Vehicle 50665 / 53665
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-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| May-69 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 2w/e 31/10/71 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | LA | |
| 5w/e 02/02/74 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| w/e 13/12/80 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 02/03/86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Notes
4th May 1958 - new at Swindon Works
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50665 - original number
53665 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
circa Jul-70 - 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:
| 50719 | 59275 | 50665 | Noted 11th June 1958 - Bristol P Way outing | ||||||
| CDF515 | 50719 | 59275 | 50665 | Noted Feb-62 | |||||
| CDF521 | 50728 | 59273 | 50665 | Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with yellow panel ends | |||||
| 50715 | 59264 | 50665 | Noted 30/07/69 - at Bristol Temple Meads1 | ||||||
| C505 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Noted 01/03/74 - on 20:00 Swansea-Cardiff | |||||
| C504 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Noted 25/05/74 - on 2M67 1135 Cardiff-Crewe attached 55025 and C520 50674 + 59278 + 50723 | |||||
| C504 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Noted 15/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth with B462 + P581 | |||||
| C504 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Noted 18/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth with B572 51054 + 59413 + 51082 and B580 51066 + 59425 + 51094 | |||||
| C505 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Noted 29/08/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with B552 51573 + 59285 + 51582 | |||||
| C505 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Noted 05/02/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Newport with 56289 + C526 | |||||
| C505 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Noted 10/04/75 - on 1A41 1452 Swansea-Paddington with 56289 + C512 | |||||
| C505 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Noted 28/04/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with C560 | |||||
| C505 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Noted 28/04/75 - on 2C36 1650 Newport-Swansea | |||||
| C509 | 50715 | 59261 | 50665 | Noted 05/07/1975 - At Birmingham New Street2 | |||||
| C509 | 50715 | 59261 | 50665 | Noted 27/08/75 - in Cardiff Central1 | |||||
| C506 | 50715 | 59261 | 50665 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C505 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Noted 26/06/76 - on 2B36 1415 Cardiff-Bristol TM | |||||
| C505 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Noted 03/09/76 - on 0735 Hereford-Cardiff | |||||
| 50715 | 59261 | 50665 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff3 | ||||||
| 50715 | 59261 | 50665 | Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot, no set number noted1 | ||||||
| C506 | 50715 | 59261 | 50665 | Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham New Street1 | |||||
| C506 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C506 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Noted 13/05/1978 - R.C.T.S. Midland Welshman No.2 Railtour | |||||
| C506 | 50715 | 59261 | 50665 | Noted 19/05/1978 - Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| C506 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Noted 16/07/1978 - Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| C506 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Noted 27/08/1978 - Llanelli4 | |||||
| C506 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Noted 28/08/78 - on 2C74 1610 Swansea-Pembroke Dock with C613 | |||||
| C506 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Noted 16/04/1979 - at Swansea4 | |||||
| C504 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| C504 | 50715 | 59588 | 50665 | Noted 28/10/1980 - At Carmarthen4 | |||||
| EP511 | 50725 | 59259 | 50665 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| 53743 | 59300 | 53665 | Noted circa 10/1983 - 55743 labelled EP526, 53665 labelled EP5115 | ||||||
| 53703 | 59300 | 53665 | Noted circa 12/19835 | ||||||
| 53703 | 59300 | 53665 | Noted circa 11/19845 | ||||||
| 53703 | 59300 | 53665 | Noted 18/01/85 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| EP527 | 53703 | 59300 | 53665 | Noted 29/06/85 - at Norwich, 53665 carried set number EP5111 | |||||
| 53703 | 59300 | 53665 | Noted circa 10/19855 | ||||||
| 53703 | 59300 | 53665 | Noted 10/01/86 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
5th June 1967
A Swindon Cross-Country set with W50665 closest at Bristol Temple Meads on June 5th, 1967. Stuart Mackay Collection.
29th May 1976
Set number: C506
Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country set C506, W50665 closest, is seen at Whitland with the 12:05 from Pembroke Dock. Robert Thomas.
Unknown date
Set number: C506
C506 is seen at Weymouth, circa 1977. John McIntyre.
4th October 1980
Set number: C506
Swindon Cross-Country set C506 sits in Gloucester on 4 October 1980. Steve Davies Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 13th May 1978
Set number: C506
Class 120 set C506 (50715 + 59588 + 50665) set is seen at Nantgarw Coking Ovens on the Railway Corrspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) "Midland Welshman No. 2" railtour from Cardiff to various branch lines on May 13, 1978. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 13th May 1978
Set number: C506
This is the RCTS "Midland Welshman No 2" railtour at Porth on 13 May 1978. These Swindon-built cross-country units were very comfortable and sought after for railtours where higher capacity was not needed. Car W50715 is nearest the camera, the other vehicles are W59588 + W50665. Jeremy Chapter.