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Vehicle 50676 / 53676


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

2w/e 14/06/58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jul-58 On loan to 61A (Kittybrewster)
Aug-58 Ex-loan back to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
Sep-63Depot code change86A
May-65 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
w/e 07/06/69 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
08/09/84 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50676 - original number
53676 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50720 59283 50676 Transfer to 61A - Jul-58 - on loan
50720 59283 50676 Transfer to CDF - Aug-58 - ex-loan
50720 59283 50676 Noted 6th August 1958 - Special Aberdeen-Keith excursion
50696 59267 50676 Noted circa Sep-67 - in blue with small yellow panel
EP497 50696 59267 50676 Noted Jun-69 - ex-BTL509
50696 59267 50676 Noted 15/06/69 - at Tyseley with M prefixes1
50714 59257 50676 Noted 19/09/71 - in Crewe1
50714 59257 50676 Noted 17/12/71 - at Derby1
50720 59290 50676 Noted 05/08/72 - at Thetford2
50725 59289 50676 Noted 20/05/73
50725 59289 50676 Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street3
EP487 50725 59289 50676 Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford2
EP589 50736 59289 50676 Noted 04/08/74 - at Cambridge2
50709 59272 50676 Noted 06/07/1975 - at Derby4
50709 59272 50676 Noted 13/07/75 - on the RCTS East Angian Rambler railtour with 50717/59255/50655
Spare 50676 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
53704 59089 53676 Noted 30/05/1983 - at Crewe on 11:20 to Derby with 53738, 59262 and 536934
53704 59089 53676 Noted circa 12/19835

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Hinckley

22nd March 1970

Set number: EP497

Etches Park Class 120 set EP497 (M50676 + M59267 + M50696) with Leicester on the destination blind, wrong line working at Hinkley on Sunday 22 March 1970. Phillip Malin.

Class 120 DMU at Derby

6th July 1978

M50676 is the DMS in this Swindon Cross-Country set in Derby station with the 6.26pm ex-Lincoln on 6/7/78. Michael Mensing.

Class 120 DMU at Nottingham

Unknown date

A Class 120 DMU with DMSL M50676 is seen at Nottingham, date unknown. Paul Redmond.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: July 1958

In late July 1958 Swindon Cross-Country set W50720 + W59283 + W50676 prepares to leave Inverness with the 12.45pm to Aberdeen. The set was borrowed from the Western Region for a few weeks for trials. Great North of Scotland Railway Association.

DMU

Date: 21st September 1969

Set number: EP497

Etches Park Class 120 set EP497 (M50696 + M59267 + M50676) wrong line working at Hinckley on Sunday 21 September 1969. Phillip Malin.