Vehicle 59581
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 | Stored | Swindon | |
| 02/03/61 | Reinstated | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 05/03/62 | Transferred to | 83D (Laira) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 84A | |
| 07/11/70 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 28/12/71 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| 29/11/81 | 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| 11/05/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |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:
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with small yellow panel | ||||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted circa Dec-67 - in plain blue with small yellow panel | ||||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted 10/11/1969 - Cornwall1 | ||||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted 12/08/70 - at Plymouth2 | ||||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Transfer to 82A - 5w/e 05/12/70 | ||||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted 30/07/1971 - Whitland on 2C93 11.58 Milford Haven-Swansea3 | ||||||
| 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Noted 20/11/71 - at Gloucester4 | ||||||
| 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Noted 11/03/1972 - Bristol Temple Meads5 | ||||||
| C508 | 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Noted 05/09/74 - at Severn Tunnel Junction2 | |||||
| C508 | 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot2 | |||||
| C503 | 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C503 | 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C503 | 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Noted 25/06/1978 - Cardiff Canton5 | |||||
| C503 | 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Noted 26/02/1979 - at Cardiff Central6 | |||||
| C503 | 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Noted 19/05/1979 - Swindon Works. Outshopped after C3 Overhaul 6/795 | |||||
| C504 | 50700 | 59581 | 50659 | Formation change - circa May-79 - C503/4 swapped trailers | |||||
| C503 | 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Noted 24/06/1979 - Cardiff Canton5 | |||||
| C503 | 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Noted 20/01/1980 - on Cardiff Canton depot 5 | |||||
| C503 | 50700 | 59581 | 50659 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| C503 | 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Noted 06/07/1980 - on Cardiff Canton depot 5 | |||||
| 554 | 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Formation change - w/e 13/12/80 - 59581 added | |||||
| C554 | 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Listed at CF - 01/03/81 | |||||
| C554 | 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted 13/06/1981 - at Birmingham New Street 5 | |||||
| C554 | 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Listed at CF - 28/11/81 | |||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Transfer to NH - 29/11/81 - from CF, was C554 | ||||||
| C554 | 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted 30/12/1981 - passing Leamington Spa, on transfer from Tyseley to Swindon Works 5 | |||||
| NH462 | 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted circa 05/19821 | |||||
| NH462 | 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria1 | |||||
| NH462 | 51584 | 59581 | 51575 | Noted circa 10/1982 - operating from Newton Heath, previously C554 set.1 | |||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Arrived Manchester Victoria as 06.38 ex Wigan via Atherton.1 | ||||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Noted circa 04/19841 | ||||||
| 51575 | 59581 | 51584 | Listed at NH - circa Jan-86 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Gerald Brown
3: Alan N Walker
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Martin Lumley
6: Shayne Lewis
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 12th April 1985
On 12th April 1985, just a month before withdrawal on the outskirts of Skipton is a Swindon Cross-Country class 120 dmu set, comprising of cars M51575 + M59581 + M51584, which has either worked in over the Settle & Carlisle line or the Little North Western from Lancaster. These units were not common along here, this is the only time I think I saw one, it's certainly the only photogragh I have of one along here! Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 9th November 1985
On Saturday 9th November 1985 a Blackpool North service awaits departure from Manchester Victoria. Rob's notes record this as 53463+53530+51575+59581+51584, however I'm not too sure about 53530 as that seems never to have been parted from its original partner 53478. Photo by the late Rob Simpson. Ian Hazlehurst.
Date: 22nd February 1986
One of the stylish and well-appointed Swindon Class 120 'Cross-Country' DMU's was stabled between duties in Croft Street Sidings at Preston on February 22nd 1986. The Newton Heath allocated three-car set was formed of cars M51575, M59581 & M51584 and had been transferred from the Western Region in 1982. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 12th April 1986
A Class 120 DMU formed of 51575 + 59581 + 51584 seen in Ribblehead station on 12 April 1986. John Carter.
Date: 12th April 1986
A Class 120 DMU formed of 51584 + 59581 + 51575 heads away from Ribblehead station on 12 April 1986. John Carter.