Set C503
These formations have been noted:
| 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 03/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven | |||||
| 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 18/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C526 | |||||
| 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 20/09/74 - on 2C36 1650 Newport-Swansea with 56289 attached | |||||
| 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 08/01/75 - on 2C46 1600 Weymouth-Cardiff with B468 | |||||
| 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 24/03/75 - at Cardiff working with C338 + 56289 + C534 | |||||
| 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 02/05/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with 56289 + C601 | |||||
| 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 23/04/76 - on 2C12 0735 Hereford-Cardiff | |||||
| 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| Noted 04/03/77 - on 2C39 0920 Pembroke Dock-Swansea | ||||||||
| Noted 28/03/77 - on 2C08 0735 Chepstow-Cardiff | ||||||||
| 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| Noted 15/01/78 - on 2C34 2225 Cheltenham-Cardiff with B472 | ||||||||
| Noted 13/02/78 - on 2C30 1305 Bristol TM-Cardiff with C504 | ||||||||
| Noted 15/03/78 - on 1Z08 1915 Cheltenham-Cardiff with B801 | ||||||||
| Noted 22/08/78 - on 2C62 2133 Bristol TM-Cardiff | ||||||||
| 50711 | 59581 | 50658 | Noted 26/02/1979 - at Cardiff Central1 | |||||
| 50700 | 59581 | 50659 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 |
Formation Sources
1: Shayne Lewis
June 1974
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.
April 1975
BR (Swindon) Cross Country 3-car dmu (Class 120) No.C503 (consisting of Class 120/2, 179 & 120/1 cars) with Central Wales Line headlamp between cab windows, in BR Rail Blue & Grey with all yellow front end, leaving Kidwelly on a Swansea (High St) - Pembroke Dock service, 04/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
1976
Class 120 DMU set C503 stabled at Hereford alongside 33 030 sometime in 1976. Brian Daniels.
1979
Class 120 DMU set C503 at the rear of what seems to be a nine-car formation in Swansea station sometime in 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.
18th August 1979
A Class 120 (C503, 50711 and presumably 59581 + 50658) and Class 101 (a TBS set) at Fairwood Junction on 18 August 1979. The formation is diverging from the avoiding line towards Westbury. With Cardiff Central on the destination blind it is probably a Weymouth to Cardiff service. Michael Mensing.
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