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Vehicle 50683 / 53683


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

Oct-58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
Sep-63Depot code change86A
Nov-64 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
May-70 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
w/e 22/10/77 Transferred to CH (Chester)
06/02/84 Withdrawn from CH (Chester)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50683 - original number
53683 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

p/e 30/12/72 - 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
CTN501 50683 Listed at 86A - May-70 - Other two vehicles unknown
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
C501 50735 59294 50683 Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot4
50714 59273 50683 Noted 30/04/1976 - at Loughborough with service to Derby 3
C512 50735 59294 50683 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
50735 59294 50683 Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1
50735 59294 50683 Noted circa 08/19795
53735 59294 53683 Noted circa 04/19835
53735 59294 53683 Noted circa 12/19835

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

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Chester depot

30th May 1978

Three Class 120s inside Chester depot, including M50683 in the centre road. On the right is a Class 103 DMBS minus it's front bogie. May 30th, 1978. Rex Holt.

Class 120 DMU at Wolverhampton

March 1983

A Chester allocated Class 120 seen at Wolverhampton in March 1982. Closest is M50683, the centre car is presumably M59294. Another Class 120 is on the left. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 12th May 1989

Set number: 533

120533 (53700+59532+53683) at Glasgow Central on 12-05-1989. My favourite 1st generation dmu - enjoying an 'Indian summer' on Strathclyde suburban services, shortly before the takeover of class 156 was completed. Gordon Thomson.