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Vehicle 50692 / 53692


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

Feb-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
3w/e 01/02/64 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
Jan-86 To Parcels Sector at DY (Derby Etches Park)
02/03/86 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50692 - original number
53692 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 20/01/1978 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50743 59300 50692 Noted 22/08/69 - at Crewe1
50737 59300 50692 Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1
50737 59301 50692 Noted 16/01/71 - at Ipswich with 50677 + 59300 + 50730 on a Derby - Ipswich footex2
50697 59301 50692 Noted 18/08/72 - on Cambridge depot3
50697 59301 50692 Noted 17/09/72 - at Stoke-on-Trent1
50731 59295 50692 Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford3
EP598 50731 59281 50692 Noted 25/08/74 - at Leicester3
50717 59259 50692 Noted 20/12/74 - on 1252 Norwich-Birmingham NS
EP598 50708 59257 50692 Noted 02/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street4
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
50718 59300 50692 Noted 08/05/77 - on 0800 Crewe-Manchester Piccadilly
50708 59301 50692 Noted 10/06/79 - at Norwich on a Long Eaton to Great Yarmouth excursion3
50708 59301 50692 Noted 22/04/82 - at Norwich3
EP506 50708 59301 50692 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP506 50708 59301 50692 Noted circa 01/19835
53708 59301 53692 Noted 28/05/1983 - at Chester on a service to Derby with 53714, 59258 & 536704
53708 59301 53692 Noted circa 03/19845
53708 59301 53692 Noted 23rd May 1985
53708 59301 53692 Noted 05/07/85 - at Norwich3
53708 59301 53692 Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby6
53704 59301 53692 Listed at DY - circa Jan-86 - Parcels

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Norwich

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.

Inside a Class 120 DMU

circa October 1977

An official image (27 of 27, negative D5939/6) from a internal BR photo album titled "Part Refurbished Class 120 Prototype 1 and 'CIBA Giegy' Ceiling". This is the sixth image in the second half of the album (after a divider) and shows the CIBA Giegy ceiling (with two rows of fluorescent lights) fitted to an Etches Park set that was refurbished circa October 1977. This is the front saloon in DMSL M50692. British Rail.

Class 120 DMU at Lincoln Central

4th June 1978

Swindon-built 3-car class 120 dmu (DMS M50692 nearest camera, centre car is B4 bogie fitted 59301) departs Lincoln Central with a Nottingham-bound service - 04/06/1978. 53A Models of Hull Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Crewe

23rd May 1985

Swindon class 120 'Cross-Country' DMU Nos.M53692-M59301-M53708 forming a Lincoln service at Crewe on 23rd May 1985. Station pilot loco 08737 is in the adjacent platform. Gordon Edgar.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 28th December 1985

A Class 120 DMU set formed of 53704 + 59301 + 53692 departs Derby with the 15:04 to Lincoln on 28 December 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.