Vehicle 50670 / 53670
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 | |
| Feb-65 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| Jan-86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| Mar-86 | Reinstated | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 09/03/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 28/09/86 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) | - also noted as 29/09/87 |
Notes
29th June 1987 - Seen at Aberdeen Ferryhill
03/08/87 - 51193 + 53650/70 + 59247/88/268/559/80/681 moved as 5E96 Aberdeen Ferryhill - Snailwell hauled by 47308.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50670 - original number
53670 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| CDF521 | 50723 | 59279 | 50670 | Noted circa Oct-59 | |||||
| 50744 | 59287 | 50670 | Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with yellow panel ends | ||||||
| 50744 | 59287 | 50670 | Noted 02/01/71 | ||||||
| 50725 | 59276 | 50670 | Noted 07/11/71 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59287 | 50670 | Noted 02/05/73 - at Cambridge2 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59287 | 50670 | Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford2 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59287 | 50670 | Noted 14/08/1973 - at Nuneaton3 | ||||||
| 50725 | 59256 | 50670 | Noted 05/09/74 - on Soho depot2 | ||||||
| EP589 | 50736 | 59280 | 50670 | Noted 16/03/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||
| 50734 | 59280 | 50670 | Noted 19/04/1975 - at March3 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59258 | 50670 | Noted 10/07/76 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59258 | 50670 | Noted 17/07/76 - on 1220 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks | ||||||
| 50718 | 59258 | 50670 | Noted 17/07/76 - on 1632 Lincoln St Marks-Crewe | ||||||
| 50720 | 59283 | 50670 | Noted 27/11/1976 - RCTS (West Midlands Branch)Reunion Railtour 50677-59255-50730+50720-59283-50670 | ||||||
| 50720 | 59283 | 50670 | Noted 03/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 50720 | 59283 | 50670 | Noted 27/08/77 - on 2E84 0645 Derby-Lincoln St Marks with 50305 + 59119 + 50329 | ||||||
| 50744 | 59528 | 50670 | Noted 18/07/81 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
| EP515 | 50744 | 59258 | 50670 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP515 | 50744 | 59258 | 50670 | Noted circa 09/19824 | |||||
| 53714 | 59258 | 53670 | Noted 28/05/1983 - at Chester on a service to Derby with 53708,59301 and 536923 | ||||||
| EP515 | 53744 | 59524 | 53670 | Noted circa 05/19844 | |||||
| EP515 | 53744 | 59524 | 53670 | Noted circa 09/19844 | |||||
| EP515 | 53744 | 59524 | 53670 | Noted circa 08/19854 | |||||
| 53715 | 59102 | 53670 | Formation change - DY - circa Sep-85 | ||||||
| 53715 | 59102 | 53670 | Noted 18/09/19854 | ||||||
| 53715 | 59102 | 53670 | Listed at CH - circa Jan-86 | ||||||
| 53715 | 59102 | 53670 | Transfer to AY - Mar-86 - from DY | ||||||
| 525 | 53724 | 59786 | 53670 | Noted 5th June 1986 | |||||
| 528 | 53722 | 59289 | 53670 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 107427 | 51987 | 59791 | 53670 | Formation change - AY - circa Oct-86 | |||||
| 53670 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Ayr Depot4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
9th December 1985
Set number: EP515
53670 nearest in set EP515 at Derby on the 9th December 1985. Chris Lings.
1986
A Class 120 DMU in Barrhead circa Spring 1986. Nearest is DMSL 53670 with traces of its formed EP515 set number. Brian Ward.
26th April 1987
Withdrawn 53670 at Aberdeen Ferryhill depot on the 26th April 1987. Hamish Stevenson.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa 1984
Set number: EP515
A Swindon Cross-Country set with a Met-Camm centre car (EP515, 53744 + presumably 59524 + 53670) departs from Birmingham New Street, circa 1983/4. Graham Clark.