Vehicle 50678 / 53678
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
| Sep-58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| by Sep-60 | Transferred to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 10/09/62 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 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 | |
| 02/03/86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50678 - original number
53678 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| TYS507 | 50731 | 59255 | 50678 | Listed at TYS - circa Sep-60 | |||||
| BL511 | 50731 | 59255 | 50678 | Noted circa Sep-67 - in blue with small yellow panel, ex-works 8/2/67 | |||||
| EP489 | 50744 | 59287 | 50678 | Noted circa Jun-69 - ex-BL511 | |||||
| 50731 | 59259 | 50678 | Noted 14/08/70 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50731 | 59259 | 50678 | Noted 04/1971 - at Water Orton2 | ||||||
| 50696 | 59263 | 50678 | Noted 01/03/72 - in Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59258 | 50678 | Noted 03/09/73 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| EP591 | 50741 | 59267 | 50678 | Noted 25/08/74 - at Long Eaton1 | |||||
| EP591 | 50741 | 59267 | 50678 | Noted 30/08/74 - at Ely1 | |||||
| EP591 | 50741 | 59267 | 50678 | Noted 08/07/1975 - at Derby 2 | |||||
| 50741 | 59267 | 50678 | Noted 08/09/75 - at Lincoln3 | ||||||
| EP591 | 50741 | 59267 | 50678 | Noted 28/10/75 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| 50734 | 59267 | 50678 | Noted 21/08/76 - on 1622 Lincoln St Marks-Crewe | ||||||
| 50734 | 59258 | 50678 | Noted 24/09/77 - at Nottingham1 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59293 | 50678 | Noted 06/06/81 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| EP522 | 50714 | 59293 | 50678 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP522 | 50714 | 59293 | 50678 | Noted circa 06/19824 | |||||
| EP522 | 53714 | 59293 | 53678 | Noted circa 12/19834 | |||||
| EP522 | 53714 | 59293 | 53678 | Noted circa 05/19844 | |||||
| EP522 | 53714 | 59293 | 53678 | Noted 22nd August 1984 | |||||
| EP522 | 53714 | 59572 | 53678 | Noted circa 04/19854 | |||||
| EP522 | 53714 | 59572 | 53678 | Noted 05/07/85 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| 53714 | 59572 | 53678 | Noted 08/01/86 - on 20:25 Crewe - Nottingham service5 | ||||||
| 53714 | 59572 | 53678 | Noted 11/01/86 - on 21:20 Crewe - Grantham service running 20 late5 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
Images:
6th March 1976
A Class 120 DMU departs from Crewe on 6 March 1976 with Derby on the destination blind. The closest car seem to be M50678. Stuart Mackay Collection.
30th September 1976
Set number: EP594
A Swindon-built class 120 DMU is pausing at Loughborough station en route to Derby on 30 September 1976. Leading appears to be M50678, the set number could be EP594. Kevin Lane.
25th July 1981
M50678 leads a DMU formation into Sleaford station working the 11.44 Grantham-Skegness on 25 July 1981. Lewis Bevan.
29th July 1983
Set number: EP522
A three car Swindon Cross Country DMU (set EP522 - M53678 + M59293 + M53714) awaits departure from Bedford Midland with the 16:21 service to Kettering on Friday 29th July 1983. By this date the Midland main line had been electrified as far as Bedford and these trains provided an onward connection to Kettering. Brian McDevitt.
22nd August 1984
Set number: EP522
EP522 (53678 + 59293 + 53714) at Leicester on 22/8/84. Jerry Glover.
29th June 1985
Set number: EP522
On a damp June 29th 1985, a Derby Etches Park (EP522) Swindon 'Cross-Country' Class 120 DMU, with Driving Motor Second Lavatory (DMSL) M53678 leading, was stabled between duties in the now removed bay platform on the East side of Stafford station alongside Railway Street. This was taken during the period of the Crewe Remodelling project when no trains were serving Crewe and many services were starting and terminating at Stafford, with all through services on the WCML using the normally freight only Crewe Independent Lines that bypass Crewe station. Martyn Hilbert.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 24th November 1984
Set number: EP522
Cross-Country set EP522 (53714 + 59293 + 53678) at Derby on Saturday 24/11/84. Mel Holley.
Date: 15th November 1985
Set number: EP522
53714 at the rear of EP522 53714 + 59293 + 53678 at Alsager 15.11.1985 on a Crewe-Derby train Martin Baumann.