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Vehicle 59293


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

w/e 04/10/58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
Sep-63Depot code change86A
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
12/01/84 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)
Feb-85 Reinstated DY (Derby Etches Park) - in traffic from 8/84
Mar-85 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)

Notes

Dec-83 - Officially withdrawn, but still in traffic during December at DY.

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


CDF527 50734 59293 50685 Noted Feb-62
EP479 50719 59293 50685 Noted circa Jun-69
50719 59293 50685 Noted 02/01/70 - in Sheffield Midland1
50734 59293 50651 Noted 30/10/70 - at Birmingham New Street2
50734 59293 50651 Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street2
50734 59293 50651 Noted 03/09/71 - at Norwich on 18:20 to Birmingham New Street2
50743 59293 50654 Noted 19/05/72 - in Birmingham New Street2
50718 59293 50655 Noted 02/09/73 - at Cambridge1
50703 59293 50671 Noted 17/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
50737 59293 50671 Noted 04/09/76 - on 1220 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks
50714 59293 50678 Noted 06/06/81 - at Norwich1
EP522 50714 59293 50678 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP522 50714 59293 50678 Noted circa 06/19823
EP522 53714 59293 53678 Noted circa 12/19833
EP522 53714 59293 53678 Noted circa 05/19843
EP522 53714 59293 53678 Noted 22nd August 1984

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 29th July 1983

Set number: EP522

A three car Swindon Cross Country DMU (set EP522 - M53678 + M59293 + M53714) awaits departure from Bedford Midland with the 16:21 service to Kettering on Friday 29th July 1983. By this date the Midland main line had been electrified as far as Bedford and these trains provided an onward connection to Kettering. Brian McDevitt.

DMU

Date: 22nd August 1984

Set number: EP522

EP522 (53678 + 59293 + 53714) at Leicester on 22/8/84. Jerry Glover.

DMU

Date: 24th November 1984

Set number: EP522

Cross-Country set EP522 (53714 + 59293 + 53678) at Derby on Saturday 24/11/84. Mel Holley.

DMU

Date: 15th November 1985

Set number: EP522

53714 at the rear of EP522 53714 + 59293 + 53678 at Alsager 15.11.1985 on a Crewe-Derby train Martin Baumann.