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Vehicle 50697 / 53697


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: 30335
Diagram: 587

Allocations

Oct-57 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
Sep-63Depot code change86A
Feb-65 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
Apr-79 Transferred to CH (Chester)
p/e 10/07/83 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
11/05/86 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)
Jun-86 Reinstated NH (Newton Heath)
Jun-86 To Parcels Sector at CH (Chester)
Jun-86 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath) - Parcels conversion cancelled.
Jul-87 Withdrawn

Notes

4th May 1958 - new at Swindon Works

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50697 - original number
53697 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50697 59276 50671 Noted 18th June 1958
CDF518 50697 59276 50671 Noted Feb-62
BL501 50697 59290 50651 Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with yellow panel ends
50714 59290 50697 Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1
50697 59290 50651 Noted 27/09/69 - at Leicester2
50697 59297 50671 Noted 15/11/70 - on Norwich depot3
50697 59297 50671 Noted 19/11/70 - at Peterborough1
50697 59281 50671 Noted 03/08/1971 - at Derby4
50697 59301 50692 Noted 18/08/72 - on Cambridge depot2
50697 59301 50692 Noted 17/09/72 - at Stoke-on-Trent1
50697 59290 50689 Noted 17/08/1973 - at Leicester on 20:35 to Birmingham New Street with 50696 50263 and 506854
50697 59283 50656 Noted 29/06/74 - on 12:11 Leamington-Birmingham NS
50697 59283 50656 Noted 24/08/74 - at Nottingham2
50697 59283 50656 Noted 06/07/1975 - at Derby4
50697 59283 50656 Noted 05/12/1975 - at Loughborough4
50697 59263 50655 Noted 12/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50697 59263 50655 Transfer to CH - April 79
50697 59263 50655 Noted 28/08/1979 - at Dovey Junction on service to Aberystwyth4
50697 59263 50655 Noted 25/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station5
50655 59263 50697 Noted circa 08/19826
50697 59263 50655 Noted circa 01/19836
53697 59263 53655 Noted circa 04/19836
53697 59263 53655 Noted 19/05/85
53697 59263 53655 Listed at NH - circa Jan-86
53697 51580 Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 - Parcels

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Inside a Class 120 DMU

9th May 1957

A Swindon Works image (negative 5CR 70) showing the interior of brand new Cross-Country DMBC 50697 on 9 May 1957. This is taken from the front of the vehicle looking to the rear, we are in the larger 1st class saloon (12 seats) which was the smoking section, through the partition (no door) is the smaller 6 seat non-smoking first class. Then there is a a vestibule and a 16 seat second class area before the guards van. British Railways.

Inside a Class 120 DMU

9th May 1957

A Swindon Works image (negative 5CR 71) showing the interior of brand new Cross-Country DMBC 50697 on 9 May 1957. This is taken from the rear of the guards area looking towards the front of the vehicle. British Railways.

Inside a Class 120 DMU

9th May 1957

A Swindon Works image (negative 5CR 72) showing the interior of brand new Cross-Country DMBC 50697 on 9 May 1957. This is the second class saloon, taken from the centre of the vehicle looking to the rear and the tool box is on the outer wall of the guards van, the corridor past the van is to the left. British Railways.

Inside a Class 120 DMU

9th May 1957

A Swindon Works image (negative 5CR 73) showing the interior of brand new Cross-Country DMBC 50697 on 9 May 1957. This is taken in the second class saloon looking towards the front of the vehicle. Note the formica used on the walls is also used on the ceiling. British Railways.

Inside a Class 120 DMU

9th May 1957

A Swindon Works image (negative 5CR 74) showing the interior of brand new Cross-Country DMBC 50697 on 9 May 1957. This is taken in the first class saloon from the centre of the vehicle looking to the cab. The patterned formica used on the walls is also used on the partition but the ceilings are plain. British Railways.

Inside a Class 120 DMU

9th May 1957

A Swindon Works image (negative 5CR 75) showing the interior of brand new Cross-Country DMBC 50697 on 9 May 1957. This is the guards van looking to the rear of the vehicle, the sliding door which leads to the gangway and the the next vehicle can just be seen. British Railways.

Class 120 DMU at Blackpool North

19th May 1985

53697 + 59263 + 53655 + 51586 + 59532 + 51577 at Blackpool North with the 11:20 to Manchester on 19/5/85. Hamish Stevenson.