Vehicle 50648 / 53648
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 30/11/57 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| 2w/e 20/10/79 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 13/05/85 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 02/02/86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 09/03/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 28/09/86 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Feb-87 | Stored U. | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Mar-87 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) | - also noted as 29/09/87 |
Notes
29th June 1987 - Seen at Aberdeen Ferryhill
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50648 - original number
53648 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
3w/e 30/06/73 - Dual AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| CDF501 | 50706 | 59265 | 50648 | Noted Feb-62 | |||||
| CTN512 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Listed at 86A - May-70 | |||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 13/08/70 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| CTN512 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 22/02/1971 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 20/08/1971 - at Abergavenny3 | ||||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff3 | ||||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport3 | ||||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 08/01/1972 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| C517 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 03/09/73 - at Shrewsbury1 | |||||
| C512 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 06/09/73 - on Cardiff Canton depot1 | |||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff3 | ||||||
| C512 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 08/01/75 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C556 | |||||
| C512 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 15/02/75 - on 2C10 0654 Weston SM-Cardiff | |||||
| C512 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 10/04/75 - on 1A41 1452 Swansea-Paddington with 56289 + C505 | |||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport1 | ||||||
| C512 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 12/03/76 - on 2C40 0710 Cardiff-Swansea | |||||
| C501 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C501 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 26/09/1976 - Bulmers Open Day Shuttle from and to Hereford station 51084-59415-51056 + 50706-59296-50648 B574+C501 | |||||
| C501 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C501 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 19/05/1978 - Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| C508 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 19/05/1978 - Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| C501 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 15/09/78 - on 2225 Cardiff-Hereford | |||||
| C501 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 09/10/78 - on 2C97 1725 Milford Haven-Swansea | |||||
| C501 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 24/03/1979 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Gwaun Cae Gurwen Growler Railtour C501+B466 | |||||
| C501 | 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 16/04/1979 - at Llanelli Station4 | |||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Transfer to CH - 2w/e 20/10/79 | ||||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted 22/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station4 | ||||||
| 50706 | 59296 | 50648 | Noted circa 05/19825 | ||||||
| 50648 | 59569 | 50706 | Noted circa 01/19835 | ||||||
| 53706 | 59569 | 53648 | Noted circa 07/19855 | ||||||
| 53727 | 59104 | 53648 | Noted 24/08/85 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 53706 | 59569 | 53648 | Noted 16/11/85 - on 09:22 Derby - Crewe service6 | ||||||
| 53706 | 59569 | 53648 | Noted 16/11/85 - on 15:38 Crewe - Lincoln service6 | ||||||
| TS404 | 53706 | 59569 | 53648 | Formation change - TS - Jan-86 - number never carried | |||||
| 53706 | 59569 | 53648 | Noted circa 01/19865 | ||||||
| TS404 | 53706 | 59569 | 53648 | Noted 17/02/19865 | |||||
| 53698 | 59285 | 53648 | Noted 7th July 1986 | ||||||
| 507 | 53698 | 59285 | 53648 | Noted 31st July 1986 | |||||
| 507 | 53698 | 59285 | 53648 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 53698 | 59285 | 53648 | Noted 26th September 1986 | ||||||
| 507 | 53698 | 59285 | 53648 | Transfer to HA - 28/09/86 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
Images:
16th September 1979
Set number: C501
Swindon Works class 120/2 motor second W50648 of a Cross-Country triple DMU set in blue and grey livery, in the company of class 31/1 31210 at the Cardiff Canton DMU and carriage sheds on 16th September 1979. The class 120 is from the first batch built, which had round as opposed to oval buffers. The Brush type 2 entered BR traffic in July 1960 as D5634 and is now to be found on the heritage Dean Forest Railway. Gordon Edgar.
1986
A Swindon Cross-Country set in Princes Street Gardens in 1986, DMS 50648 closest. S Saunders.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 17th October 1970
The 11:40 Cardiff General-Crewe is seen at Newport on 17 October 1970. The Swindon Cross-Country DMU has W50706 closest, it's regular partners were 59296 (still with "Buffet" and a red stripe) and 50648. A Class 116 DMS leads at the far end. Robert Thomas.
Date: 26th September 1976
Set number: C501
Class 120 set C501 (50706 + 59296 + 50648) and Class 119 set B574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) at Bulmers, Hereford, with a shuttle for the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976 Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 26th September 1976
Set number: C501
Class 120 C501 (50706 + 59296 + 50648) and Class 119 B574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 26th September 1976
Set number: C501
Class 120 C501 (50706 + 59296 + 50648) and Class 119 B574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976, and is waiting for the points to be clipped. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 26th September 1976
Set number: B574
Class 119 B574 (51056 + 59415 + 51084) and Class 120 C501 (50648 + 59296 + 50706) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 26th September 1976
Set number: B574
Class 119 B574 (51056 + 59415 + 51084) and Class 120 C501 (50648 + 59296 + 50706) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 21st September 1979
Set number: C501
Gloomy skies at Salisbury on 21 September 1979. W50706 is at the front od Swindon Cross-Country set C501, presumably with 59296 + 50648. David Mant.
Date: 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.
Date: 18th April 1987
Set number: 101361
Class 101 DMS 53192 and Class 120 53648 behind, another 101 in the shed, at the west end of Haymarket Depot on 18 April 1987. Keith Miller.