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Vehicle 59588

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	82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
Jun-64	Transferred to	84A (Laira)
Jul-65	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)
Mar-66	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)	- from where?
06/05/73	Depot code change	BR
5w/e 02/02/74	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
20/06/82	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
Oct-85	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50739	59588	50695	Noted circa Feb-68 - in blue grey with full yellow ends
	50739	59588	50695	Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street¹
	50739	59588	50695	Noted 20/11/71 - on Bristol Marsh Junction depot¹
B551	50739	59588	50695	Noted 02/11/72
	50739	59588	50695	Noted 10/05/73 - at Church Rd, Edgbaston¹
C505	50715	59588	50665	Noted 01/03/74 - on 20:00 Swansea-Cardiff
C504	50715	59588	50665	Noted 25/05/74 - on 2M67 1135 Cardiff-Crewe attached 55025 and C520 50674 + 59278 + 50723
C504	50715	59588	50665	Noted 15/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth with B462 + P581
C504	50715	59588	50665	Noted 18/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth with B572 51054 + 59413 + 51082 and B580 51066 + 59425 + 51094
	50739	59588	50696	Noted 28/08/1974 - at Swansea²
C505	50715	59588	50665	Noted 29/08/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with B552 51573 + 59285 + 51582
P558	51579	59588	51588	Noted 10/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C600
C505	50715	59588	50665	Noted 05/02/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Newport with 56289 + C526
C558	51579	59588	51588	Noted 08/03/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with C530
C505	50715	59588	50665	Noted 10/04/75 - on 1A41 1452 Swansea-Paddington with 56289 + C512
C505	50715	59588	50665	Noted 28/04/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with C560
C505	50715	59588	50665	Noted 28/04/75 - on 2C36 1650 Newport-Swansea
C558	51579	59588	51588	Noted 29/04/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff attached to 56289 + C502
C558	51579	59588	51588	Noted 03/07/75 - on 2C34 1433 Weston SM-Cardiff
C558	51579	59588	51588	Noted 03/07/75 - on 2B46 1625 Cardiff-Bristol TM
C554	50739	59588	50695	Noted 18/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street ³
C515	50739	59588	50695	Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C505	50715	59588	50665	Noted 26/06/76 - on 2B36 1415 Cardiff-Bristol TM
C505	50715	59588	50665	Noted 03/09/76 - on 0735 Hereford-Cardiff
	50716	59588	50695	Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff¹
C515	50739	59588	50695	Noted 28/05/1977 - Branch Line Society Daucleddau and Dyfed Railtour
C515	50739	59588	50695	Noted 15/07/77 - on 0539 Newport-Chepstow with C560
C506	50715	59588	50665	Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C506	50715	59588	50665	Noted 13/05/1978 - R.C.T.S. Midland Welshman No.2 Railtour
C506	50715	59588	50665	Noted 16/07/1978 - Cardiff Central⁴
C506	50715	59588	50665	Noted 27/08/1978 - Llanelli⁴
C506	50715	59588	50665	Noted 28/08/78 - on 2C74 1610 Swansea-Pembroke Dock with C613
C506	50715	59588	50665	Noted 16/04/1979 - at Swansea⁴
C504	50715	59588	50665	Listed at CF - 03/03/80
C504	50715	59588	50665	Noted 28/10/1980 - At Carmarthen⁴
558	51579	59588	51588	Formation change - w/e 13/12/80
558	51579	59588	51588	Noted 17/10/1981 - Branch Line Society The Red Dragon Railtour
	51579	59588	51588	Noted 19/07/1982⁵
C558	51579	59588	51588	Noted circa 10/1982 - operating from Newton Heath⁵
	51579	59588	51588	Noted circa 06/1983⁵
	51579	59588	51588	Noted 23/12/1983 - at Manchester Victoria⁵

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: spring 1973

Set number: B551

Class 120 DMU set B551 (presumably 50695 + 59588 + 50739) seen in Hagley station in spring 1973. Michael Mensing.

Date: 28th May 1977

Set number: C515

The Branch Line Society Daucleddau and Dyfed railtour at Neath Canal Side on 28 May 1977, formed of Class 120 DMU set C515 (50739 + 59588 + 50695). Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 28th May 1977

Set number: C515

The Branch Line Society Daucleddau and Dyfed railtour at Trecwn, Pembrokeshire, on 28 May 1977. Class 120 DMU set C515 was formed of 50695 + 59588 + 50739. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 13th May 1978

Set number: C506

Class 120 set C506 (50715 + 59588 + 50665) set is seen at Nantgarw Coking Ovens on the Railway Corrspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) "Midland Welshman No. 2" railtour from Cardiff to various branch lines on May 13, 1978. Jeremy Chapter.

Date: 13th May 1978

Set number: C506

This is the RCTS "Midland Welshman No 2" railtour at Porth on 13 May 1978. These Swindon-built cross-country units were very comfortable and sought after for railtours where higher capacity was not needed. Car W50715 is nearest the camera, the other vehicles are W59588 + W50665. Jeremy Chapter.

Date: circa May 1979

Set number: C506

Class 120 set C506 (50715 and presumably 59588 + 50665) on Swindon Works. The slide process date was May 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 5th September 1981

Set number: C558

A Swindon Class 120 three-car 'Cross-Country' DMU formed of cars W51588, W59588 & W51579 (558), was down to walking pace as it was climbing the Lickey Incline with a Worcester to Birmingham New Street service on September 5th 1981. At the time, the set was allocated to Cardiff Canton, but in the following year, 1982, the set was transferred to the North West operating from Newton Heath Depot. Martyn Hilbert.

Date: 7th November 1984

Class 120 DMU 51588 + 59588 + 51579 at Newton Heath Depot, Manchester, on 7-11-84. Spannerman37025.

Date: 24th November 1984

Class 120 Swindon 3-car DMU 51579 + 59588 + 51588 ready to form the 10-06 back to Manchester Victoria at Blackburn on 24-11-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

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