80
P557 51578 59580 51587 Listed at LA - 03/03/80
557 51578 59580 51587 Transfer to CF - w/e 03/05/80
C557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 27/01/1981 - Worked 1748 Barry Island to Treherbert3
51578 59580 51587 Noted 30/08/1981 - Lea Valley Railway Club Churnet Charger Railtour 56359-51200 + 51197-56339 + 51578-59580-51587
NH464 51578 59580 51587 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria4
NH464 51578 59580 51587 Noted circa 10/1982 - operating from Newton Heath, previously C557 set.4
51578 59580 51587 Noted 07/07/1984 - Brian Isherwood's Eastgate Explorer Railtour 53666-59286-53712 + 51587-59580-51578
51578 59580 51587 Noted circa 06/19854
51578 59580 51587 Listed at NH - circa Jan-86
51578 59580 51587 Transfer to AY - Apr-86
530 51578 59580 51587 New set number at AY - 2w/e 15/05/86
530 51578 59580 51587 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
530 51578 59580 51587 Noted 5th June 1986
51578 59580 51587 Noted 19th June 1986
101304 51224 59580 51587 Noted 28th July 1986
101304 51224 59580 51587 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
101323 51251 59580 51587 Formation change - p/e 17/09/86
615 51781 59580 51788 Formation change - circa Oct-86 - 59580 replaces 59682 (to 616)

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 17th June 1979

Set number: P557

Class 120 DMU set P557 (W51578 + W59580 + W51587) in the St Ives platform on St Erth on Sunday 17 June 1979. David Russon.

DMU

Date: 17th June 1979

Set number: P557

Class 120 DMU set P557 (W51587 + W59580 + W51578) in the St Ives platform on St Erth on Sunday 17 June 1979. David Russon.

DMU

Date: 17th June 1979

Set number: P557

Class 120 DMU set P557 (W51578 + W59580 + W51587) arriving into St Ives with a service from St Erth on Sunday 17 June 1979. David Russon.

DMU

Date: 24th July 1979

Set number: P557

A Swindon Cross-Country 3-Car Class 120 DMU formed of cars W51578, W59580 & W51587 was stood at Teignmouth with a Paignton to Exeter St Davids 'all stations' service on July 24th 1979. When this image was recorded the set was allocated to Plymouth Laira depot. The unit would move briefly to Cardiff Canton in 1980, but by 1982 was working in the North West working from Newton Heath. It remained there until 1986, when the set was transferred North of the Border to Ayr for its final stint of operation. The unit was scrapped in 1988. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 3rd September 1984

Class 120 Cross-Country set M51587 + M59580 + M51578 at Ormskirk waiting to leave with the 18:32 to Preston, 3/9/84. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 3rd September 1984

At Ormskirk on 3/9/84 are M51578 + M59580 + M51587 waiting to leave Ormskirk with the 18:32 to Preston. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 30th September 1984

Swindon Class 120 3-car DMU 51587 + 59580 + 51578 stabled on Chester depot on 30-9-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 28th July 1985

A three-car Swindon Cross-Country DMU with Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M51578 leading (and centre car 59580), was arriving at Rufford with a Preston to Ormskirk service on July 25th 1985. These were the days when during the evening peak, the passing loop at Rufford enabled two units to pass. There used to be three different DMU's that worked to Ormskirk in that late afternoon/early evening period. The first, in the late afternoon would be a West Yorkshire set (101 or 110) that had worked to Preston from Leeds, whilst the second would be the regular unit that had been running back and forth all day, the third being a Class 120 off a Manchester - Blackpool working, bringing the non- too common sight of a Swindon Cross-Country DMU to the Ormskirk line. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 28th December 1985

A grimy-looking three-car Swindon 'Cross-Country' DMU formed of cars M51578, M59580 & M51587, was stood on the Up Slow at Leyland station with a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service on December 28th 1985. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: September 1986

Set number: 101323

A Class 101 and 120 formation at Stirling in September 1986. The leading set is 101323, formed of only one 101 (51251) and two 120s (59580 and 51587). The rear unit is a three-car Class 101. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 13th December 1986

Set number: 617

Two 3-car Class 120s in Haymarket depot, the closest being set 617 (M53706 + M59580 + M53652), along with Met-Camm and suburban sets. Hamish Stevenson.