Vehicle 50669 / 53669
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 17/05/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Mar-67 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| Jul-67 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 02/02/86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 09/03/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 3w/e 21/12/86 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50669 - original number
53669 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50718 | 59283 | 50669 | Transfer to 84A - Mar-67 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59283 | 50669 | Transfer to 82A - Jul-67 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59283 | 50669 | Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with yellow panel ends | ||||||
| 50744 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 21/08/71 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50744 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50721 | 59275 | 50669 | Noted 13/11/71 - at Bristol1 | ||||||
| 50744 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 19/05/72 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50736 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 11/08/73 - at March3 | ||||||
| EP586 | 50720 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 24/08/74 - at Newark Castle3 | |||||
| EP581 | 50720 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 08/1975 - at Birmingham New Street on either 16th or 23rd August 19754 | |||||
| 50741 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 31/07/76 - in Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 50741 | 59256 | 50669 | Noted 28/08/76 - at Thetford3 | ||||||
| EP586 | 50741 | 59256 | 50669 | Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham New Street3 | |||||
| 50744 | 59295 | 50669 | Noted 23/04/77 - on 1M67 1251 Norwich-Birmingham New Street | ||||||
| 50725 | 59259 | 50669 | Noted 14/01/81 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 50725 | 59259 | 50669 | Noted 15/08/81 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59256 | 50669 | Noted March 1982 | ||||||
| EP501 | 50718 | 59256 | 50669 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP501 | 50718 | 59256 | 50669 | Noted circa 09/19825 | |||||
| EP501 | 50718 | 59256 | 50669 | Noted 04/09/82 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| EP501 | 53718 | 59256 | 53669 | Noted circa 12/19835 | |||||
| EP501 | 53718 | 59062 | 53669 | Noted circa 06/19845 | |||||
| EP501 | 53718 | 59062 | 53669 | Noted 22/09/84 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| EP514 | 53696 | 59121 | 53669 | Noted 22/06/85 - at Norwich, 53669 carried set number EP5013 | |||||
| 53696 | 59121 | 53669 | Noted circa 08/19855 | ||||||
| 53696 | 59121 | 53669 | Noted 15/11/85 - on 16:30 Crewe - Lincoln service6 | ||||||
| 53695 | 59121 | 53669 | Noted 09/01/86 - on 16:44 Lincoln - Crewe service running 28 late6 | ||||||
| 53696 | 59121 | 53669 | Noted 17/01/86 - scheduled for 16:30 Crewe - Lincoln service but failed and replaced by 51184 + 543426 | ||||||
| TS403 | 53696 | 59121 | 53669 | New set number at TS - Feb-86 - number never carried | |||||
| TS403 | 53696 | 59121 | 53669 | Noted 28/02/19865 | |||||
| 53696 | 59121 | 53669 | Noted 1st April 1986 | ||||||
| 505 | 53696 | 59121 | 53669 | Noted 1st May 1986 | |||||
| 505 | 53696 | 59121 | 53669 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 532 | 51294 | 59796 | 53669 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 51294 | 59796 | 53669 | Noted 9th August 1986 | ||||||
| 51294 | 59796 | 53669 | Noted 22nd September 1986 | ||||||
| 349 | 51176 | 59793 | 53669 | Formation change - circa Oct-86 - 53669 replaced 53664 | |||||
| 51243 | 59048 | 53669 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Ayr Depot5 | ||||||
| 51243 | 59048 | 53669 | Noted 16th October 1986 | ||||||
| 51243 | 59048 | 53669 | Noted 15th November 1986 | ||||||
| 51243 | 59048 | 53669 | Noted 19th November 1986 | ||||||
| 350 | 51182 | 59807 | 53669 | Formation change - circa Dec-86 - 53669 replaced 53655 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
Images:
1986
Set number: 532
Still carrying it's Etches Park set number, Scottish set 532 (53669 + 59796 + 51294) runs into Paisley Gilmour Street. It is a hybrid set with Class 120 DMS, Class 107 centre car and 105 DMBS at the rear. 1986. Andrew McConnell.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 10th June 1961
A Swindon Cross-Country DMU at Gloucester on a rainy 10 June 1961. The open door is obscuring the vehicle number but the brake vehicle (far end) is recorded as W50669, so this is presumably W50718. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1980
Set number: c611
50662,59260 & 50669 stand at Llandeilo on the Central Wales line. The train is working a Shrewsbury to Swansea Service Peter Shoesmith.
Date: 7th May 1983
Set number: L576
Class 119 sets L576 and L578 have either come out of or are about to enter the empty siding on the right. They are at Spalding on a Flower Parade special from West Ruislip on 7 May 1983. Other details from the July 1983 issue of The Railway Observer (p270): in the sidings on the far left are 53669 + 59256 + 53718 / 50331 + 59125 + 50308 / 53738 + 59262 + 53693 which ran from Burton-on-Trent / Leicester. On the right are 54230 + 53947 / 51929 + 52041 / 78601 + 78851 which ran from Manchester Piccadilly. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: April 1986
Set number: 505
Class 120 hybrid set 505 in Glasgow Central station in April 1986 (also still carrying EP514). It is formed of 53696, Class 101 centre car 59121 and M53669. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 1986
Set number: 532
Set 532 is a hybrid set seen at Paisley Gilmour Street, consisting of a Class 105 DMBS (51294), a 107 TS (59796) and a 120 DMS (53669). 1986. Andrew McConnell.