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Vehicle 50688 / 53688


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 04/10/58 New to BL (Bristol Marsh Junction)
by Jun-62 Transferred to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
3w/e 01/02/64 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
circa May-64 On loan to 81D (Reading)
Jul-64 Ex-loan back to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
02/02/86 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
09/03/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
p/e 23/11/86 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50688 - original number
53688 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50741 59280 50688 Noted circa Aug-67 - in plain blue livery
EP480 50741 59280 50688 Noted circa Jun-69
50741 59280 50688 Noted 27/09/69 - at Nuneaton1
50741 59280 50688 Noted 30/10/70 - at Derby2
50709 59287 50688 Noted 19/09/71 - at Crewe at 6.30am2
50709 59287 50688 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street3
EP578 50709 59276 50688 Noted 13/08/74 - on 1320 Crewe-Licoln St Marks
50736 59301 50688 Noted 28/05/1975 - at Nottingham4
EP598 50731 59301 50688 Noted 05/08/1975 - at Solihull4
EP598 50731 59301 50688 Noted 13/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 4
50731 59301 50688 Noted 05/06/76 - on 0844 Nottingham-Skegness
50731 59301 50688 Noted 04/09/76 - on 12.38 Leicester – Derby with 50714 + 59273 + 506875
50731 59301 50688 Noted 15/05/77 - on 0800 Crewe-Manchester Piccadilly
50731 59273 50688 Noted 03/09/77 - on 2M85 1531 Lincoln St Marks-Derby
50737 59274 50688 Noted 29/08/81 - at Norwich1
50737 59274 50688 Noted 20/09/81
EP518 50737 59274 50688 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP518 50737 59274 50688 Noted circa 01/19836
EP518 53737 59274 53688 Noted circa 06/19836
53737 59274 53688 Noted circa 12/19836
53737 59126 53688 Noted 22/03/19856
53737 59571 53688 Noted 01/06/85 - at Norwich1
53737 59571 53688 Noted circa 07/19856
53727 59571 53688 Noted 24/09/85 - on 10:25 Crewe - Derby service7
53737 59571 53688 Noted 20/11/85 - on 08:35 Lincoln - Crewe service7
53737 59527 53688 Noted 06/12/85 - on 16:30 Crewe - Lincoln Central service7
TS408 53737 59571 53688 New set number at TS - Jan-86 - number never carried
53737 59527 53688 Noted 10/01/86 - on 09:22 Derby - Crewe service7
53737 59527 53688 Noted 12/01/86 - on 21:10 Crewe - Grantham service7
53737 59571 53688 Noted 13/02/1986 - operating from Tyseley in connection with additional services resulting from Proof House Bridge renewal.6
53737 59571 53688 Noted 2nd April 1986
519 53737 59571 53688 Noted 1st May 1986
519 53737 59571 53688 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
551 53380 59789 53688 Formed at AY 2w/e 07/07/86
369 51186 59268 53688 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
spare 53688 Formation change - circa Oct-86
53688 Noted 11/10/1986 - at Ayr Depot6

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Phil Shatford
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Melton Mowbray

10th June 1970

Set number: EP480

Etches Park based Swindon Cross-Country set EP480 at Melton Mowbray on 10th June 1970. M50688 appears to be at the front, transferred from the Western Region the previous year. David Page.

Class 120 DMU at Derby

20th September 1981

This Swindon Class 120 cross-country set (M50688, M59274, M50737) is seen at Derby waiting to work the 17.18 to Lincoln, doors open in welcoming fashion. 20/9/81. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 120 DMU at Derby

Unknown date

DMS M50688 awaits departure from Derby with a local service to Matlock - no other information with this slide, so my guess is late 1970s / early 1980s, and no later than 1983. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Derby

Unknown date

A Class 120 DMU arrives into Derby station with DMSL M50688 closest. Paul Redmond.

Class 120 DMU at Nottingham

Unknown date

A Class 120 DMU with DMSL M50688 closest is seen at Nottingham, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 120 DMU at Peterborough

7th May 1983

The gradual decline in status of the venerable Swindon built Class 120 cross-country dmus was a sad spectacle to witness. Quite probably the most comfortable classic dmus still in service in the 1980s, it was still a pleasure to travel in them. How sad that they should all perish in the scrapyard without a complete set being preserved. Originally a Western Region car as W50688, it was one of the large batch transferred to Derby Etches Park in May 1969 to improve the quality of service on the Birmingham to Norwich/Cambridge and Crewe - Derby - Lincoln routes. At this time they had micro buffets in the centre cars and after a brief period of service, these were soon disused. Renumbered from M50688 the previous month, M53688 is seen on May 7th 1983 along with M59274 & M53737 having arrived at Peterborough on the 14.08 stopping service from Birmingham and loading to work the 17.25 return to Leicester. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 120 DMU at Derby

17th December 1985

Two cars of a Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 unit Nos.53688-53737, reformed with a class 101 intermediate trailer No.59571 forming a Nottingham to Crewe service with Prototype class 150 unit No.151 001 on the Matlock shuttle service at the same platform face on a wet 17th December 1985. Gordon Edgar.

Class 120 DMU at Derby

28th December 1985

A Swindon class 120 'Cross-Country' unit nos.53688 - 59571 - 53737 rattles away at Derby station during the early evening of 28th December 1985 forming a Crewe to Lincoln service. Gordon Edgar.

Class 120 DMU at Tyseley

8th March 1986

Class 120 53688 is seen stabled at Tyseley Carriage sidings on 08.03.1986. The 101 centre car behind is probably 59571. Andy Cole.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 12th October 1985

Class 120 hybrid set M53737 + E59571 + M53688 at Lincoln Central, 12th October 1985. Hamish Stevenson.