Vehicle 59587
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
| Mar-61 | New to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| by Jun-62 | Transferred to | 83D (Laira) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 84A | |
| 8w/e 01/06/68 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 2w/e 28/02/71 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| Oct-71 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BR | |
| 30/06/74 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 29/11/81 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 13/04/86 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
| 27/04/86 | Withdrawn from | CA (Cambridge) |
Notes
27th December 1987 - Seen in Tinsley Yard
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| BL514 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted circa Dec-69 - in blue grey livery | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Transfer to 84A - 2w/e 28/02/71 | ||||||
| LA503 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted March 1971 | |||||
| LA503 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Listed at Laira - circa Apr-71 - ex-BL514 | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 13/11/71 - at Bristol1 | ||||||
| B560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 18/03/1972 - R.C.T.S. Rhymney Railtour 51581-59587-51585 + 51094-59425-51066 | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 05/10/72 - at Pritchatts Rd, Edgbaston1 | ||||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 01/07/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads2 | ||||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 05/07/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads2 | ||||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 16/08/1973 - at Gloucester3 | ||||||
| B560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 31/08/74 - on 2C14 0725 Hereford-Swansea | |||||
| C560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 02/09/74 - at Gloucester Eastgate4 | |||||
| B560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 12/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C516 | |||||
| B560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 17/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C506 | |||||
| C560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 04/03/75 - on 2C09 1430 Swansea-Newport with C557 | |||||
| C560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 28/04/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with C505 | |||||
| C560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot4 | |||||
| B560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 09/01/76 - on 2C10 0654 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff | |||||
| C560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 10/06/76 - on 2C53 1945 Pembroke Dock-Swansea | |||||
| C560 | 51581 | 59587 | 50674 | Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham New Street4 | |||||
| C560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 20/01/77 - on 2C38 1630 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff | |||||
| C560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 09/05/77 - on 2B50 1600 Cardiff-Bristol TM | |||||
| C560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 15/07/77 - on 0539 Newport-Chepstow with C515 | |||||
| C560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 23/08/1978 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| C560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 13/09/78 - on 2C71 0520 Carmarthen-Swansea | |||||
| C560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 24/03/1979 - at Swansea5 | |||||
| C560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 13/04/1979 - at Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| C560 | 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted 18/09/81 - on 19.50 Cardiff - Bristol TM6 | ||||||
| 51585 | 59587 | 51581 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 07.15 Manchester Victoria to Blackpool with 51127-564537 | ||||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted circa 02/1983 - operating from Newton Heath, previously C5607 | ||||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Noted circa 06/19857 | ||||||
| 51581 | 59587 | 51585 | Listed at NH - circa Jan-86 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Phil Shatford
7: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
Several DMU vehicles on Plymouth Laira depot circa mid-1960s. From left to right: A Swindon centre car which seems to be W59587, a Pressed Steel single car, a Cross-Country power car (appears to be Swindon-built) and a suburban vehicle. Keith Miller.
Date: 18th March 1972
Set number: B560
RCTS Rhymney Rail Tour on the 18th of March 1972 at Ocean and Taff Merthyr Colliery. The formation was 51581/59587/51585 + 51094/59425/51066. The KDH Archive.
Date: 18th March 1972
Set number: B560
RCTS Rhymney Rail Tour on 18th of March 1972 at Nelson and Llancaiach (closed in 1964). The formation was 51581/59587/51585 + 51094/59425/51066. The KDH Archive.
Date: 18th March 1972
Set number: B560
The RCTS Rhymney Rail Tour at Bargoed on 18th March 1972. Class 37 D6998 is on the front of the failed DMUs (51581/59587/51585 + 51094/59425/51066). The KDH Archive.
Date: 18th March 1972
Set number: B560
The RCTS Rhymney Rail Tour on 18th March 1972, with D6998 and the failed DMUs (51581/59587/51585 + 51094/59425/51066) at McLaren Colliery. The KDH Archive.
Date: 18th March 1972
Set number: B560
The RCTS Rhymney Rail Tour on 18th March 1972, with D6998 and the failed DMUs (51581/59587/51585 + 51094/59425/51066) at McLaren Colliery. The KDH Archive.
Date: 18th March 1972
Set number: B560
The RCTS Rhymney Rail Tour on 18th March 1972, with D6998 and the failed DMUs (51581/59587/51585 + 51094/59425/51066) at McLaren Colliery. The KDH Archive.
Date: 18th March 1972
Set number: B560
The RCTS Rhymney Rail Tour at Nelson and Llancaiach on 18 March 1972. It was formed of Class 120 set B560 (presumably 51581 + 59587 + 51585) and a Class 119 (presumably 51094 + 59425 + 51066). Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 11th June 1977
Set number: C560
Two Class 120 DMUs at Welshpool on the 11th June 1977 . The closest set (C560, W51585 and 59587 + presumably 51581) is a three-car, the far set just a two-car. The Mid Walesman was run by the Gwili Railway Preservation Society from Swansea to Welshpool out via Hereford returning by the Central Wales Line. Robert Thomas.
Date: 1979
Set number: C560
Swindon Class 120 Cross-Country set C560 (presumably 51585 + 59587 + 51581) at Avoncliff in mid-1979. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1979
Set number: C560
Class 120 DMU set C560 (presumably 51585 + 59587 + 51581) with a three-car Class 101 on the rear at Bruton on the Bristol - Weymouth line sometime in 1979. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1979
Set number: C560
Class 120 DMU set C560 (51585 and presumably 59587 + 51581) at Castle Carry in mid-1979. Michael Mensing.
Date: 5th May 1979
Set number: C560
Next to the stock of a railtour class 120 set C560 (51581, 59587 & 51585) arrives at Pembroke Dock on 5th May 1979. Ian Buck.
Date: 21st July 1979
Set number: C560
Swindon Cross-Country DMU set C560 (51585 and presumably 59587 + 51581) is working with a Met-Camm DMU when seen at Westbury on 21st July, 1979. Michael Mensing.
Date: 22nd August 1981
Set number: C560
Class 120 set C560 (presumably 51585 + 59587 + 51581) with a Class 119 at Swindon on 22-8-81. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 16th March 1982
A set formed of 51581, 59587, & 51585 is caught at Blackpool North on the 16th March 1982. Note the oval buffers and the damage to the lower cab on the drivers side. Jerry Glover.
Date: 1st June 1985
M51581, M59587, M51585, M53666, M59286, M53712 awaiting departure from Bolton with the 1155 Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria 1st June 1985. Keith Long.
Date: 1st June 1985
M53712, M59286, M53666, M51585, M59587, M51581 depart Bolton with the 1155 Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria 1st June 1985. Keith Long.
Date: 17th February 1986
Class 120 unit 51581 + 59587 + 51585 has arrived at Manchester Victoria from Blackpool North on 17th February 1986. The driver making his way along the platform rubs his hands, presumably not with glee at seeing a comfortable former Western Region-allocated Swindon Cross-Country three-car unit, but most likely from the bone-biting cold of the day. The two motor coaches from this unit were converted to a parcels set just three months later. Gordon Edgar.