Vehicle 50685 / 53685
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 04/10/58 | 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 | |
| 02/03/86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50685 - original number
53685 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| CDF524 | 50727 | 59285 | 50685 | Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60 | |||||
| CDF527 | 50734 | 59293 | 50685 | Noted Feb-62 | |||||
| EP479 | 50719 | 59293 | 50685 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| 50719 | 59293 | 50685 | Noted 02/01/70 - in Sheffield Midland1 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59290 | 50685 | Noted 10/07/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59290 | 50685 | Noted 06/09/71 - at Nottingham3 | ||||||
| 50696 | 59263 | 50685 | Noted 09/08/1972 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50696 | 59263 | 50685 | Noted 11/05/73 - at Crewe3 | ||||||
| 50696 | 59263 | 50685 | Noted 30/07/73 - on 1035 Lincoln St Marks-Crewe | ||||||
| 50696 | 59263 | 50685 | Noted 17/08/1973 - at Leicester on 20:35 to Birmingham New Street with 50697 50290 and 506892 | ||||||
| 50696 | 59263 | 50685 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street4 | ||||||
| 50696 | 59280 | 50685 | Noted 07/07/74 - at Derby3 | ||||||
| EP583 | 50742 | 59256 | 50685 | Noted 02/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street2 | |||||
| 50725 | 59281 | 50685 | Noted 31/07/76 - on 1532 Lincoln St Marks-Crewe | ||||||
| 50703 | 59256 | 50685 | Noted 10/09/1977 - Charter from Congleton to Llandudno5 | ||||||
| EP527 | 50703 | 59281 | 50685 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP527 | 53703 | 59281 | 53685 | Noted circa 06/1983 - Also labelled EP5885 | |||||
| 53725 | 59281 | 53685 | Noted circa 05/19845 | ||||||
| 53731 | 59534 | 53685 | Noted circa 12/19845 | ||||||
| 53731 | 59534 | 53685 | Noted 03/08/85 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 509 | 53731 | 59534 | 53685 | Noted 17/08/85 - at Norwich on 09.14 Birmingham New Street to Norwich (1E68), 53685 carried set number EP5271 | |||||
| 53731 | 59534 | 53685 | Noted 05/09/85 - on 2E02 Leicester to Cambridge6 | ||||||
| 53731 | 59065 | 53685 | Formation change - DY - circa Sep-85 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Nicholas Youngman
Images:
August 1978
Set number: EP581
With water streaming from the gutter of the closest cab corner of M50685 a Swindon Class 120 Cross-Country DMU arrives into Uttoxeter with a Crewe service in August 1978. The set number in the cab window seems to read EP581. Michael Mensing.
1st April 1979
A Class 120 DMU at Coventry, 01/04/1979. Nearest the camera is car M50685 with a special 11:15 departure to Nuneaton. Graeme Phillips Collection.