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Vehicle 50693 / 53693


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

Feb-59 New to BL (Bristol Marsh Junction)
by Jun-62 Transferred to 88A (Cardiff Canton)
10/09/62 Transferred to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
3w/e 01/02/64 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
4w/e 04/05/68 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
4w/e 23/11/68 On loan to 81D (Reading)
Dec-68 Ex-loan back to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
May-70 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
w/e 22/10/77 Transferred to CH (Chester)
03/02/83 Transferred to DY (Derby Etches Park)
02/02/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
Feb-87 Stored U. FY (Falkland Yard)
Mar-87 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50693 - original number
53693 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

8w/e 01/01/72 - Dual AWS fitted

50693 was involved in the following incident:


23/1/74 - Pontypool Rd, WR

Derailment involving Class 120 / Class 121

Info from Peter Mullen

A Cardiff to Crewe train became derailed on catch points near Pontypool Road while working wrong line to pass a failed freight train. More Details.


Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50699 50693 Noted Summer 1966
50738 59299 50693 Transfer to 81D - 4w/e 23/11/68 - on loan
50738 59299 50693 Transfer to 82A - Dec-68
CTN502 50735 59294 50693 Listed at 86A - May-70 - (also noted as 50738 - 59299 - 50693)
CTN502 50738 59299 50693 Listed at 86A - May-70 - (also noted as 50735 - 59294 -50693)
50738 59299 50693 Noted 15/08/70 - at Shrewsbury1
CTN502 50738 59299 50693 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50738 59299 50693 Noted 20/08/1971 - at Abergavenny2
50738 59299 50693 Noted 23/08/1971 - at Abergavenny2
50738 59299 50693 Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport2
50738 59299 50693 Noted 18/09/1971 - at Crewe2
C502 50738 59299 50693 Noted 31/10/72
C502 50735 59294 50693 Noted 08/09/74 - on 2B33 1200 Cardiff-Cheltenham with C530
C502 50735 59294 50693 Noted 29/04/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff attached to 56289 + C558
C502 50735 59294 50693 Noted 03/05/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with C505
C502 50738 59299 50693 Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport1
50738 59299 50693 Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot1
C502 50735 59294 50693 Noted 09/03/76 - on 2C40 0710 Cardiff-Swansea
C513 50738 59299 50693 Noted 30/04/76 - on 2B60 1715 Cardiff-Taunton with C526
C513 50738 59299 50693 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C513 50738 59299 50693 Noted 07/06/77 - on 2B30 1155 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C509
C502 50735 59294 50693 Noted 27/08/1978 - West Wales Area3
50738 59299 50693 Noted 28/05/1979 - on 17:45 Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton 4
50738 59299 50693 Noted 23/10/1980 - Working 0410 Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth3
50738 59299 50693 Noted circa 05/19825
50738 59262 50693 Transfer to DY - 03/02/83
53738 59262 53693 Noted 30/05/1983 - at Crewe on 11:20 to Derby with 53704, 59089 & 536764
53738 59262 53693 Noted circa 12/19835
53738 59262 53693 Noted 11/02/85
53738 59262 53693 Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby6
spare 53693 Formation change - DY - circa Sep-85
53742 59268 53693 Listed at AY - circa Jan-86
517 53742 59268 53693 Noted 1st February 1986
53742 59268 53693 Noted 25/02/86
53737 59531 53693 Noted 3rd July 1986
53737 59531 53693 Noted 7th July 1986
53737 59531 53693 Noted 8th August 1986
519 53737 59531 53693 Noted 9th August 1986
522 53744 59558 53693 Formation change - circa Sep-86 - 59558 replaced 59063
519 53737 59531 53693 Noted 6th September 1986
51239 59559 53693 Noted 4th December 1986

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Evesham

14th April 1962

W50693 is at the front of a Swindon Cross-Country DMU departing from Evesham station with the 5.10pm Kidderminster - Worcester - Stratford-upon-Avon service on 14 April 1962. Michael Mensing.

Class 120 DMU at Leamington Spa

11th February 1985

53693 + 59262 + 53738 wait to leave Leamington spa with a New Street service on Monday 11/2/85. Mel Holley.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1966

BR (Swindon) Cross Country (later Class 120) 2-car dmu (reduced from 3-cars) Nos.W50699 (120/1), W50693 (120/2) at Newport (High St), c.Summer 1966, on a shuttle service to Cardiff (General) - hardly the long range fast service it was designed for. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 7th May 1983

Set number: L576

Class 119 sets L576 and L578 have either come out of or are about to enter the empty siding on the right. They are at Spalding on a Flower Parade special from West Ruislip on 7 May 1983. Other details from the July 1983 issue of The Railway Observer (p270): in the sidings on the far left are 53669 + 59256 + 53718 / 50331 + 59125 + 50308 / 53738 + 59262 + 53693 which ran from Burton-on-Trent / Leicester. On the right are 54230 + 53947 / 51929 + 52041 / 78601 + 78851 which ran from Manchester Piccadilly. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 17th November 1986

Set number: 313

The 13:41 Largs - Glasgow at Stevenston on November 17, 1986. The formation (101/101/120) is probably 51239 59559 53693. Hamish Stevenson.