Vehicle 50654 / 53654
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) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| by Jun-62 | Transferred to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 30/07/62 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 02/02/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Mar-87 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Oct-87 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Feb-88 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Notes
27/06/59 - Noted at Birmingham Snow Hill running with a Derby high density centre car.
26th March 1988 - Seen at Falkland Yard
21st August 1988 - Seen at Falkland Yard
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50654 - original number
53654 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
circa Dec-72 - WR AWS removed
Apr-75 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 10/11/1978 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| EP486 | 50703 | 59301 | 50654 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| 50703 | 59301 | 50654 | Noted 20/11/69 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50704 | 59258 | 50654 | Noted 16/01/72 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50743 | 59293 | 50654 | Noted 19/05/72 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50741 | 59256 | 50654 | Noted 18/08/1973 - at Peterborough with 17:45 to Birmingham New Street with 50717, 59272and 506502 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59257 | 50654 | Noted 25/01/1976 - on 16:20 Crewe to Derby2 | ||||||
| EP581 | 50703 | 59257 | 50654 | Noted 30/04/76 - at Peterborough3 | |||||
| 50703 | 59257 | 50654 | Noted 20/08/76 - on 1255 Norwich-Birmingham New Street with 50560 + 59227 + 50585 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59257 | 50654 | Noted 18/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59257 | 50654 | Noted 21/02/77 - at Lincoln1 | ||||||
| EP517 | 50742 | 59268 | 50654 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP517 | 50742 | 59268 | 50654 | Noted 12/06/82 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| EP517 | 50742 | 59268 | 50654 | Noted circa 01/19834 | |||||
| EP517 | 53742 | 59268 | 53654 | Noted circa 06/19834 | |||||
| EP517 | 53742 | 59268 | 53654 | Noted circa 12/19834 | |||||
| spare | 53654 | Formation change - DY - Aug-85 | |||||||
| 53708 | 59281 | 53654 | Noted 16/01/86 - on 21:20 Crewe - Grantham service5 | ||||||
| 517 | 53742 | 59268 | 53654 | Formation change - AY - circa Feb-86 | |||||
| 53708 | 53654 | Listed at AY - Feb-86 | |||||||
| 506 | 53708 | 59281 | 53654 | Formed at AY Feb-86 | |||||
| 53708 | 59281 | 53654 | Noted 24/02/86 | ||||||
| 53708 | 59281 | 53654 | Noted 2nd April 1986 | ||||||
| 53742 | 59571 | 53654 | Noted 13th June 1986 | ||||||
| 517 | 53742 | 59571 | 53654 | Noted 8th July 1986 | |||||
| 517 | 53742 | 53654 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | ||||||
| 51578 | 59571 | 53654 | Noted 28th August 1986 | ||||||
| 53654 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard4 | ||||||||
| 535 | 53733 | 59289 | 53654 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 535 | 53733 | 59262 | 53654 | Formation change - circa May-87 - 59262 (ex-120533) replaced 59289 (to 120533) | |||||
| 53733 | 59262 | 53654 | Noted 29/05/19874 | ||||||
| 535 | 53733 | 59262 | 53654 | Noted 08/08/19874 | |||||
| 535 | 53733 | 59262 | 53654 | Noted 19th November 1987 | |||||
| 101361 | 53234 | 59112 | 53654 | Listed at AY - Jan-88 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
Images:
April 1979
A Swindon Class 120 Cross-Country DMU is seen at Sudbury (Staffs) on April 1979, M50654 leading. Michael Mensing.
5th May 1984
Set number: EP517
Entering Carlton station on 5 May 1984 is Swindon Cross-Country DMU set EP517 working the 13:50 Lincoln St Marks-Birmingham New Street service. DMSL M53654 leads. Robert Thomas.
30th December 1985
Set number: EP517
Swindon Cross-Country set EP517 in Nottingham Midland station on the 30th December 1985, with 53654 closest. Chris Lings.
circa 1986
Set number: EP517
Class 120 DMSL 53654 leads a DMU set into Ayr station circa 1986. Brian Ward.
August 1987
Set number: 535
Class 120 Wester Hailes August 1987 A Glasgow Central bound train departs. Set 535 is presumably 53654 + 59262 + 53733. Alistair Ness.
circa summer 1987
Set number: EP3
A Swindon Cross-Country DMU in Glasgow Central station circa 1987. Closest is 53654. Brian Ward.
circa summer 1987
Set number: EP3
53654 leads a Swindon Cross-Country DMU out of Glasgow Central station circa summer 1987. 53733 is on the rear. Brian Ward.
circa late-Autumn 1987
Set number: 535
A Class 120 on Corkerhill depot circa late-Autumn 1987. This is presumed to be 53654. Brian Ward.
circa late-Autumn 1987
Set number: 535
DMUs in the big shed at Corkerhill depot circa late Autumn 1987. The Met-Camm is 101360, presumably 53158 + 59075 + 53160, the Swindon is set 535 presumably with 53654 closest. Brian Ward.
23rd November 1987
Set number: 535
120535 departs from Dunlop with the 12.45 Kilmarnock - Glasgow Central train on 23-11-1987. I recorded the cars as 53654, 59262, 53733. Gordon Thomson.
30th December 1987
Set number: 535
Crossmyloof 30th December 1987. The Ayr Electrics had started as I arrived the year before in Ayrshire. In 1987, the Stranraers, Kilmarnocks and East Kilbride services were still first generation DMU out of Glasgow Central. This was their swansong before the Sprinters arrived. Ayr and Corkerhill depots were working miracles. Even as the 156s started, the plans to reopen Carmyle and Paisley Canal ensured that the final end for Class 101 was some years off. But back to 1987 IIRC the DMU choice was 101/104/105/107/116/120 with three livery choices. This set is all blue/grey but what was meant to be an Ayr 3 car 101 has a class 120 at the back - 53654. The TBSL centre car is presumably 59112. Robert Forsythe.
8th December 1990
Set number: 535
Class 120 DMSL 53654 at Thornton Junction on 8 December 1990. It had been withdrawn from Ayr in February 1988 and would be cut at MC Metals in August 1991. Stuart Mackay.
8th December 1990
Set number: 535
The front end of withdrawn Class 120 DMSL 53654 at Thornton Junction on 8 December 1990. Stuart Mackay.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 18th April 1981
M50718 + 59300 + 50654 with a Cleethorpes - Birmingham NS service at Grimsby Town on April 18, 1981. John Carter.
Date: 1987
A Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU heads away from Glasgow Central circa summer 1987. The power cars are 53733 and 53654. Brian Ward.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 535
Class 120 Wester Hailes Aug 1987. A train for Glasgow Central arrives at this then relatively newly opened West Edinburgh station. Set 535 is presumably 53733 + 59262 + 53654. Alistair Ness.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 535
Weird sight at Wester Hailes. The suburb of Wester Hailes grew rapidly in the 1970s but despite straddling the Edinburgh to Glasgow Central and Carstairs route, the locals were not provided with a station until May 1987. Three months after opening, we see the strange sight of a Swindon Cross Country class 120 DMU (53733 and presumably 59262 + 53654) stopping here on an Edinburgh to Glasgow Central via Shotts service. This was during the "anything goes" period where worn out DMUs displaced from Sprinterisation elsewhere were moved around the country and Scotrail got a few of these sets to tide them over during the latter half of the 1980s. Murray Liston.
Date: 23rd November 1987
Set number: 535
120535 calls at Dunlop with the 12.45 Kilmarnock - Glasgow Central train on 23-11-1987. I've recorded the cars as 53733, 59262, 53654. The old goods shed & yard have been taken over by a builders yard, later to become housing. Gordon Thomson.