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Vehicle 50698 / 53698

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-61	Depot code change	88A
Sep-63	Depot code change	86A
06/05/73	Depot code change	CF
20/06/82	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
by Mar-85	On loan to	DY (Derby Etches Park)
13/05/85	Transferred to	DY (Derby Etches Park)
Jan-86	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
09/03/86	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
28/09/86	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
Feb-87	Stored U.	HA (Haymarket)
Mar-87	Withdrawn from	HA (Haymarket)	- also noted as 10/09/87

Notes

29th January 1958 - New at Swindon Carriage Works.
27/07/87 - 51189 + 51782/8/94 + 53172/4/698 + 59285/682 moved Aberdeen Ferryhill to Snailwell hauled by 26007 Millerhill to Newcastle then 37051 to Whitemoor.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50698 - original number
53698 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

p/e 28/10/72 - Dual AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50698	50700		Noted 29th January 1958 - On trial
CDF502	50698	59264	50649	Noted Feb-62
	50698	50649		Noted Aug-68 - at Shrewsbury¹
CTN602	50698	50649		Listed at 86A - May-70
CTN602	50698	50649		Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
C602	50698	50649		Noted 06/09/73 - on Cardiff Canton depot¹
	50698	50649		Noted 25/08/1974 - at Carmarthen²
	50698	50649		Noted 30/08/1974 - at Newport²
C602	50698	50649		Noted 08/10/74 - on 2B36 1415 Cardiff-Weston SM
C602	50698	50649		Noted 21/12/74 - on 0910 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B574
C602	50698	50649		Noted 27/03/75 - on 22M67 1510 Cardiff-Crewe with C501
C602	50698	50649		Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C602	50698	50649		Noted 12/01/77 - on 2C74 1605 Swansea-Pembroke Dock with C511
C602	50698	50649		Noted 07/09/77 - at Shrewsbury¹
C602	50698	50649		Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C602	50698	50649		Noted 02/07/1978 - Swansea Area³
C502	50698	50649		Noted 23/08/1978 - Cardiff Central³
C602	50698	50649		Noted 16/04/1979 - At Llanelli Station³
C602	50698	50649		Listed at CF - 03/03/80
C602	50698	50649		Noted 30/08/1980 - Landore Depot open day shuttle from Swansea
C602	50698	50649		Noted 25/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station³
C602	50698	59535	50649	Noted circa 10/1982 - operating from Newton Heath⁴
	53698	59535	53649	Noted 27/05/1983 - at Shrewsbury on 14:40 to Chester⁵
	53698	59535	53649	Noted circa 12/1983⁴
	53698	59535	53649	Noted 28/03/1984 - at Chester⁴
	53698	59535	53649	Noted 22/03/1985⁴
	53698	59535	53649	Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby⁶
TS401	53698	59535	53649	New set number at TS - Jan-86 - set number never applied
	53698	59535	53649	Noted 17/01/86 - on 09:22 Derby - Crewe service⁷
TS401	53698	59535	53649	Noted 13/02/1986⁴
507	53698	59535	53649	New set number at AY - Mar-86
507	53698	59535	53649	Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
	53698	59285	53648	Noted 7th July 1986
507	53698	59285	53648	Noted 31st July 1986
507	53698	59285	53648	Listed at Ayr - August 1986
	53698	59285	53648	Noted 26th September 1986
507	53698	59285	53648	Transfer to HA - 28/09/86

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

Images:

2nd April 1966

W50698 leads this 2-car Swindon Cross-Country set away from Llangunllo tunnel with an afternoon Shrewsbury - Llanelli working, 2nd April 1966. Michael Mensing.

14th May 1966

The 2.50pm Shrewsbury - Llanelly service heads away from Penybont Halt on 14 May 1966. The rear vehicle is DMSL W50649, the DMBC is presumably W50698. Michael Mensing.

11th February 1978

Set number: C602

Two-car Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU set C602 (presumably 50698 + 50649) are seen heading to Swansea at Cockett on 11 February 1978. Robert Thomas.

30th August 1980

Set number: C602

Class 120 DMU set C602 (W50698 + W50649) in Swansea Landore depot with an open day shuttle to High Street station on 30 August 1980. Paul Redmond.

16th July 1981

Set number: C602

Class 120 DMU set C602 with W50698 closest in Shrewsbury station on Thursday 16 July 1981. David Russon.

1st November 1986

Set number: 507

A Class 120 set with two brake vehicle in Edinburgh Waverley on November 1st, 1986. This should make it set 507 formed 53698 + 59285 + 51781. Gordon Thomson.

circa January 1987

Set number: 507

A Class 120 seen between Haymarket station and depot, the slide process date was January 1987. Closest is DMBS 53698 carrying set number 507, the centre car is presumably 59285 and the rear car is another brake vehicle still with a yellow first class stripe presumably 51781. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 14th May 1966

The 2.50pm Shrewsbury - Llanelly service heads away from the camera after departing from Penybont Halt on 14 May 1966. DMSL W50649 is closest, presumably with DMBC W50698. Michael Mensing.

Date: mid-1973

Set number: C602

Class 120 DMU set C602 (W50649 and presumably W50698) is seen three miles north of Craven Arms in mid-1973. Michael Mensing.

Date: 30th August 1980

Set number: C602

Formed of 50649 + 50698 Class 120 set C602 is seen at Swansea on 30/8/80. It was working shuttles to the Landore open day. Chris Lings.

Date: 30th August 1980

Set number: C602

W50698 from Class 120 set C602 in Swansea Landore depot with an open day shuttle to High Street station on 30 August 1980. Robert Thomas.

Date: 30th August 1980

Set number: C602

Class 120 DMU set C602 (W50649 + W50698) in Swansea Landore depot with an open day shuttle to High Street station on 30 August 1980. Paul Redmond.

Date: May 1981

Set number: C602

2 x 2-car class 120 DMU's with set C602 (presumably 50649 + 50698) leading set C605 call at Llandrindod Wells on the Central Wales line with the 10.46 Shrewsbury to Swansea in May 1981. Adrian Nicholls.

Date: 27th May 1981

Set number: C602

Under leaden skies 2-Car class 120 DMU set no.C602 (50649+50698) leads a 2x2-car class 120 formation into Llandrindod Wells on 27/05/81 with train 2V93 the 10.46 Shrewsbury to Swansea. These units were fitted with headlights specifically for this lengthy single line through Mid-Wales many years before it became standard on BR traction. Adrian Nicholls.

Date: 16th July 1981

Class 128 parcel car M55993 in Shrewsbury station on Thursday 16 July 1981. A Class 120 DMU is behind, W50698 closest. David Russon.

Date: 16th July 1981

Class 128 parcel car M55993 in Shrewsbury station on Thursday 16 July 1981, facing Class 120 vehicle W50698. David Russon.

Date: 1st November 1986

Set number: C507

W51781 is at the rear of M59285 + M53698 heading out of Uphall with the 11:18 Edinburgh - Bathgate on the 1st November 1986. This is set 507, a few weeks earlier the vehicle still had its Cardiff set number C615, the new set sticker failed to cover the 'C'. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: 1st November 1986

Set number: C507

Set 507 (W51781 + M59285 + M53698) arrives into Uphall station with the 16:03 Bathgate - Edinburgh on the 1st November 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: 5th December 1986

Set number: C507

Set formation C507 consisting of vehicles W51781 M59285 M53698 is seen working the North Berwick-Edinburgh Waverley shuttle service at North Berwick on 5/12/86. This example had been transferred from Western Region - Cardiff Division in May, the car numbers still had W-prefixing and the C-prefix set number. It also has a bracket between the two cab front windows for carrying the extra headlight used on the Central Wales line. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: January 1987

Set number: 507

Swindon class 120 set 507 (W51781 + M59285 + M53698) rasps its way up the grade towards Lochmuir summit with an Edinburgh to Dundee stopping service. January 1987. Bruce Galloway.

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