Vehicle 50663 / 53663
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 22/03/58 | 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 | |
| 09/12/84 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Notes
29th January 1958 - New at Swindon Carriage Works.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50663 - original number
53663 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
circa Dec-72 - WR AWS removed
Oct-74 - AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| EP493 | 50714 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| 50718 | 59263 | 50663 | Noted 12/08/70 - in Birmingham area1 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59263 | 50663 | Noted 21/12/70 - at March2 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59263 | 50663 | Noted 05/04/71 - at Peterborough2 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59263 | 50663 | Noted 22/05/71 - at Derby2 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59289 | 50663 | Noted 30/04/72 - in Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59289 | 50663 | Noted 05/08/72 - at Thetford1 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59289 | 50663 | Noted 03/11/72 - in Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59290 | 50663 | Noted 24/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59300 | 50663 | Noted 04/04/73 - on 1150 Birmingham New Street-York | ||||||
| 50730 | 59300 | 50663 | Noted 11/08/73 - at March1 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59259 | 50663 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| EP584 | 50719 | 59259 | 50663 | Noted 10/08/74 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| EP584 | 50719 | 59259 | 50663 | Noted 30/08/74 - at Derby1 | |||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 15/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 08/05/1976 - at Loughborough 4 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 28/08/76 - at Thetford1 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 04/12/76 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 31/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 27/05/1979 - on 13:00 Coventry to Nuneaton (Special service)4 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 22/08/81 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| EP502 | 50709 | 59297 | 50663 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| 53696 | 59087 | 53663 | Noted circa 12/1983 - 53696 labelled EP514, 53663 labelled EP5025 | ||||||
| 53696 | 59121 | 53663 | Noted circa 03/19845 | ||||||
| 53696 | 59121 | 53663 | Noted circa 11/19845 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
5th August 1978
Seen at Derby on the 5th August 1978. Malcolm Clements.
Unknown date
A Class 120 DMU with DMSL M50663 closest is seen at Nottingham on an unknown date. Paul Redmond.