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| 09/12/84 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |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.
May 1985
Set number: EP502
Class 120 M53663 seen at Vic Berry Leicester with unknown Class 103 Park Royal along side. Another Class 120 further away and behind the Class 03 pilot. Seen in May 1985. Nicholas Youngman Collection.