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Vehicle 50707 / 53707


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: 30335
Diagram: 587

Allocations

4w/e 02/11/57 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
Sep-63Depot code change86A
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
p/e 01/02/81 Transferred to DY (Derby Etches Park)
14/10/84 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)

Notes

29th January 1958 - New at Swindon Carriage Works.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50707 - original number
53707 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

w/e 16/10/71 - Dual AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50706 50707 Noted 29th January 1958 - On trial
CFD513 50707 59273 50666 Noted Feb-62
CTN503 50707 59268 50653 Listed at 86A - May-70
50707 59268 50653 Noted 30/10/70 - at Cardiff1
50707 59268 50653 Noted 06/11/70 - at Newport (Mon.)1
CTN503 50707 59268 50653 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50707 59268 50653 Noted 22/05/71 - at Crewe1
503 50707 59268 50653 Noted 02/11/72
50707 59268 50653 Noted 02/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street1
503 50707 59268 50653 Noted 06/09/73 - on Cardiff Canton depot2
563 50707 59268 50653 Noted 06/09/73 - at Severn Tunnel Junction2
50707 59268 50653 Noted 27/05/1974 - at Gloucester3
50707 59268 50653 Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff4
50707 59268 50653 Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff4
C503 50707 59268 50653 Noted 03/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven
C503 50707 59268 50653 Noted 18/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C526
C503 50707 59268 50653 Noted 20/09/74 - on 2C36 1650 Newport-Swansea with 56289 attached
C503 50707 59268 50653 Noted 08/01/75 - on 2C46 1600 Weymouth-Cardiff with B468
C503 50707 59268 50653 Noted 24/03/75 - at Cardiff working with C338 + 56289 + C534
C503 50707 59268 50653 Noted 02/05/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with 56289 + C601
C503 50707 59268 50653 Noted 23/04/76 - on 2C12 0735 Hereford-Cardiff
C502 50707 59268 50653 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
50707 59268 50653 Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central2
C502 50707 59268 50653 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C501 50707 59268 50653 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
C501 50707 59268 50653 Noted 24/10/1980 - At Swansea High Street Station working a service to Llanelli5
50707 59268 50653 Transfer to DY - Feb-81
EP512 50707 59272 50684 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP512 50707 59272 50684 Noted 03/07/82 - at Norwich2
EP512 50707 59272 50684 Noted circa 09/19826
EP512 53707 59272 53684 Noted circa 06/19836
EP512 53707 59272 53684 Noted 30/08/1983 - EP512+TS401 worked tour of West Midlands, organiser unknown (www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/830830_1.htm)
53707 59065 59571 53684 Noted 11th August 1984 - 4-car set for Matlock weekday services

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

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Hereford

circa 1968

My second railway picture - nearly as poor as the first, and as can be seen from the LHS this one was decidedly on the skew... A green class 120 set at Hereford station circa 1968, it appears to be W50707. John Crooks.

Class 120 DMU at Milford Haven

June 1974

Set number: C503

A Swindon Cross-Country DMU at Milford Haven June 1974. Photograph by John Wiltshire. Set C503 is presumably DMBC 50707 with 59268 visible behind. Peter Brabham Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Cardiff Central

25th September 1979

Set number: C502

W50707 at Cardiff Central on 25/09/79. Steve Jones.

Class 120 DMU at Melton Mowbray

2nd September 1982

Set number: EP512

Swindon Cross-Country set EP512, formed M50707 + M59272 + M50684 with a Birmingham New Street -Peterborough service at Melton Mowbray on September 2, 1982. John Carter.

Class 120 DMU at Grantham

11th August 1984

Four-car Swindon Cross-Country set 53707 + 59065 + 59571 + 53684 approaches Grantham on Saturday 11th August 1984 with a 09XX Nottingham - Skegness (via Grantham) service. Colin Brooks.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 19th March 1972

Set number: 503

A Swindon Cross-Country DMU in Chepstow station on the 19th of March 1972. Carrying set number 503, the vehicles are presumably 50653 + 59268 + 50707. The KDH Archive.

DMU

Date: 2nd September 1982

Set number: EP512

Swindon Cross-Country set EP512, formed M50684 + M59272 + M50707 with a Birmingham New Street -Peterborough service at Melton Mowbray on September 2, 1982. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 30th August 1983

Set number: TS401

The BR organised 'West Midlands Roundabout' tour on 30 August 1983 at Stratford-upon-Avon. The Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as 53325 + 59528 + 53306 and 53684 + 59272 + 53707. Walter Burt.

DMU

Date: 29th July 1984

M53684 is at the head of a 4-car set The others are presumably 59065 + 59571 + 53707, two 120 power cars and two Met-Camm center cars. Seen at Derby on 29/7/84. Ian Francis.