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Vehicle 59582


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

Jan-61 New to 84E (Tyseley)
by Jun-62 Transferred to 83D (Laira)
Sep-63Depot code change84A
May-69 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
May-70 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
Nov-70 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
06/05/73Depot code changeBR
w/e 07/06/75 Transferred to LA (Laira)
w/e 03/05/80 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
20/06/82 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
11/05/86 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51579 59582 51581 Noted 20/05/61 - in Birmingham Snow Hill. Two DMBCs.
BL512 51576 59582 51590 Noted circa Dec-69 - in blue grey livery
51576 59582 51590 Transfer to 84A - May-70
51576 59582 51590 Transfer to 82A - 5w/e 05/12/70
51576 59582 51590 Noted 24/08/1971 - at Bristol1
51576 59582 51590 Noted 20/11/71 - at Gloucester2
51576 59582 51590 Noted 23/02/73 - at Church Road, Edgbaston2
51576 59582 51590 Noted 05/07/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads1
B555 51576 59582 51590 Noted 07/10/74 - on 2C46 1600 Weymouth-Cardiff with B577
B555 51576 59582 51590 Noted 09/03/75 - on 2B33 1200 Cardiff-Cheltenham Spa
51576 59582 51590 Transfer to LA - w/e 07/06/75
P555 51576 59582 51590 Listed at LA - 01/05/1976
P555 51576 59582 51590 Listed at LA - 31st December 1977
P555 51576 59582 51590 Listed at LA - 03/03/80
555 51576 59582 51590 Transfer to CF - w/e 03/05/80
C555 51576 59582 51590 Noted 15/10/1980 - Worked 1650 Barry to Barry Island and back to Cardiff3
C555 51576 59582 51590 Noted 07/11/1980 - at Ebbw Junction EJ3
51576 59582 51590 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria, still branded C5554
51576 59582 51590 Noted circa 03/1983 - operating from Newton Heath, previously C555 set.4
50466 59582 51590 Noted circa 04/19834
51576 59582 51590 Noted circa 10/19834
51576 59582 51590 Listed at NH - circa Jan-86

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 27th March 1971

The GWS / Wirral Railway Circle Somerset Rambler III tour at Merehead Quarry on 27 March 1971. Closest is W51576 and its partners are presumably W59582 + W51590. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: P555

Swindon Cross-Country DMU set P555 (51576 leads, presumably with 59582 + 51590) just entering Totnes from Rattery bank in the early 1970s. John Jarvis.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: B555

Set B555 (presumably 51576 + 59582 + 51590) at Castlecary. Date not given, but it looks circa mid-70s. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: April 1975

Set number: B555

Set B555 at Maiden Newton, 51590 leading, presumably with 59582 + 51576. April 1975. Robert Frise Collection.

DMU

Date: 10th March 1976

Set number: P555

P555 (51590 + 59582 + 51576) in Exmouth station on the evening of Wednesday, 10th of March 1976 with the 20:55 to Exeter. Arnie Furniss.

DMU

Date: 1977

Set number: P555

Swindon Cross-Country set P555 (presumably 51576 + 59582 + 51590) at St Ives in 1977. Walter Burt.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: B555

Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country set B555 heads away from the camera at Maiden Newton. Date unknown, 51590 leading, presumably with 59582 + 51576. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 24th July 1979

Set number: P555

A three-car Swindon Cross-Country DMU was leading a six-car DMU formation at Teignmouth on an Exeter St Davids to Paignton service on July 24th 1979. Set No. P555 was formed of cars W51590, W59582 & W51576. The set was one of the Western Region 120's transferred to Newton Heath Depot in the early 1980's. The second set appears to be a DMBS/centre car from a 3-car with a bubble car on the rear. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 20th December 1980

Set number: 555

Class 120 Cross-Country set 555 (51590 and presumably 59582 + 51576) sits in the platform at Carmarthen as does 37 182 and some Mark Is. On the left the unique Booth car 1106 destined for the Gwili Railway has been craned onto a truck without bogies, and a siding contains a rake of postal vehicles.20th December 1980. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 21st March 1981

Set number: 555

Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country set 555 (51590 and presumably 59582 + 51576) is seen at Yeovil Pen Mill with a Cardiff - Weymouth service on 21 March 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: P555

Class 120 DMU set P555 (51576 + 59582 + 51590) passes along the seawall at Dawlish, date unknown. Glyn Weigh.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: B555

Swindon Cross-Country set B555 heads away from Castlecary, undated but probably mid-1970s. 51590 leading, presumably with 59582 + 51576. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: August 1982

Set number: C555

Cardiff Class 120 set C555 (51590 + 59582 + 51576) was transferred to Newton Heath in June 1982. It is seen at Manchester Victoria a few weeks later in August 1982. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 21st August 1982

Set number: C555

A Class 120 DMU carrying set number C555 (51590 + 59582 + 51576) with a Class 104 on the rear is seen at Salwick on 21 August 1982. John Horne Collection.

DMU

Date: 9th February 1986

In its last few months of passenger traffic, a Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country set with vehicles 51576 + 59582 + 51590 in seen in platform 13 of Manchester Victoria with the 17:30 Manchester Victoria - Blackpool North service on 9 February 1986. At the start of the summer timetable on May 11 the centre car would be withdrawn and the power cars would be transferred to parcel use. On the right is a Class 108 with Leeds on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 9th February 1986

Sunday 9th February 1986, at 16:12, and Class 120 DMU vehicles 51576 59582 51590 are seen at Manchester Victoria. Van no. 84096 is attached to the rear. Graeme Phillips Collection.