Vehicle 50684 / 53684
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
| Oct-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 | |
| 19/01/86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50684 - original number
53684 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50684 | 59272 | 50736 | Noted 24/10/70 - at Sheffield Midland1 | ||||||
| 50684 | 59272 | 50736 | Noted 30/10/70 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50736 | 59272 | 50684 | Noted 02/01/71 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59297 | 50684 | Noted 30/04/72 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59272 | 50684 | Noted 28/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59272 | 50684 | Noted 31/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| EP593 | 50718 | 59263 | 50684 | Noted 02/08/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 3 | |||||
| 50704 | 59280 | 50684 | Noted 10/07/76 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
| 50704 | 59280 | 50684 | Noted 31/07/76 - in Birmingham New Street4 | ||||||
| 50717 | 59289 | 50684 | Noted 28/05/77 - on 2255 Nuneaton-Coventry | ||||||
| 50717 | 59289 | 50684 | Noted 06/08/77 - on 2E85 0555 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks | ||||||
| EP512 | 50707 | 59272 | 50684 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP512 | 50707 | 59272 | 50684 | Noted 03/07/82 - at Norwich4 | |||||
| EP512 | 50707 | 59272 | 50684 | Noted circa 09/19825 | |||||
| EP512 | 53707 | 59272 | 53684 | Noted circa 06/19835 | |||||
| EP512 | 53707 | 59272 | 53684 | Noted 30/08/1983 - EP512+TS401 worked tour of West Midlands, organiser unknown (www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/830830_1.htm) | |||||
| 53707 | 59065 | 59571 | 53684 | Noted 11th August 1984 - 4-car set for Matlock weekday services | |||||
| 53715 | 59065 | 53684 | Noted 14/02/19855 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
13th May 1964
W50684 leads the 1.45pm Cardiff General - Birmingham Snow Hill via Hereford at Old Hill on May 13 1964. W55004 sits on the Dudley lines, it will form the 5.36pm to Dudley. Michael Mensing.
1st May 1976
Set number: EP597
A Class 120 DMU at Alsager on 1 May 1976. Leading seems to be M50684, the set number in the cab window appears to be EP597. Michael Mensing.
Unknown date
A Class 120 DMU with DMSL M50684 closest, date unknown. Thought to be taken to the north of Derby near the site of Nottingham Road station looking south. Paul Redmond.
2nd September 1982
Set number: EP512
Swindon Cross-Country set EP512, formed M50684 + M59272 + M50707 with a Birmingham New Street -Peterborough service at Melton Mowbray on September 2, 1982. John Carter.
29th July 1984
M53684 is at the head of a 4-car set The others are presumably 59065 + 59571 + 53707, two 120 power cars and two Met-Camm center cars. Seen at Derby on 29/7/84. Ian Francis.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 2nd September 1982
Set number: EP512
Swindon Cross-Country set EP512, formed M50707 + M59272 + M50684 with a Birmingham New Street -Peterborough service at Melton Mowbray on September 2, 1982. John Carter.
Date: 30th August 1983
Set number: TS401
The BR organised 'West Midlands Roundabout' tour on 30 August 1983 at Stratford-upon-Avon. The Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as 53325 + 59528 + 53306 and 53684 + 59272 + 53707. Walter Burt.
Date: 11th August 1984
Four-car Swindon Cross-Country set 53707 + 59065 + 59571 + 53684 approaches Grantham on Saturday 11th August 1984 with a 09XX Nottingham - Skegness (via Grantham) service. Colin Brooks.