Vehicle 59581
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-63 | Depot code change | 84A | |
| Nov-70 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| Dec-71 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| 29/11/81 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 11/05/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with small yellow panel | ||||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted circa Dec-67 - in plain blue with small yellow panel | ||||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted 12/08/70 - at Plymouth1 | ||||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Transfer to 82A - 5w/e 05/12/70 | ||||||
| 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Noted 20/11/71 - at Gloucester2 | ||||||
| C508 | 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Noted 05/09/74 - at Severn Tunnel Junction1 | |||||
| C508 | 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot1 | |||||
| C503 | 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C503 | 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C503 | 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Noted 26/02/1979 - at Cardiff Central3 | |||||
| C503 | 50700 | 59581 | 50659 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 554 | 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Formation change - w/e 13/12/80 - 59581 added | |||||
| NH462 | 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| NH462 | 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria4 | |||||
| NH462 | 51584 | 59581 | 51575 | Noted circa 10/1982 - operating from Newton Heath, previously C554 set.4 | |||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Arrived Manchester Victoria as 06.38 ex Wigan via Atherton.4 | ||||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted circa 04/19844 | ||||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Listed at NH - circa Jan-86 | ||||||
| TS415 | 51870 | 59581 | 59353 | 53921 | Noted 16/08/87 - at Norwich1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 18th August 1979
Set number: C503
A Class 120 (C503, 50711 and presumably 59581 + 50658) and Class 101 (a TBS set) at Fairwood Junction on 18 August 1979. The formation is diverging from the avoiding line towards Westbury. With Cardiff Central on the destination blind it is probably a Weymouth to Cardiff service. Michael Mensing.
Date: 12th April 1985
On 12th April 1985, just a month before withdrawal on the outskirts of Skipton is a Swindon Cross-Country class 120 dmu set, comprising of cars M51575 + M59581 + M51584, which has either worked in over the Settle & Carlisle line or the Little North Western from Lancaster. These units were not common along here, this is the only time I think I saw one, it's certainly the only photogragh I have of one along here! Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 22nd February 1986
One of the stylish and well-appointed Swindon Class 120 'Cross-Country' DMU's was stabled between duties in Croft Street Sidings at Preston on February 22nd 1986. The Newton Heath allocated three-car set was formed of cars M51575, M59581 & M51584 and had been transferred from the Western Region in 1982. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 12th April 1986
A Class 120 DMU formed of 51575 + 59581 + 51584 seen in Ribblehead station on 12 April 1986. John Carter.
Date: 12th April 1986
A Class 120 DMU formed of 51584 + 59581 + 51575 heads away from Ribblehead station on 12 April 1986. John Carter.