Vehicle 50735 / 53735
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: 30335
Diagram: 587
Allocations
| 4w/e 29/11/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| May-70 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| w/e 22/10/77 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| circa 1984 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 11/05/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50735 - original number
53735 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Oct-72 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 14/05/77 - WR AWS removed
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| BL515 | 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted circa Mar-68 - in blue grey with full yellow ends | |||||
| CTN502 | 50735 | 59294 | 50693 | Listed at 86A - May-70 - (also noted as 50738 - 59299 - 50693) | |||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| CTN501 | 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 20/11/71 - in Bristol Temple Meads1 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 08/01/1972 - at Crewe3 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 26/05/1973 - at Crewe3 | ||||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 31/08/1974 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| C502 | 50735 | 59294 | 50693 | Noted 08/09/74 - on 2B33 1200 Cardiff-Cheltenham with C530 | |||||
| C502 | 50735 | 59294 | 50693 | Noted 29/04/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff attached to 56289 + C558 | |||||
| C502 | 50735 | 59294 | 50693 | Noted 03/05/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with C505 | |||||
| C501 | 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot4 | |||||
| C502 | 50735 | 59294 | 50693 | Noted 09/03/76 - on 2C40 0710 Cardiff-Swansea | |||||
| C512 | 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| C502 | 50735 | 59294 | 50693 | Noted 27/08/1978 - West Wales Area5 | |||||
| 50735 | 59294 | 50683 | Noted circa 08/19796 | ||||||
| 53735 | 59294 | 53683 | Noted circa 04/19836 | ||||||
| 53735 | 59294 | 53683 | Noted circa 12/19836 | ||||||
| 53735 | 59528 | 53680 | Noted circa 07/19846 | ||||||
| 53735 | 59528 | 53680 | Listed at NH - circa Jan-86 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
23rd June 1965
A Swindon Cross-Country DMU is seen just east of Stogumber with a Minehead-Taunton service on 23 June 1965. Michael Mensing.
7th July 1982
Class 120 DMU with car 50735 closest, Chester TMD 7th July 1982. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
28th December 1985
On a bright Winter afternoon, a Swindon Cross Country Class 120 Driving Motor Brake Second (ex Composite downgraded), M53735 was bringing up the rear of a six-car Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North service stood on the Down Slow at Leyland station on December 28th 1985. Running as part of a three car set, the centre trailer car was a Class 101 Metro-Cam M59528, whilst the other leading Class 120 car was M53680. The unit was eventually withdrawn from Newton Heath depot in May 1986 and scrapped by Berry's of Leicester. The unit is stood on the original low-height North Union Railway stone platform that survived on the Down Slow at Leyland. This platform is believed to be the oldest in the same position along the entire WCML that is still in use. Martyn Hilbert.
28th December 1985
A Swindon Cross Country Class 120 Driving Motor Brake Second (ex Composite downgraded), M53735 was bringing up the rear of a six-car Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North service stood on the Down Slow at Leyland station on December 28th 1985. Running as part of a three car set, the centre trailer car was a Class 101 Metro-Cam M59528, whilst the other leading Class 120 car was M53680. The unit was eventually withdrawn from Newton Heath depot in May 1986. Martyn Hilbert.