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Vehicle 50728 / 53728


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

Aug-58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
by Jun-62 Transferred to 84E (Tyseley)
10/09/62 Transferred to 88A (Cardiff Canton)
Sep-63Depot code change86A
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
w/e 06/12/80 Transferred to CH (Chester)
circa 1984 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
11/05/86 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50728 - original number
53728 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

p/e 03/11/73 - Dual AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


CDF521 50728 59273 50665 Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with yellow panel ends
50728 59277 50691 Noted 31/12/68 - at Gloucester Central1
CTN530 50728 59277 50691 Listed at 86A - May-70
CTN530 50728 59277 50691 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50728 59277 50691 Noted 20/03/71 - at Leicester1
50728 59277 50691 Noted 24/08/1971 - at Bristol2
50728 59277 50691 Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central3
C530 50728 59277 50691 Noted 08/03/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with C558
C530 50728 59277 50691 Noted 01/04/75 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven
C530 50728 59277 50691 Noted 30/12/75 - on 2B45 1625 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B478
C613 50728 59277 50691 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C613 50728 59277 50691 Noted 05/01/77 - on 2C49 1720 Carmarthen-Swansea
C613 50728 59277 50691 Noted 04/10/77 - on 2C82 0912 Pembroke Dock-Swansea
C613 50728 59277 50691 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C613 50728 59277 50691 Noted 23/08/1978 - Cardiff Central4
C613 50728 59277 50691 Noted 27/08/1978 - West Wales Area4
C613 50728 59277 50691 Noted 28/08/78 - on 2C74 1610 Swansea-Pembroke Dock with C506
C613 50728 59277 50691 Noted 13/09/78 - on 2C96 2240 Swansea-Carmarthen with C605
C613 50728 59277 50691 Noted 24/03/1979 - at Swansea4
C613 50728 59277 50691 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
50728 59277 50672 Noted circa 08/19825
53728 59277 53691 Noted circa 06/19835
53728 59532 53691 Noted circa 01/19845
53728 59583 53681 Formation change - NH - circa Sep-85
53728 59583 53681 Noted 14/01/86

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

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Plymouth

circa 1964

North British Type 2 D6338 has apparently rescued a Swindon 3-car unit, DMBC W50728 leading, taken at Plymouth around 1964. Kevin Lane Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Newton Heath depot

17th November 1984

Newton Heath depot on 17 November 1984 with Class 120 DMBC M53728, 40 009, withdrawn Class 104 DMSL M53490 and class A Tank TTA 67151. Dave Warby.

Class 120 DMU at Manchester Victoria

20th November 1985

53728 is seen running into Manchester Victoria station on 22nd November 1985. AndrewHA.

Class 120 DMU at Vic Berrys

22nd June 1986

M53728 is on the stilts at Vic Berrys yard in Leicester on 22 June 1986. It was withdrawn on 11 May 1986. Ian Francis.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: June 1976

Set number: C613

Swindon Class 120 Set C613 (presumably W50691-W59277-W50728) seen at Shrewsbury on the 1st June 1976 with a working from Swansea via the Heart of Wales line which, according to the blind, will soon undertake the return journey. As befits a unit operating via this route is the external spot light fixture fitted just below the destination blind. Steve Carter.

DMU

Date: 3rd May 1979

Class 120 at Pembroke Dock on 3 May 1979 What a dump. And my pic isn't much better either, taken straight into the light, but I wanted to capture the dereliction. It's noteworthy that the train has stopped short of the wreckage of the station buildings yet it was perfectly OK for us passengers to walk under the canopy! It wouldn't happen nowadays. This is W50691 + W59277 + W50728 forming the first train of the day down the branch which we joined at Saundersfoot after spending the night in the Youth Hostel there. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: 17th April 1980

Set number: C613

The 11:35 Milford Haven - Swansea service arrives into Haverfordwest on the 17th April 1980. Formed of Swindon Cross-country DMU set C613 (presumably 50691 + 59277 + 50728). By the end of the year it was transferred from Cardiff to Chester depot. Hamish Stevenson.