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Vehicle 50648 / 53648


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 30/11/57 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
Sep-63Depot code change86A
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
2w/e 20/10/79 Transferred to CH (Chester)
13/05/85 Transferred to DY (Derby Etches Park)
02/02/86 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
09/03/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
28/09/86 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
Feb-87 Stored U. HA (Haymarket)
Mar-87 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket) - also noted as 29/09/87

Notes

29th June 1987 - Seen at Aberdeen Ferryhill

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50648 - original number
53648 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

3w/e 30/06/73 - Dual AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


CDF501 50706 59265 50648 Noted Feb-62
CTN512 50706 59296 50648 Listed at 86A - May-70
50706 59296 50648 Noted 13/08/70 - at Crewe1
50706 59296 50648 Noted 15/08/70 - at Crewe1
CTN512 50706 59296 50648 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50706 59296 50648 Noted 22/02/1971 - at Crewe2
50706 59296 50648 Noted 20/08/1971 - at Abergavenny3
50706 59296 50648 Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff3
50706 59296 50648 Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport3
50706 59296 50648 Noted 08/01/1972 - at Crewe2
C517 50706 59296 50648 Noted 03/09/73 - at Shrewsbury1
C512 50706 59296 50648 Noted 06/09/73 - on Cardiff Canton depot1
50706 59296 50648 Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff3
C512 50706 59296 50648 Noted 08/01/75 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C556
C512 50706 59296 50648 Noted 15/02/75 - on 2C10 0654 Weston SM-Cardiff
C512 50706 59296 50648 Noted 10/04/75 - on 1A41 1452 Swansea-Paddington with 56289 + C505
50706 59296 50648 Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport1
C512 50706 59296 50648 Noted 12/03/76 - on 2C40 0710 Cardiff-Swansea
C501 50706 59296 50648 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C501 50706 59296 50648 Noted 26/09/1976 - Bulmers Open Day Shuttle from and to Hereford station 51084-59415-51056 + 50706-59296-50648 B574+C501
C501 50706 59296 50648 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C501 50706 59296 50648 Noted 19/05/1978 - Cardiff Central4
C508 50706 59296 50648 Noted 19/05/1978 - Cardiff Central4
C501 50706 59296 50648 Noted 15/09/78 - on 2225 Cardiff-Hereford
C501 50706 59296 50648 Noted 09/10/78 - on 2C97 1725 Milford Haven-Swansea
C501 50706 59296 50648 Noted 24/03/1979 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Gwaun Cae Gurwen Growler Railtour C501+B466
50706 59296 50648 Transfer to CH - 2w/e 20/10/79
50706 59296 50648 Noted 22/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station4
50706 59296 50648 Noted circa 05/19825
50648 59569 50706 Noted circa 01/19835
53706 59569 53648 Noted circa 07/19855
53727 59104 53648 Noted 24/08/85 - at Norwich1
53706 59569 53648 Noted 16/11/85 - on 09:22 Derby - Crewe service6
53706 59569 53648 Noted 16/11/85 - on 15:38 Crewe - Lincoln service6
TS404 53706 59569 53648 Formation change - TS - Jan-86 - number never carried
53706 59569 53648 Noted circa 01/19865
TS404 53706 59569 53648 Noted 17/02/19865
53698 59285 53648 Noted 7th July 1986
507 53698 59285 53648 Noted 31st July 1986
507 53698 59285 53648 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
53698 59285 53648 Noted 26th September 1986
507 53698 59285 53648 Transfer to HA - 28/09/86

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Cardiff Canton

16th September 1979

Set number: C501

Swindon Works class 120/2 motor second W50648 of a Cross-Country triple DMU set in blue and grey livery, in the company of class 31/1 31210 at the Cardiff Canton DMU and carriage sheds on 16th September 1979. The class 120 is from the first batch built, which had round as opposed to oval buffers. The Brush type 2 entered BR traffic in July 1960 as D5634 and is now to be found on the heritage Dean Forest Railway. Gordon Edgar.

Class 120 DMU at Princes Street Gardens

1986

A Swindon Cross-Country set in Princes Street Gardens in 1986, DMS 50648 closest. S Saunders.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 17th October 1970

The 11:40 Cardiff General-Crewe is seen at Newport on 17 October 1970. The Swindon Cross-Country DMU has W50706 closest, it's regular partners were 59296 (still with "Buffet" and a red stripe) and 50648. A Class 116 DMS leads at the far end. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 26th September 1976

Set number: C501

Class 120 C501 (50706 + 59296 + 50648) and Class 119 B574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 26th September 1976

Set number: C501

Class 120 C501 (50706 + 59296 + 50648) and Class 119 B574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976, and is waiting for the points to be clipped. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 26th September 1976

Set number: B574

Class 119 B574 (51056 + 59415 + 51084) and Class 120 C501 (50648 + 59296 + 50706) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 26th September 1976

Set number: B574

Class 119 B574 (51056 + 59415 + 51084) and Class 120 C501 (50648 + 59296 + 50706) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 21st September 1979

Set number: C501

Gloomy skies at Salisbury on 21 September 1979. W50706 is at the front od Swindon Cross-Country set C501, presumably with 59296 + 50648. David Mant.

DMU

Date: 1986

Set number: EP519

1986 saw a welcome return of Swindon DMUs to Ayrshire in the form of an influx of Cross Country Units. Most of the Swindon units had received Metro Cammel centre cars. Here 53651 (formerly of Derby Etches Park set 519, and appears to have a broken window mid-vehicle) and 53648 are seen at the magnificent Ayr station. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 18th April 1987

Set number: 101361

Class 101 DMS 53192 and Class 120 53648 behind, another 101 in the shed, at the west end of Haymarket Depot on 18 April 1987. Keith Miller.