Vehicle 59259
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 22/02/58 | 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 | |
| 12/01/84 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Notes
29th January 1958 - New at Swindon Carriage Works.
Dec-83 - Officially withdrawn, but still in traffic during December at DY.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50657 | 59259 | 50658 | Noted 29th January 1958 - On trial | ||||||
| CDF504 | 50713 | 59259 | 50655 | Noted circa Oct-59 | |||||
| 50731 | 59259 | 50678 | Noted 14/08/70 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50731 | 59259 | 50678 | Noted 04/1971 - at Water Orton2 | ||||||
| 50737 | 59259 | 50687 | Noted 20/11/71 - in Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 50737 | 59259 | 50671 | Noted 08/07/72 - at Thetford1 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59259 | 50651 | Noted 14/01/73 - at Derby3 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59259 | 50651 | Noted 14/08/1973 - at Nuneaton2 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59259 | 50663 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street4 | ||||||
| EP584 | 50719 | 59259 | 50663 | Noted 10/08/74 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| EP584 | 50719 | 59259 | 50663 | Noted 30/08/74 - at Derby1 | |||||
| 50717 | 59259 | 50692 | Noted 20/12/74 - on 1252 Norwich-Birmingham NS | ||||||
| 50743 | 59259 | 50680 | Noted 07/07/1975 - at Loughborough2 | ||||||
| 50743 | 59259 | 50680 | Noted 13/09/1975 - 08:47 Nottingham to Grantham2 | ||||||
| 50709 | 59259 | 50680 | Noted 05/08/77 - on 2E84 2054 Derby-Lincoln St Marks | ||||||
| 50709 | 59259 | 50680 | Noted 10/09/77 - at Aberystwyth1 | ||||||
| 50725 | 59259 | 50669 | Noted 14/01/81 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 50725 | 59259 | 50669 | Noted 15/08/81 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 50725 | 59259 | 50671 | Noted 06/04/82 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| EP511 | 50725 | 59259 | 50665 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP516 | 50730 | 59259 | 51794 | Noted circa 03/19835 | |||||
| EP516 | 53730 | 59259 | 51794 | Noted circa 06/19835 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Eddie Knorn
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