Vehicle 59282

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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

2w/e 14/06/58	New to	86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88A
Sep-63	Depot code change	86A
May-69	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)
2w/e 09/01/71	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CF
w/e 13/12/80	Transferred to	DY (Derby Etches Park)
03/05/81	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
3w/e 17/05/82	Transferred to	RG (Reading)
2w/e 14/05/86	Withdrawn from	RG (Reading)
Aug-86	Reinstated	RG (Reading)
Jun-88	Withdrawn from	RG (Reading)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 31/01/1983 released in blue/grey livery - C3 overhaul and partial refurbishment

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50700	59282	50659						Transfer to 86A - 2w/e 09/01/71
CTN506	50703	59282	50659						Listed at Canton - circa Feb-71
	50700	59282	50659						Noted 20/03/71 - at Leicester1
CTN506	50700	59282	50659						Listed at Canton - circa Apr-71
	50700	59282	50659						Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport2
	50700	59282	50659						Noted 23/08/1971 - at Abergavenny2
	50700	59282	50659						Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2
	50700	59282	50659						Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport2
	50700	59282	50659						Noted 13/10/72 - at Pritchatts Rd, Edgbaston1
	50700	59282	50659						Noted 20/02/73 - at Church Road, Edgbaston1
	50700	59282	50659						Noted 09/05/73 - at Church Rd, Edgbaston1
	50700	59282	50659						Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central 3
C506	50700	59282	50659						Noted 09/08/1975 - at Birmingham New Street3
C504	50700	59282	50659						Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C504	50700	59282	50668						Noted 04/09/76 - at Carmarthen4
C504	50700	59282	50659						Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C504	50700	59282	50659						Noted 12/01/1978 - Cardiff Central5
C502	50711	59282	50658						Listed at CF - 03/03/80
L571	51052	59282	51080						Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L571	51052	59282	51080						Listed at RG - 01/01/85
	54280	51052	59282	51080					Noted circa 11/19856
L571	51052	59282	51080						Listed at RG - circa Jan-86
L426	51364	59282	51406						Formation change - RG - circa Aug-86 - 59282 replaced 59516
L426	51364	59282	51406						Noted 13/09/1986 - at Old Oak Common7
	51364	59282	51406						Noted 07/02/87 - on 13:03 Paddington - Maidenhead8
L592	51071	59282	51101						Noted 10/02/19886
L592	51071	59282	51101						Formation change - RG - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 59282 replaced 59530
L592	51071	59282	51101						Noted 04/04/88 - at Royal Oak4

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton
8: Martin Baumann

Images:

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3rd August 1975

Set number: C506

The Branch Line Society South Wales Wanderer railtour at Gorseinon Coal Yard on 3 August 1975. Ex-works Class 120 set C506 was used, and this view shows centre caw W59282 and the DMSL is presumably W50659. Note the text on the two right hand bogies and the substantial chunk of text on the solebar of the DMSL to the right of the nearest bogie. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: unknown

Set number: L571

Arriving at Guildford from Reading class 119 set L571 with 51080 closest and presumably 59282 + 51052. Ian Buck.

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Date: 22nd March 1984

Set number: L571

Class 119 set L571 (51052 and presumably 59282 + 51080) at Redhill on 22nd March 1984. These sets were especially modified for working the Reading to Gatwick Airport semi fast services by converting the old buffet area in the trailer and the guards van into luggage areas. Ian Buck.

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Date: 16th April 1988

Set number: L592

Class 119 DMU L592, at Redhill, 16 April 1988. 51071 leads, presumably with 59282 (a 120) + 51101. Nigel Menzies.

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Date: 28th October 1990

Set number: N672

M53511, M54179 and W59282 at Vic Berrys, Leicester, 28-10-90. Kevin Dowd.