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Vehicle 59299


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 24/01/59 New to BL (Bristol Marsh Junction)
by Jun-62 Transferred to 88A (Cardiff Canton)
10/09/62 Transferred to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
Jan-64 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
Apr-68 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
4w/e 23/11/68 On loan to 81D (Reading)
Dec-68 Ex-loan back to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
May-70 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
w/e 22/10/77 Transferred to CH (Chester)
16/03/83 Withdrawn from CH (Chester)

59299 was involved in the following incident:


23/1/74 - Pontypool Rd, WR

Derailment involving Class 120 / Class 121

Info from Peter Mullen

A Cardiff to Crewe train became derailed on catch points near Pontypool Road while working wrong line to pass a failed freight train. More Details.


Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50738 59299 50693 Transfer to 81D - 4w/e 23/11/68 - on loan
50738 59299 50693 Transfer to 82A - Dec-68
CTN502 50738 59299 50693 Listed at 86A - May-70 - (also noted as 50735 - 59294 -50693)
50738 59299 50693 Noted 15/08/70 - at Shrewsbury1
CTN502 50738 59299 50693 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50738 59299 50693 Noted 20/08/1971 - at Abergavenny2
50738 59299 50693 Noted 23/08/1971 - at Abergavenny2
50738 59299 50693 Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport2
50738 59299 50693 Noted 18/09/1971 - at Crewe2
C502 50738 59299 50693 Noted 31/10/72
C533 50732 59299 50738 Noted 22/06/74 - at Crewe1
C530 50738 59299 50691 Noted 05/09/74 - at Newport1
C502 50738 59299 50693 Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport1
50738 59299 50693 Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot1
C513 50738 59299 50693 Noted 30/04/76 - on 2B60 1715 Cardiff-Taunton with C526
C513 50738 59299 50693 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C513 50738 59299 50693 Noted 07/06/77 - on 2B30 1155 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C509
50738 59299 50693 Noted 28/05/1979 - on 17:45 Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton 3
50738 59299 50693 Noted 23/10/1980 - Working 0410 Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth4
50738 59299 50693 Noted circa 05/19825

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn

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