Vehicle 50712 / 53712
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
| 4w/e 25/01/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| May-69 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| Jan-70 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| May-70 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| 20/06/82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| Sep-85 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| Jan-86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50712 - original number
53712 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
May-71 - Headlamp fitted
8w/e 01/01/72 - Dual AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50712 | 59263 | 50657 | 5865 | Noted 18th June 1958 | |||||
| CDF506 | 50712 | 59263 | 50657 | Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60 | |||||
| LA510 | 50712 | 50666 | 56289 | Noted circa Mar-70 | |||||
| CTN505 | 50712 | 59264 | 50666 | Formed at Canton circa Oct-70 - power cars had been extras on Cardiff-Crewe service, buffet from BL503 | |||||
| 50712 | 59264 | 50666 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Swansea1 | ||||||
| CTN505 | 50712 | 59264 | 50666 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50712 | 59264 | 50666 | Noted 02/04/1971 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| 50712 | 59264 | 50666 | Noted 24/08/1971 - at Bristol3 | ||||||
| C505 | 50712 | 59264 | 50666 | Noted 03/09/73 - at Shrewsbury4 | |||||
| C508 | 50712 | 59286 | 50666 | Noted 13/07/74 - on 2B16 0800 Cardiff-Bristol TM | |||||
| 50712 | 59286 | 50666 | Noted 21/08/1974 - at Milford Haven3 | ||||||
| 50712 | 59286 | 50666 | Noted 03/09/74 - at Swansea High Street4 | ||||||
| C508 | 50712 | 59286 | 50666 | Noted 06/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C605 | |||||
| C508 | 50712 | 59286 | 50666 | Noted 09/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C507 | |||||
| C612 | 50712 | 59286 | 50666 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C612 | 50712 | 59286 | 50666 | Noted 03/06/76 - on 2C05 0705 Carmarthen-Port Talbot | |||||
| 50712 | 59286 | 50666 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Bristol1 | ||||||
| C612 | 50712 | 59286 | 50666 | Noted 08/01/77 - on 2C84 1715 Swansea-Milford Haven | |||||
| C612 | 50712 | 59286 | 50666 | Noted 15/06/77 - on 2C96 2240 Swansea-Carmarthen with C511 | |||||
| C612 | 50712 | 59286 | 50666 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C612 | 50712 | 59286 | 50666 | Noted 24/08/78 - working 5C99 with C610 seen at Swansea | |||||
| C612 | 50712 | 59286 | 50666 | Noted 25/08/78 - 2C58 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff with C508 | |||||
| C612 | 50712 | 59286 | 50666 | Noted 13/09/78 - on 2C17 1720 Swansea-Cardiff | |||||
| C612 | 50712 | 59286 | 50666 | Noted 19/12/78 - on 5C99 2202 Swansea-Cardiff Canton with C595 | |||||
| C612 | 50712 | 59286 | 50666 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 50666 | 59286 | 50712 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria, still with C508 on cab ends and W prefixes to vehicle numbers5 | ||||||
| 50712 | 59286 | 50666 | Noted circa 02/1983 - operating from Newton Heath, previously C5085 | ||||||
| 53712 | 59286 | 53666 | Noted circa Mar-84 | ||||||
| 53712 | 59286 | 53666 | Noted 07/07/1984 - Brian Isherwood's Eastgate Explorer Railtour 53666-59286-53712 + 51587-59580-51578 | ||||||
| 53712 | 59104 | 53689 | Formation change - DY - circa Nov-85 | ||||||
| 53712 | 59104 | 53679 | Noted 06/11/85 - on 08:35 Lincoln Central - Crewe service6 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
Images:
19th June 1983
Swindon Works 3-car Cross Country Class 120 vehicles M53712, M59286 and M53666 at Blackpool North Carriage Sidings, 19-06-83. Vincent Haworth.
27th October 1984
A six-car Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU, with Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M53712 leading, was passing through Leyland station on the Up Slow with a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service on October 27th 1984. Martyn Hilbert.
1st June 1985
M53712, M59286, M53666, M51585, M59587, M51581 depart Bolton with the 1155 Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria 1st June 1985. Keith Long.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 5th May 1979
Set number: C612
Class 120 set C612 (50666, 59286 & 50712) at Carmarthen on 5th May 1979. Ian Buck.
Date: 20th October 1979
Set number: C612
Class 120 C612 (50666, 59286 & 50712) with the Monmouthshire Railway Society Deep Duffryn Diddler railtour at Aberdare in September 1979. Ian Buck.
Date: 7th June 1980
Set number: C612
Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU set C614 (50666 and presumably 59286 + 50712) at Llanelli with the 14:58 Swansea-Shrewsbury on 7 June 1980. Robert Thomas.
Date: March 1984
Class 120 DMSL M53666 prepares to leave Manchester Victoria's platform 13 at the rear of a service to Blackpool North, circa March 1984. At the front of this 3-car set was M53712 followed by centre car M59286. S Gaskell.
Date: 1st June 1985
M51581, M59587, M51585, M53666, M59286, M53712 awaiting departure from Bolton with the 1155 Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria 1st June 1985. Keith Long.