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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19/01/86	Withdrawn from	DY (Derby Etches Park)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: 30th August 1983

Set number: TS401

The BR organised 'West Midlands Roundabout' tour at Stratford-upon-Avon on 30 August 1983. The Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as 53325 + 59528 + 53306 and 53684 + 59272 + 53707. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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.

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