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Vehicle 50670 / 53670


Class 120

Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Cross Country
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: BR Standard
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30334
Diagram: 586

Allocations

4w/e 17/05/58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
Sep-63Depot code change86A
Feb-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Jan-86 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)
Mar-86 Reinstated DY (Derby Etches Park)
09/03/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
28/09/86 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr) - also noted as 29/09/87

Notes

29th June 1987 - Seen at Aberdeen Ferryhill
03/08/87 - 51193 + 53650/70 + 59247/88/268/559/80/681 moved as 5E96 Aberdeen Ferryhill - Snailwell hauled by 47308.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50670 - original number
53670 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


CDF521 50723 59279 50670 Noted circa Oct-59
50744 59287 50670 Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with yellow panel ends
50744 59287 50670 Noted 02/01/71
50725 59276 50670 Noted 07/11/71 - in Birmingham New Street1
50714 59287 50670 Noted 02/05/73 - at Cambridge2
50714 59287 50670 Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford2
50714 59287 50670 Noted 14/08/1973 - at Nuneaton3
50725 59256 50670 Noted 05/09/74 - on Soho depot2
EP589 50736 59280 50670 Noted 16/03/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50734 59280 50670 Noted 19/04/1975 - at March3
50718 59258 50670 Noted 10/07/76 - at Norwich2
50718 59258 50670 Noted 17/07/76 - on 1220 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks
50718 59258 50670 Noted 17/07/76 - on 1632 Lincoln St Marks-Crewe
50720 59283 50670 Noted 27/11/1976 - RCTS (West Midlands Branch)Reunion Railtour 50677-59255-50730+50720-59283-50670
50720 59283 50670 Noted 03/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50720 59283 50670 Noted 27/08/77 - on 2E84 0645 Derby-Lincoln St Marks with 50305 + 59119 + 50329
50744 59528 50670 Noted 18/07/81 - at Norwich2
EP515 50744 59258 50670 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP515 50744 59258 50670 Noted circa 09/19824
53714 59258 53670 Noted 28/05/1983 - at Chester on a service to Derby with 53708,59301 and 536923
EP515 53744 59524 53670 Noted circa 05/19844
EP515 53744 59524 53670 Noted circa 09/19844
EP515 53744 59524 53670 Noted circa 08/19854
53715 59102 53670 Formation change - DY - circa Sep-85
53715 59102 53670 Noted 18/09/19854
53715 59102 53670 Listed at CH - circa Jan-86
53715 59102 53670 Transfer to AY - Mar-86 - from DY
525 53724 59786 53670 Noted 5th June 1986
528 53722 59289 53670 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
107427 51987 59791 53670 Formation change - AY - circa Oct-86
53670 Noted 11/10/1986 - at Ayr Depot4

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Derby

9th December 1985

Set number: EP515

53670 nearest in set EP515 at Derby on the 9th December 1985. Chris Lings.

Class 120 DMU at Barrhead

1986

A Class 120 DMU in Barrhead circa Spring 1986. Nearest is DMSL 53670 with traces of its formed EP515 set number. Brian Ward.

Class 120 DMU at Aberdeen Ferryhill

26th April 1987

Withdrawn 53670 at Aberdeen Ferryhill depot on the 26th April 1987. Hamish Stevenson.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa 1984

Set number: EP515

A Swindon Cross-Country set with a Met-Camm centre car (EP515, 53744 + presumably 59524 + 53670) departs from Birmingham New Street, circa 1983/4. Graham Clark.