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Vehicle 59289


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

Sep-58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
by Jun-62 Transferred to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
Jan-64 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
Jun-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
by Oct-65 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
Jan-86 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)
Feb-86 Reinstated DY (Derby Etches Park)
16/02/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
Mar-87 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
Oct-87 Withdrawn

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50730 59289 50677 Noted 29/07/67 - R.C.T.S. Ten Counties Scenic Railtour 50668 + 59285 + 50715 / 50730 + 59289 + 50677
50703 59289 50650 Noted 07/1971 - at Water Orton1
50703 59289 50650 Noted 21/08/71 - at Derby2
50703 59289 50680 Noted 07/11/71 - in Birmingham New Street2
50703 59289 50680 Noted 13/11/71 - in Birmingham New Street2
50703 59289 50663 Noted 30/04/72 - in Birmingham New Street2
50703 59289 50663 Noted 05/08/72 - at Thetford3
50703 59289 50663 Noted 03/11/72 - in Birmingham New Street2
50725 59289 50676 Noted 20/05/73
50725 59289 50676 Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street4
EP487 50725 59289 50676 Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford3
EP589 50736 59289 50676 Noted 04/08/74 - at Cambridge3
EP597 50708 59289 50692 Noted 10/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50708 59289 50692 Noted 12/06/76 - at Ely3
EP485 50708 59289 50692 Noted 16/10/76 - at Bury St Edmunds, 50692 had set number EP5983
50717 59289 50684 Noted 28/05/77 - on 2255 Nuneaton-Coventry
50717 59289 50684 Noted 06/08/77 - on 2E85 0555 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks
EP528 50717 59289 50653 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP528 50717 59289 50653 Noted circa 09/19825
EP528 50717 59289 50653 Noted 23/04/1983 - BLS Wyvern Express Railtour 53656-59531-53725 + 50717-59289-50653
53717 59289 53653 Noted 21/07/84 - at Norwich3
53717 59289 53653 Noted circa 07/19855
53717 59289 53653 Noted 22/11/85 - on 20:25 Crewe - Nottingham service6
528 53722 59289 53653 Formation change - AY - Mar-86
53722 59289 53653 Noted 2nd April 1986
528 53722 59289 53653 Noted 1st May 1986
528 53722 59289 53653 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
53722 59289 53653 Noted 19th June 1986
528 53722 59289 53650 Formation change - circa Jul-86 - 53650 (ex-521) replaced 53653 (to 521)
528 53722 59289 53653 Noted 3rd July 1986
528 53722 59289 53670 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
519 53737 59289 53679 Formation change - circa Dec-86
535 53733 59289 53654 Listed at HA - 23/03/87
533 53700 59289 53682 Noted circa 04/19875
533 53700 59289 53682 Noted 02/05/19875
533 53700 59289 53682 Noted 21/05/19875
533 53700 59289 53682 Noted 27th June 1987

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 23rd April 1983

The Branch Line Society Wyvern Express railtour at Sinfin Central on 23 April 1983. M53656 is closest, the Six Bells website lists the other vehicles as 59531 + 53725 and 50717 + 59289 + 50653. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 23rd April 1983

Set number: EP516

The Branch Line Society Wyvern Express railtour at Nottingham on 23 April 1983. M53656 is closest, the Six Bells website lists the other vehicles as 59531 + 53725 and 50717 + 59289 + 50653. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: 23rd April 1983

Set number: EP516

The Branch Line Society Wyvern Express railtour during the lunchtime stop at Nottingham on 23 April 1983. M53656 is closest, the Six Bells website lists the other vehicles as 59531 + 53725 and 50717 + 59289 + 50653. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 23rd April 1983

Set number: EP516

The Branch Line Society "Wyvern Express" rail tour is seen at Butterley station on 23 April 1983 with (recently renumbered) Motor Second car 53656 leading. The Swindon-built Cross-Country units were always the most popular rail tour rolling stock (if not loco hauled). The Six Bells Junction lists the full formation as 53656 + 59531 + 53725 and 50717 + 59289 + 50653. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: 23rd April 1983

Set number: EP528

On 23 April 1983, the Branch Line Society "Wyvern Express" railtour is seen at Sinfin Central with M50653 nearest the camera. The full formation was 53656-59531-53725 + 50717-59289-50653. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: 23rd April 1983

Set number: EP516

The Branch Line Society "Wyvern Express" railtour is seen during the lunch stop at Nottingham station on April 23, 1983. Swindon Cross-Country class 120 DMU MSL car M53656 is the end car, the Six Bells website lists the other vehicles as 59531 + 53725 and 50717 + 59289 + 50653. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: 1987

Set number: 533

9am one spring day in 1987. What a delight to be able to contemplate a ride in a Swindon Class 120 set out of Glasgow Queen Street. And there was still van traffic. Set 533 - 53700 and presumably 59289 + 53682. Robert Forsythe.

DMU

Date: 9th May 1987

Set number: 120533

Set 120 533 (53700/59289/53682) leaves Waverley station, Edinburgh, on 9/5/87 forming the 16.35 to Kirkcaldy. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: circa summer 1987

Set number: 533

Class 120 DMU set 533 (presumably 53682 + 59289 + 53700) in Perth station circa summer 1987. Mike Bunker.

DMU

Date: August 1987

Set number: 533

Class 120 Burntisland Aug 1987. A northbound working calls at the station, 53700 is still wearing it's M prefix, the other vehicles should be 59289 + 53682. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: 24th October 1987

Set number: 533

Class 120 DMU set 533 (53682 + 59289 + 53700) in Edinburgh Waverley with the 12:30 to Kirkcaldy on 24 October 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.