Vehicle 50658 / 53658
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 22/02/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Sep-65 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 2w/e 31/10/71 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| w/e 13/12/80 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 19/01/86 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 07/09/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Mar-87 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| p/e 07/10/89 | Sector Change to | HA (Haymarket) PZQZ | |
| 23/10/89 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) |
Notes
29th January 1958 - New at Swindon Carriage Works.
30th December 1989 - Seen at Haymarket depot
17th January 1990 - Seen at Haymarket depot
8th March 1990 - Seen at Haymarket depot
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50658 - original number
53658 - from May-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
p/e 28/10/72 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 25/06/77 - WR AWS removed
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 08/03/1984 released in blue/grey livery - C1 overhaul and partial refurbishmentDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50657 | 59259 | 50658 | Noted 29th January 1958 - On trial | ||||||
| 50711 | 59261 | 50658 | Transfer to 82A - Sep-65 | ||||||
| BL502 | 50711 | 59261 | 50658 | Noted circa Sep-67 - in blue /grey | |||||
| 50711 | 59261 | 50658 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50711 | 59261 | 50658 | Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Noted 20/11/71 - at Gloucester1 | ||||||
| C508 | 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Noted 05/09/74 - at Severn Tunnel Junction3 | |||||
| C508 | 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot3 | |||||
| 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 26/02/1979 - at Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| C502 | 50711 | 59282 | 50658 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 50699 | 59260 | 50658 | Noted 10/05/82 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| EP507 | 50699 | 59260 | 50658 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| 53699 | 59306 | 53658 | Noted 26/05/84 - at Norwich with 53534 + 54177 on 09:15 Birmingham New St – Gt Yarmouth3 | ||||||
| 53699 | 59306 | 53658 | Noted circa 07/19845 | ||||||
| 53699 | 59306 | 53658 | Noted 14/02/19855 | ||||||
| 53699 | 59306 | 53658 | Noted 27/07/19855 | ||||||
| 53699 | 59306 | 53658 | Listed at CH - circa Jan-86 | ||||||
| 53699 | 53658 | Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 | |||||||
| 532 | 53699 | 59571 | 53658 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 532 | 53699 | 59571 | 53658 | Noted circa 05/19875 | |||||
| 532 | 53699 | 59571 | 53658 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 532 | 53699 | 59571 | 53658 | Noted 16th July 1988 | |||||
| 532 | 53699 | 59571 | 53658 | Noted 23rd July 1988 | |||||
| 532 | 53699 | 59571 | 53658 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 53699 | 59571 | 53658 | Noted 13th April 1989 | ||||||
| 532 | 53699 | 59571 | 53658 | Listed at HA - 08/05/89 | |||||
| 532 | 53699 | 59571 | 53658 | Noted 30/09/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
27th August 1985
53658 leads a 3 car "Cross Country" set at Lowdham on a Lincoln to Crewe service. Taken on August 27, 1985 Mike Dean.
circa summer 1986
Set number: 532
For many yeears these Ayr platforms held Class 126 Swindon Inter-City DMUs, but in this circa summer 1986 view they hold mostly Class 120 Class 120 Cross-Country DMUs. Set 532 is contains 53658, Class 107 59796 and Class 105 51294. Behind it is 53742. The vehicles in the 120/101/101 formation on the left are unknown. Brian Ward.
Unknown date
Set number: 532
Set 532 (53658 + 59571 + 53699) is a 120/111 hybrid when seen at Cambuslang with a Glasgow Central - Shotts - Edinburgh run. Undated. Andrew McConnell.
circa 1987
Set number: 532
Swindon/Met-Camm hybrid DMU set 532 (53658 and presumably 59571 + 53699) arrives into Glasgow Central station circa 1987. Mike Bunker.
1987
Set number: 532
Swindon Cross-Country / Met-Camm hybrid set 532 (53658 + presumably 59571 + 53699) passing through Princes Street Gardens in 1987. S Saunders.
Unknown date
Set number: 532
Class 120 set 532 (with a Met-Camm centre car) is seen at Glasgow Queen St. The DMS (presumed to be 53658) is displaying both a white & red marker light! Circa 1987. Andrew McConnell.
August 1987
Set number: 532
Class 120 North Queensferry Aug 1987 An Edinburgh bound train comes out of the tunnel and rolls into the station. The first two vehicles are presumably 53658 + 59571, 53699 is at the far end. Alistair Ness.
August 1987
Class 120 Cab View Aug 1987. Inside vehicle 53658. Alistair Ness.
August 1987
Set number: 532
Class 120 Aberdour Aug 1987. One of the reallocated ex Midland Region Swindon's with a Class 101 Met Cam centre trailer departs towards Burntisland. The first two vehicles are presumably 53658 + 59571, 53699 is at the far end. Alistair Ness.
August 1987
Class 120 front saloon view August 1987. Inside DMS 53658 on the Forth Bridge. Alistair Ness.
August 1987
Set number: 532
A scene which probably hadn't changed since steam days was this view to Burntisland harbour, seen with the tail end of a Swindon class 120 DMU (53658) heading for the nearby station en route for Kirkcaldy in August 1987. Murray Liston.
August 1987
Set number: 532
Kinking to Kinghorn. A Swindon Class 120 DMU (53658) enters Kinghorn Tunnel in August 1987 with an Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy stopping service. This tunnel was built by different contractors starting at each end and some miscalculation resulted in a distinct kink in the middle, very visible in the good old days from the front of a DMU and still causing a speed restriction. Murray Liston.
August 1987
Set number: 532
Back in the "anything goes" days it wasn't a surprise to see this lash-up on an Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy stopping service at Aberdour in August 1987. The two Swindon Cross-Country power cars started their life 20 years earlier at Cardiff as W50658 and W50699, while the Met Camm centre car spent most of its life in the North East as E59571. Murray Liston.
1988
Set number: 532
120 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) passes through Princes Street Gardens on its way into Edinburgh Waverley in 1988. Andrew McConnell.
1988
Set number: 532
Class 120 DMSL 53658 makes a smoky departure from platform 1 of Haymarket station for the 1 1/4 mile journey to Edinburgh Waverley station circa summer 1988. Brian Ward.
mid-1988
Set number: 532
Class 120/111 hybrid DMU set 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) departs from platform 8 of Glasgow Central station in mid-1988. Brian Ward.
mid-1988
Set number: 532
Class 120 DMU set 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) seen in platform 8 of Glasgow Central station in mid-1988. Brian Ward.
mid-1988
Set number: 532
Class 120/111 hybrid DMU set 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) departs from Glasgow Central station in mid-1988. Brian Ward.
August 1988
Set number: 532
120 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) at Dunblane in August 1988. Andrew McConnell.
August 1988
Set number: 532
Class 120/111 hybrid set 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) at Dunblane in August 1988. Andrew McConnell.
November 1988
Set number: 532
Hybrid 120/101/120 Set 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) arrives into Lenzie station in November 1988 on its way to Glasgow Queen Street. Gordon Thomson.
Unknown date
Set number: 532
120/111 hybrid set 532 (53658 + 59571 + 53699) seen at Falkirk Grahamston. Undated, but the boarded up passenger window suggests it was it's final months in traffic. John Stewart.
5th June 1989
Set number: 532
53658, 59571 and 53699 leave Glasgow Central with a Barrhead service. Class 120 and 101 mixture. 05.06.89. Nicholas Youngman.
10th June 1989
Set number: 120532
Set 120 532 (53699/59571/53658) is seen stabled in platform 13 at Waverley station, Edinburgh, around 20.00 on 10/6/89. 53658 is nearest to the camera. Leonard Rogers.
14th July 1989
Set number: 120532
Set 120532 (53699/59571/53658) enters Haymarket station at 09.08 on 14/7/89. It is working the 07.09 Fife 'Outer Circle' service - Edinburgh to Edinburgh via Dunfermline, Thornton and Kirkcaldy - and 53658 is leading. Leonard Rogers.
circa summer 1989
Set number: 532
Class 120 hybrid set 532 (53658 + 59571 + 53699) at Belshill on a Glasgow Central - Shotts - Edinburgh run. Circa summer 1989. The leading vehicle appears have a side window boarded over. Andrew McConnell.
circa November 1989
Set number: 532
DMUs on Haymarket depot. On the left is a Class 107, in the centre two Class 120 vehicles 53699 + 53658 from set 532. With the Met-Camm centre car removed it suggests this was taken around the time of their withdrawal in late 1989. Photograph by Dave Rutter. Waddo Rail Archive.
circa November 1989
Set number: 532
53658 (and to its right 53699) at HA after withdrawal. Circa 11/89. Andrew McConnell.
circa November 1989
Set number: 532
The stripped out interior of 53658 after withdrawal. Seats and partitions have been removed when seen at Haymarket circa November 1989, and it had been used as a store for seats from later units. Andrew McConnell.
circa November 1989
Set number: 532
The stripped out interior of 53658 after withdrawal. Seats and partitions have been removed when seen at Haymarket circa November 1989. Andrew McConnell.
circa November 1989
Set number: 532
53658 and 53699 sit in Haymarket depot after withdrawal. Both had formed set 532 with Class 111 TC 59571, all three were withdrawn in October 1989. Andrew McConnell.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 18th August 1979
Set number: C503
A Class 120 (C503, 50711 and presumably 59581 + 50658) and Class 101 (a TBS set) at Fairwood Junction on 18 August 1979. The formation is diverging from the avoiding line towards Westbury. With Cardiff Central on the destination blind it is probably a Weymouth to Cardiff service. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1987
Set number: 101307
The DMU line-up at the buffers in Edinburgh Waverley on this day in 1987 comprised Met-Camm 101307 (presumably 53189), Swindon 532 (53658) and a Class 107. S Saunders.
Date: 1987
Set number: 101307
A 1987 DMU line-up in Edinburgh Waverley: Met-Camm 101307 (presumably 53189); Swindon 532 (53658); and a Class 107. S Saunders.
Date: circa 1987
Set number: 532
A Swindon/Met-Camm hybrid DMU (set 532, presumably 53699 + 59571 + 53658) and a Class 303 cross over the River Clyde on the approach to Glasgow Central station circa 1987. Mike Bunker.
Date: circa 1987
Set number: 532
Swindon/Met-Camm hybrid DMU set 532 (presumably 53699 + 59571, far car is 53658) arrives into Glasgow Central station circa 1987. Mike Bunker.
Date: 28th June 1987
Set number: 532
A Swindon class 120 DMU attracts the attention of the fitters at Edinburgh Waverley on 28th June 1987. There is a Class 08 attached to the far end, so it may have been shunted in after a failure. 53699 is closest, presumably with 59571 + 53658. Jonathan Hazan.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 532
Seen crossing over from the south to north approach tracks before entering Waverley one afternoon in August 1987 is this hybrid set using Swindon Cross Country power cars 53699 and 53658 sandwiching Metro Cammell centre car 59571, originally part of a Rolls Royce powered headcode set. Murray Liston.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 532
With the former British Aluminium Company works in the background, a hybrid Swindon / Met Camm set 53658 + 59571 + 53699 is seen leaving Burntisland on a stopping service from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh in August 1987. Murray Liston.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 532
A Class 120/101 hybrid set (532, 53699 and presumably 59571 + 53658) departs Dalmeny with an Edinburgh bound working in August 1987. Alistair Ness.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 532
Class 120/101 Princes Street Gardens August 1987. 53699 and presumably 59571 + 53658. Alistair Ness.
Date: 31st October 1987
Set number: 120533
A scene inside Waverley station, Edinburgh, on the evening of 31/10/87 with 120 532 waiting to form the 17.33 to Kirkcaldy. 53699 is nearest the camera, with 59571 and 53658 behind. Leonard Rogers.
Date: April 1988
Set number: 532
120532 (presumably 53699 + 59571 + 53658) reverses at Dunblane in August 1988. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 20th April 1988
Set number: 120535
Set 120 535, on the right with 53733 leading 59065 and 53215, leaves Edinburgh Waverley on 9/4/88, forming the 15.10 to Dunblane. As it does so, it passes set 120 532 (53699/59571/53658), coupled to 120533 (53682/59532/53700) which is not visible. These latter two sets will form the 15.13 to Cowdenbeath. Leonard Rogers.
Date: mid-1988
Set number: 532
Class 120/111 hybrid DMU set 532 (presumably 53699 + 59571 + 53658) departs from Glasgow Central station in mid-1988. Brian Ward.
Date: August 1988
Set number: 532
120 532 (presumably 53699 + 59571 + 53658) at Dunblane in August 1988. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 24th August 1988
Set number: 532
Set 532 (53699 + 59571 + 53658) is seen as part of a formation working the 17:03 Edinburgh - Cardenden on August 24, 1988 passing through Princes Street Gardens. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 1st June 1989
Set number: 532
Class 120/101 DMU set 532 (53699 and presumably 59571 + 53658) departs from Perth station with the 07:14 Perth - Edinburgh service on 1 June 1989. Stuart Mackay.
Date: circa summer 1989
Set number: 532
Set 532 (53699 + 59571 + 53658 - a 120/111 hybrid) departs from Belshill. Circa summer 1989. Andrew McConnell.
Date: circa summer 1989
Set number: 532
Hybrid Class 120/101 DMU set 532 (presumably 53699 + 59571 + 53658) approaches Newton circa summer 1989 with an Edinburgh Wavereley - Glasgow Central via Shotts service. Brian Ward.
Date: circa summer 1989
Set number: 532
Class 120/101 DMU set 532 (presumably 53699 + 59571 + 53658) in Bellshill station circa summer 1989. Brian Ward.
Date: circa November 1989
Set number: 532
53699 (and to its left 53658) at HA after withdrawal, circa November 1989. Andrew McConnell.
Date: circa November 1989
Set number: 532
53699 and 53658 at Haymarket depot circa November 1989, shortly after withdrawal. Andrew McConnell.