Vehicle 50657 / 53657
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 22/02/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 02/03/86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Notes
29th January 1958 - New at Swindon Carriage Works.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50657 - original number
53657 - from Feb-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50657 | 59259 | 50658 | Noted 29th January 1958 - On trial | ||||||
| 50712 | 59263 | 50657 | 5865 | Noted 18th June 1958 | |||||
| CDF506 | 50712 | 59263 | 50657 | Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60 | |||||
| 50717 | 59273 | 50657 | Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| EP487 | 50717 | 59273 | 50657 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| 50731 | 59297 | 50657 | Noted 21/08/71 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50731 | 59272 | 50657 | Noted 17/06/72 - at Thetford2 | ||||||
| 50709 | 59272 | 50657 | Noted 24/06/72 - at Thetford2 | ||||||
| 50709 | 59272 | 50657 | Noted 17/09/72 - at Stoke-on-Trent1 | ||||||
| 50713 | 59257 | 50657 | Noted 13/08/1973 - at Leicester3 | ||||||
| EP583 | 50731 | 59287 | 50657 | Noted 05/07/1975 - at Nottingham on service to Derby/Crewe?3 | |||||
| EP587 | 50725 | 59287 | 50657 | Noted 08/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street3 | |||||
| 50696 | 59287 | 50657 | Noted 10/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59287 | 50657 | Noted 26/11/1977 - RCTS Reunion Railtour | ||||||
| EP579 | 50714 | 59287 | 50657 | Noted 02/01/78 | |||||
| 50737 | 59276 | 50657 | Noted 22/03/80 | ||||||
| 50731 | 59273 | 50657 | Noted 29/07/81 | ||||||
| EP509 | 50731 | 59273 | 50657 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| 509 | 53731 | 59534 | 53657 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||
| 53725 | 59126 | 53657 | Noted circa 07/19854 | ||||||
| EP516 | 53725 | 59126 | 53657 | Noted 29/07/85 - at Norwich, 53657 carried set number 5092 | |||||
| 53725 | 59126 | 53657 | Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby5 | ||||||
| 53725 | 59126 | 53657 | Noted 23/11/85 - on 16:30 Crewe - Lincoln service6 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Martin Baumann
Images:
22nd March 1958
Two new six-car Swindon Cross-Country sets at Birmingham Snow Hill on 22nd March 1958. On the left is the 3.40pm to Swansea, right is the 12.10pm from Cardiff. These trains ran via Stratford-Upon-Avon. Note the letters carried on the side of the set on the right, the 'C' is just behind the driver's door. Michael Mensing.
29th July 1981
50657, 59273 & 50731 at Derby, 29th July 1981. Jerry Glover.
10th June 1984
Set number: 509
A Class 120/101/120 DMU in Nuneaton station on 10 June 1984. Closest is DMSL M53657 carrying set number 509. Brian Daniels.
6th April 1985
Set number: 509
Derby Etches Park allocated Class 120 DMU set 509 (M53657 + M59281 + M53725) in Lincoln St Marks station on 6 April 1985. Phil Bevan.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 22nd March 1980
A Class 120 set formed of 50737/59276/50657 is seen at Derby on 22/3/80. Chris Lings.