Vehicle 59583
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-63 | Depot code change | 84A | |
| May-69 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| Nov-70 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | LA | |
| 30/06/74 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 3w/e 07/05/77 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 2w/e 12/01/80 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Mar-80 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 2w/e 10/05/80 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 04/01/82 | 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| 11/05/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |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:
| 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Noted 12/08/68 | ||||||
| BL513 | 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Noted circa Dec-69 - in blue grey livery | |||||
| 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Transfer to 84A - 5w/e 05/12/70 | ||||||
| LA500 | 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Noted March 1971 | |||||
| LA500 | 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Listed at Laira - circa May-71 | |||||
| 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Noted 18/11/1973 - Plymouth Railway Circle The Didcot Railtour | ||||||
| P556 | 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Noted 24/08/74 - on 2B16 0800 Cardiff-Bristol TM | |||||
| P556 | 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Noted 07/09/74 - on 2V67 1600 Crewe-Cardiff with 55026 + C516 | |||||
| C556 | 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Noted 23/12/74 - on 2C46 1600 Weymouth-Cardiff with B468 + C506 | |||||
| C556 | 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Noted 08/01/75 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C512 | |||||
| C556 | 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Noted 19/06/75 - on 2B46 1615 Cardiff-Bristol TM | |||||
| C556 | 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Noted 02/08/75 - on 2C54 2035 Weston SM-Cardiff with C311 and P800 | |||||
| C556 | 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport1 | |||||
| C556 | 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Noted 30/08/76 - on 2Z75 1035 Newport-Cardiff Relief | ||||||
| 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Transfer to LA - 3w/e 07/05/77 | ||||||
| P556 | 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Listed at LA - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| 556 | 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Transfer to CF - 2w/e 12/01/80 | |||||
| 556 | 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Transfer to LA - Mar-80 | |||||
| P556 | 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Listed at LA - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 556 | 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Transfer to CF - 2w/e 10/05/80 | |||||
| NH463 | 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Noted circa 05/19822 | |||||
| NH463 | 51586 | 59583 | 51577 | Noted circa 10/1982 - operating from Newton Heath, previously C5562 | |||||
| 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Noted 21/02/19832 | ||||||
| 51577 | 59583 | 51586 | Noted 11/03/1984 - LCGB Staffordshire Ranger Railtour 53974-59387-51934 + 51586-59583-51577 | ||||||
| 53728 | 59583 | 53681 | Formation change - NH - circa Sep-85 | ||||||
| 53728 | 59583 | 53681 | Noted 14/01/86 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
Images:
29th June 1986
M59583 is one of several DMU vehicles to be seen at Vic Berry's yard in Leicester on 29/6/86, as well as M29566M. Ian Francis.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 8th September 1973
Set number: P556
Swindon Cross-Country DMU set P556 (presumably 51586 + 59583 + 51577) is calling at Axminster with the 18.03 from Exeter on 8 September 1973. Tom Burnham.
Date: 16th August 1975
Set number: C556
Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU set C556 (W51586 and presumably 59583 + 51577) departs from Whitland on 18 August 1975 with the 13:33 service to Pembroke Dock. Robert Thomas.
Date: 15th July 1977
Set number: P556
Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU set P556 (presumably 51577 + 59583 + 51586) at Dawlish on 15 July 1977. George Woods.
Date: 24th February 1979
Set number: P556
Plymouth-allocated class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU P556 (presumably 51586 + 59583 + 51577) in the platform at St Ives on February 24, 1979. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 30th April 1979
Set number: P556
At Newquay on 30 April 1979 is Laira set P556 that which that day comprised W51577, W59583 and W51586 which we had taken up the branch from Par. Alistair Ness.
Date: 3rd June 1982
Set number: C556
Still carrying a Cardiff set number and W prefixes, W51577 + W59583 + W51586 are seen at York on June 3, 1983. They had been transferred to Newton Heath that January. John Carter.
Date: 10th March 1984
On 10 March 1984, the LCGB "Staffordshire Ranger" rail tour is seen at Cheddleton station with a three-car Swindown Works "cross-country" and a Derby Works class 108 three-car. Six Bells Junction notes the vehicles as 51586 + 59583 + 51577 / 53974 + 59387 + 51934. Jeremy Chapter.