Vehicle 59257
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 25/01/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| Nov-83 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) | - also noted as W 06/02/83 |
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50714 | 59257 | 50676 | Noted 19/09/71 - in Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59257 | 50676 | Noted 17/12/71 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50713 | 59257 | 50657 | Noted 13/08/1973 - at Leicester2 | ||||||
| EP598 | 50708 | 59257 | 50692 | Noted 02/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street2 | |||||
| 50703 | 59257 | 50654 | Noted 25/01/1976 - on 16:20 Crewe to Derby2 | ||||||
| EP581 | 50703 | 59257 | 50654 | Noted 30/04/76 - at Peterborough3 | |||||
| 50703 | 59257 | 50654 | Noted 20/08/76 - on 1255 Norwich-Birmingham New Street with 50560 + 59227 + 50585 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59257 | 50654 | Noted 18/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59257 | 50654 | Noted 21/02/77 - at Lincoln1 | ||||||
| 50737 | 59257 | 50651 | Noted 02/07/77 - on 1715 Nottingham-Derby | ||||||
| EP510 | 50713 | 59257 | 50667 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP510 | 50713 | 59257 | 50667 | Noted 05/06/82 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| 51893 | 59257 | Noted 17/04/90 - on services from Marylebone with 54224 + 516574 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Aaron Calder
Images:
9th June 1979
Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country centre car M59257 seen at Derby on the 9th June 1979. The power car on the right is M50651. Malcolm Clements.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 9th June 1979
M50651 at Derby on the 9th June 1979. M59257 is behind. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 25th May 1985
Set number: EP510
For the 1985 Summer timetable an 06.37 Saturdays Only Stratford-upon-Avon to London Paddington train was introduced. Contrary to a rumour started by one of the station staff at Stratford this was not a class 50-hauled train to match the weekdays Paddington to Birmingham express which ran via Hatton but a DMU formed on most occasions of a pair of 3 coach Tyseley class 166 units. On 25 May 1985 I saw the ECS arriving from my then home's kitchen window and went to the station to capture this view of a pair of Derby-based class 120s led by EP510 (probably 50713 + 59257 + 50667) in platform 2 with 55012 heading a 3 coach class 116 in P3. It was common practice at the time for Tyseley to use whatever resources they had available but this was the only time that I saw anything but class 116 units on this train. Peter Tandy.