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Vehicle 50682 / 53682

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)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88A
Sep-63	Depot code change	86A
06/05/73	Depot code change	CF
w/e 22/10/77	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
p/e 10/07/83	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
11/05/86	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
07/09/86	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
Mar-87	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
13/09/89	Withdrawn from	HA (Haymarket)

Notes

27th June 1987 - Seen with refurbished interior and red buffer beam
30th December 1989 - Seen at Haymarket depot
17th January 1990 - Seen at Haymarket depot
8th March 1990 - Seen at Haymarket depot

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50682 - original number
53682 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

p/e 09/06/73 - Dual AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 17/11/1983 released in blue/grey livery - C1 overhaul and partial refurbishment

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

CDF526	50726	59288	50682		Noted Feb-62
CTN526	50726	59288	50682		Listed at 86A - May-70
	50726	59288	50682		Noted 30/10/70 - at Bristol Temple Meads¹
CTN526	50726	59288	50682		Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
	50726	59288	50682		Noted 24/08/1971 - at Bristol²
	50726	59288	50682		Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport²
C526	50726	59288	50682	56289	Noted 14/05/74 - on 2C37 1650 Newport-Swansea, C526 with a DTS attached
	50726	59288	50682		Noted 28/08/1974 - at Swansea²
	50726	59288	50682		Noted 09/1974³
C526	50726	59288	50682		Noted 03/09/74 - at Newport⁴
C526	50726	59288	50682		Noted 11/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C601
C526	50699	59260	50682		Noted 18/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C503
C526	50726	59288	50682		Noted 05/02/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Newport with 56289 + C505
C526	50726	59288	50682		Noted 13/02/75 - on 1C21 1058 Newport-Swansea
C526	50726	59288	50682		Noted 18/02/76 - on 2C40 0710 Cardiff-Swansea
C526	50726	59288	50682		Noted 10/03/76 - on 2C40 0710 Cardiff-Swansea
C526	50726	59288	50682		Noted 30/04/76 - on 2B60 1715 Cardiff-Taunton with C513
C511	50726	59288	50682		Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
	50726	59288	50682		Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot⁴
	50726	59288	50682		Noted 22/10/1980 - Working the 0851 Shrewsbury to Chester⁵
	50726	59288	50682		Noted 24/10/1980 - At Chester Station⁵
	50726	59288	50682		Noted circa 05/1982⁶
	53726	59105	53682		Noted circa 01/1984⁶
	53682	59105	53726		Noted 11/05/1985 - 53682-59105-53726 + 51793-59684-51785 + 51791-59679-51786 Settle & Carlisle Pioneer Railtour (organiser unknown)
	53726	59105	53682		Noted circa 06/1985⁶
	53726	59105	53682		Listed at NH - circa Jan-86
	53700	53682			Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 - Relief set
	53700	53682			Noted 08/07/1986 - at Chettisham on 15.10 Cambridge to Derby.⁷
533	53700	59262	53682		Listed at HA - 23/03/87
533	53700	59289	53682		Noted circa 04/1987⁶
533	53700	59289	53682		Noted 02/05/1987⁶
533	53700	59289	53682		Noted 21/05/1987⁶
533	53700	59289	53682		Noted 27th June 1987
533	53700	59065	53682		Formation change - 2w/e 14/11/87 - 59065 replaced 59289
533	53700	59532	53682		Listed at HA - Jan-88
533	53700	59532	53682		Listed at HA - circa August 1988
533	53700	59532	53682		Noted 06/03/89
533	53700	59532	53682		Noted 28th April 1989
533	53700	59532	53682		Listed at HA - 08/05/89
533	53700	59532	53682		Noted 27th May 1989

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Nicholas Youngman

Images:

20th April 1986

M53682 leads its set into Manchester Victoria on 20/4/86. Malcolm Clements.

Unknown date

Set number: 533

Set 533 is a hybrid Class 120 / 101 set when seen at Edinburgh Waverley. Date unknown. Malcolm Clements.

Unknown date

Set number: 533

Class 120/101 hybrid set 533 (probably 53682 + 59532 or 59065 + 53700) seen in Edinburgh Waverley. Late 1980s, exact date unknown. Malcolm Clements.

Unknown date

Set number: 533

Class 120 set 533 in Glasgow Central in the late 1980s. The power cars are 53682 (closest) and 53700, they have a Met-Camm centre in between them. Malcolm Clements.

Unknown date

Set number: 533

53682 in Glasgow Central station in the late 1980s. Malcolm Clements.

August 1987

Set number: 532

Class 120 Burntisland Aug 1987. A northbound train approaches Burntisland, with 53682 of set 533 visible. Alistair Ness.

circa summer 1987

Set number: 533

Class 120 DMU set 533 (presumably 53682 + 59289 + 53700) in Perth station circa summer 1987. Mike Bunker.

August 1987

Set number: 533

From Swindon to Burntisland. Swindon built DMUs were a rarity in Fife, save for the occasional 1960s fill-in turn by an Edinburgh-Glasgow Inter City class 126 set. But in the late 80s several Cross Country class 120s were drafted north having been displaced by Sprinters elsewhere, and this led to their appearance during the "anything goes" period before new sets were introduced. Here set 533 (53682 closest) approaches Burntisland station on an Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy stopping service in August 1987. Murray Liston.

24th October 1987

Set number: 533

Class 120 DMU set 533 (53682 + 59289 + 53700) in Edinburgh Waverley with the 12:30 to Kirkcaldy on 24 October 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

April 1988

Set number: 533

53682 leads set 533, a 120/101 hybrid, presumably with 59532 (101) and 53700 (one of the 120s with most of the roof vents removed) out of Edinburgh Waverley with a Fife service in April 1988. Walter Burt Collection.

late 1980s

Set number: 533

Class 120/101 hybrid DMU set 533 (presumably formed of 53682 + 59532 + 53700) sits in Glasgow Queen Street in the late 1980s. Mike Bunker.

late 1980s

Set number: 533

Class 120/101 hybrid DMU set 533 (53682 and presumably 59532 + 53700) sits in Glasgow Queen Street in the late 1980s. Mike Bunker.

6th March 1989

Set number: 533

53682, 59532 and 53700 at Glasgow Queen Street waiting departure with the 1137 to Dunblane on 6 March 1989. Keith Long.

10th July 1989

Set number: 120533

Set 120 533 (53700/59532/53682) departs from Dunfermline on 10.7.89. It is forming the 16.18 Edinburgh - Cowdenbeath. Leonard Rogers.

8th December 1990

Set number: 533

Withdrawn Class 120 DMSL 53682 at Thornton Junction on 8 December 1990. Stuart Mackay.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 1987

Set number: 533

9am one spring day in 1987. What a delight to be able to contemplate a ride in a Swindon Class 120 set out of Glasgow Queen Street. And there was still van traffic. Set 533 - 53700 and presumably 59289 + 53682. Robert Forsythe.

Date: 9th May 1987

Set number: 120533

Set 120 533 (53700/59289/53682) leaves Waverley station, Edinburgh, on 9/5/87 forming the 16.35 to Kirkcaldy. Leonard Rogers.

Date: August 1987

Set number: 533

Class 120 Burntisland Aug 1987. A northbound working calls at the station, 53700 is still wearing it's M prefix, the other vehicles should be 59289 + 53682. Alistair Ness.

Date: 20th April 1988

Set number: 120535

Set 120 535, on the right with 53733 leading 59065 and 53215, leaves Edinburgh Waverley on 9/4/88, forming the 15.10 to Dunblane. As it does so, it passes set 120 532 (53699/59571/53658), coupled to 120533 (53682/59532/53700) which is not visible. These latter two sets will form the 15.13 to Cowdenbeath. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 14th May 1988

Set number: 533

Class 120/101 hybrid DMU set 533 (presumably 53700 + 59532 + 53682) departs from Glasgow Central station on 14 May 1988. Brian Ward.

Date: 13th September 1988

Set number: 533

M53700 + 59532 + M53682 heading out of Edinburgh Waverley on the 11:18 Edinburgh - Glasgow Central, 13/9/88. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: 21st November 1988

Set number: 533

Class 120 DMU Set 533 53700+59532+53682 (Class 101 TCL) with the 15-35 Dundee-Perth, 21-11-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

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