Vehicle 59300
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 | WR Stock | |
| Feb-59 | Transferred to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| 06/12/59 | Transferred to | 81C (Southall) | |
| 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| 05/03/62 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 10/09/62 | Transferred to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| Dec-63 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 11/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 02/03/86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 10/11/1978 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| EP473 | 50743 | 59300 | 50687 | Noted circa Jun-69 - ex-BL519 | |||||
| 50743 | 59300 | 50692 | Noted 22/08/69 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50737 | 59300 | 50692 | Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59300 | 50677 | Noted 02/01/71 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59300 | 50677 | Noted 16/01/71 - at Ipswich with 50692 + 59301 + 50737 on a Derby - Ipswich footex2 | ||||||
| 50741 | 59300 | 50656 | Noted 16/01/72 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59300 | 50663 | Noted 04/04/73 - on 1150 Birmingham New Street-York | ||||||
| 50730 | 59300 | 50663 | Noted 11/08/73 - at March3 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59300 | 50651 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street4 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59300 | 50651 | Noted 24/08/74 - at Nottingham3 | ||||||
| EP578 | 50730 | 59300 | 50651 | Noted 08/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street5 | |||||
| 50720 | 59300 | 50689 | Noted 02/04/1976 - at Norwich5 | ||||||
| 50720 | 59300 | 50689 | Noted 28/08/76 - on 1320 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks | ||||||
| 50718 | 59300 | 50692 | Noted 08/05/77 - on 0800 Crewe-Manchester Piccadilly | ||||||
| 50736 | 59300 | 50654 | Noted 08/04/1978 - Swindon Works. May have been in works for C1 refurbishment, though not released until 11/78.6 | ||||||
| 50736 | 59300 | 50654 | Noted 09/04/1979 - Swindon Works.6 | ||||||
| 50736 | 59300 | 50654 | Noted 13/05/1979 - Grantham6 | ||||||
| 50736 | 59300 | 50654 | Noted 09/06/1979 - Derby6 | ||||||
| 50736 | 59300 | 50654 | Noted 24/02/1980 - at Coventry 6 | ||||||
| EP526 | 50743 | 59300 | 51794 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP526 | 50743 | 59300 | 51794 | Noted circa 06/19827 | |||||
| 53743 | 59300 | 53665 | Noted circa 10/1983 - 55743 labelled EP526, 53665 labelled EP5117 | ||||||
| 53703 | 59300 | 53665 | Noted circa 12/19837 | ||||||
| 53703 | 59300 | 53665 | Noted circa 11/19847 | ||||||
| 53703 | 59300 | 53665 | Noted 18/01/85 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 53703 | 59300 | 53665 | Noted 26/01/1985 - at Birmingham New Street 6 | ||||||
| EP527 | 53703 | 59300 | 53665 | Noted 29/06/85 - at Norwich, 53665 carried set number EP5113 | |||||
| 53703 | 59300 | 53665 | Noted 11/08/1985 - at Crewe 6 | ||||||
| 53703 | 59300 | 53665 | Noted circa 10/19857 | ||||||
| 53703 | 59300 | 53665 | Noted 10/01/86 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Gerald Brown
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Martin Lumley
7: Eddie Knorn
Images:
June 1963
A Swindon Cross-Country set on Chipping Campden bank in June 1963. The buffet car is W59300, the DMBC out of site to the left was W50743. Michael Mensing.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: March 1976
BR (Swindon) Cross Country Class 120 3-car dmu Nos.M50692 (Class 120/1), M59300 (Class 179) & M50741 (Class 120/2) in BR Rail Blue & Grey with all yellow front end about to depart Norwich (Thorpe) on a Birmingham (New St) service, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 18th April 1981
M50718 + 59300 + 50654 with a Cleethorpes - Birmingham NS service at Grimsby Town on April 18, 1981. John Carter.