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Vehicle 50651 / 53651


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 25/01/58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
by Oct-60 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)
Jun-64 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
Feb-65 Transferred 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)
Feb-87 Stored U. FY (Falkland Yard)
Mar-87 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50651 - original number
53651 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


TYS501 50701 59290 50651 Listed at TYS - circa Oct-60
BL501 50697 59290 50651 Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with yellow panel ends
50697 59290 50651 Noted 27/09/69 - at Leicester1
50734 59293 50651 Noted 30/10/70 - at Birmingham New Street2
50734 59293 50651 Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street2
50734 59293 50651 Noted 03/09/71 - at Norwich on 18:20 to Birmingham New Street2
50736 59290 50651 Noted 17/12/71 - at Derby2
50736 59276 50651 Noted 15/07/72 - at Thetford1
50719 59259 50651 Noted 14/01/73 - at Derby2
50719 59259 50651 Noted 14/08/1973 - at Nuneaton3
50730 59300 50651 Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street4
50730 59300 50651 Noted 24/08/74 - at Nottingham1
EP578 50730 59300 50651 Noted 08/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street3
50744 59295 50651 Noted 10/07/76 - on 1220 Crewe-Lincoln SM
50744 59295 50651 Noted 13/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1
50737 59257 50651 Noted 02/07/77 - on 1715 Nottingham-Derby
50729 59295 50651 Noted 12/09/1977 - at Leicester on on service to Birmingham3
50737 59295 50651 Noted 20/12/77 - at Nottingham1
50718 59258 50651 Noted 18/02/1979 - at Crewe Station5
50736 59290 50651 Noted 20/06/81 - at Norwich1
EP519 50736 59290 50651 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP519 50736 59290 50651 Noted circa 06/19826
EP519 53736 59290 53651 Noted 13/09/83 - at Norwich1
EP519 53736 59290 53651 Noted circa 12/19836
EP519 53736 59127 53651 Noted circa 06/19846
53736 59127 53651 Noted 21/07/84 - at Norwich1
EP519 53736 59124 53651 Noted circa 08/19846
EP519 53736 59124 53651 Noted circa 11/19846
EP519 53736 59124 53651 Noted 22/03/19856
53736 59124 53651 Noted 20/07/85 - on 15:40 Skegness - Nottingham
53736 59124 53651 Noted 31/08/1985 - at Derby7
TS409 53736 59124 53651 New set number at TS - Feb-86 - number never carried
TS409 53736 59124 53651 Noted 13/02/19866
529 53736 59124 53651 New set number at AY - May-86
529 53736 59124 53651 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
529 53736 59124 53651 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
529 53736 59124 53651 Noted 23/08/1986 - BLS Clyde Forth Railtour Sets 385+529
53736 59124 53651 Noted 6th September 1986
53736 59124 53651 Noted 11/10/19866
53736 59124 53651 Noted 16th October 1986
53736 59124 53651 Noted 19th November 1986

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

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Derby

9th June 1979

M50651 at Derby on the 9th June 1979. M59257 is behind. Malcolm Clements.

Class 120 DMU at York

11th June 1982

Set number: EP519

Swindon Cross Country set EP519 (M50651 + M59290 + M50736) with a charter from Burton in York station on June 11, 1982. John Carter.

Class 120 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

1986

53651 emerges from the short tunnel that takes it from Princes Street Gardens into Edinburgh Waverley. The Met-Camm centre car is presumably 59124. Taken in 1986. S Saunders.

Class 120 DMU at Ayr

1986

Set number: EP519

1986 saw a welcome return of Swindon DMUs to Ayrshire in the form of an influx of Cross Country Units. Most of the Swindon units had received Metro Cammel centre cars. Here 53651 (formerly of Derby Etches Park set 519, and appears to have a broken window mid-vehicle) and 53648 are seen at the magnificent Ayr station. Andrew McConnell.

Class 120 DMU at near Kilmarnock

7th June 1986

Set number: EP519

529 on the 1245. Class 120 motor second 53651 still displays the remains of old set number EP519 but it is now officially in set 529 with 59124 (101) and 53736. Seen passing North Woodhill farm near Kilmarnock with the 1245 Glasgow Central to Kilmarnock. Bruce Galloway.

Class 120 DMU at Edinburgh Haymarket

7th July 1986

Set number: EP519

53651-59124-53736 Edinburgh Haymarket 07.07.1986 Martin Baumann.

Class 120 DMU at South Leith

23rd August 1986

The Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" tour at South Leith on 23 August 1986. It is formed 53651 / 59124 / 53736 + 53673 / 59374 / 53090, the train running about an hour late at this time. Alan Rintoul.

Class 120 DMU at Menstrie

23rd August 1986

The Branch Line Society 'Clyde-Forth' railtour is seen at Menstrie on the freight only branch from Cambus Junction to Glenochil Distillery and yeast factory at Menstrie on August 23, 1986. Formed of two hybrid 3-car sets, 120/101 53651+59124+53736 and 116/120 set 53673+59374+53090 trailing. This line was once a passenger branch from Cambus Junction near Alloa to Alva but lost its service on 01/11/1954. It was retained as a freight branch initially to Alva but the section beyond Glenochil Distilley to Alva closed on 24/02/1964. The branch to Menstrie was retained for inbound grain and molasses traffic but only generated wagon load flows. It was a victim of the demise of the Speedlink wagon load network disbanded by BR in July 1991 and fell into disuse thereafter. Adrian Nicholls.

Class 120 DMU at Old Kilpatrick

23rd August 1986

Railtour. Looking east as BLS six car DMU approaches Old Kilpatrick on the remains of the Caledonian's Lanarkshire & Dunbartonshire route. The former Admiralty oil storage tanks were served by a siding behind the building on the far right but was long out of use at that time. The leading Set is a Class 120 (with MC centre car) 53651+59124+53736 and the trailing Set is a Class 116 (with 120 DMS) 53673+59374+53090. Saturday 23 August 1986. alicia hartman.

Class 120 DMU at Milngavie

23rd August 1986

The unusual sight of a DMU in Milngavie station. The occasion was the Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" railtour on 23 August 1986, the vehicle closest is 53651. Brian Ward.

Class 120 DMU at Milngavie

23rd August 1986

53651 sits at the front of the Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" railtour in Milngavie station on 23 August 1986. A Class 303 EMU can just be glimpsed on the right - the normal traction on the branch. Brian Ward.

Class 120 DMU at Menstrie

23rd August 1986

Set number: EP519

53651 + 59124 + 53736 / 53673 + 59374 + 53090 at Menstrie with the Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" railtour on 23 August 1986. Brian Ward.

Class 120 DMU at Gunnie Cement Works

23rd August 1986

Set number: EP519

53651 + 59124 + 53736 / 53673 + 59374 + 53090 during the Gunnie Cement Works (Coatbridge) stop of the Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" railtour on 23 August 1986. Brian Ward.

Class 120 DMU at Old Kilpatrick

23rd August 1986

Distant Past. Looking east at Old Kilptrick with a six car BLS DMU Railtour in the background. Swindon Class 120 DMS 53651 is leading. Patrons walk towards the buffer stop and what was effectively the headshunt for the oil sidings. The buffer stops were short of the former Caledonian L & D station. Oil traffic probably ceased in the late seventies. EE 350 hp shunters would propel tank wagons into the oil sidings on the right then propel back to Dalmuir Riverside for rounding. Saturday 23 August 1986. alicia hartman.

Class 120 DMU at Glasgow Central

25th August 1986

Set number: EP519

53651 in Glasgow Central station on 25 August 1986. It's probably on a working to Ayr, and this was the last few weeks of DMUs on the service as it switched to EMUs the following month. Bill Fraser.

Class 120 DMU at Snailwell

24th January 1988

Class 120 DMS 53651 in Snailwell on January 24, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 9th June 1979

Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country centre car M59257 seen at Derby on the 9th June 1979. The power car on the right is M50651. Malcolm Clements.

DMU

Date: 17th February 1981

Six DMU cars are seen between 47125 and 08303 at Derby on 17 February 1981. All but one are Class 120s: 50691, 50651 + 59290 + 50736, 59135 (104) and 50653. Possibly bound for Litchurch Lane? Andrew Bond.

DMU

Date: 11th June 1982

Set number: EP519

Class 120 DMU EP519 (M50736 + M59290 + M50651) in York station on June 11th, 1982 with a charter from Burton. On the right is Class 114 E50047. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 1986

Set number: 529

Hybrid Class 120/101 set 529 formed 53736 + 59124 + 53651 arrives into Edinburgh Waverley in 1986. S Saunders.

DMU

Date: circa summer 1986

Set number: 529

A hybrid DMU set, presumably 53736 + 59124 + 53651, is seen at Kilwinning circa summer 1986. Brian Ward.

DMU

Date: 23rd August 1986

A view from the Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" railtour on 23 August 1986 as it travels on the former Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway line between Clydebank and Old Kilpatrick. Taken from 53090 looking towards 59374, 53673, 53736, 59124 and 53651. Brian Ward.

DMU

Date: 23rd August 1986

Set number: 385

53090 + 59374 + 53673 / 53736 + 59124 + 53651 at the Gunnie Cememnt Works (Coatbridge) stop of the Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" railtour on 23 August 1986. Brian Ward.

DMU

Date: 24th July 1987

A view inside Ayr depot on the morning of 24/7/87 shows a line of driving motor cars, with cl.120 no.53741 (labelled for 120 518) most prominent. To its left is the cab of 53651 and behind it are cl.104 53505 and cl.105 53380. All the cars are now withdrawn and are being stripped for spares. Leonard Rogers.