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Vehicle 50718 / 53718

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 19/04/58	New to	86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88A
Sep-63	Depot code change	86A
Mar-67	Transferred to	84A (Laira)
Jul-67	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)
4w/e 31/05/69	Transferred to	16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73	Depot code change	DY
19/01/86	Withdrawn from	DY (Derby Etches Park)

Notes

4th May 1958 - new at Swindon Works

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50718 - original number
53718 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50718	59283	50669	Transfer to 84A - Mar-67
	50718	59283	50669	Transfer to 82A - Jul-67
	50718	59283	50669	Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with yellow panel ends
	50718	59263	50663	Noted 12/08/70 - in Birmingham area¹
	50718	59263	50663	Noted 21/12/70 - at March²
	50718	59263	50663	Noted 05/04/71 - at Peterborough²
	50718	59263	50663	Noted 22/05/71 - at Derby²
	50718	59297	50684	Noted 30/04/72 - in Birmingham New Street²
	50718	59293	50655	Noted 02/09/73 - at Cambridge¹
EP593	50718	59263	50684	Noted 02/08/1975 - at Birmingham New Street ³
	50718	59258	50670	Noted 10/07/76 - at Norwich¹
	50718	59258	50670	Noted 17/07/76 - on 1220 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks
	50718	59258	50670	Noted 17/07/76 - on 1632 Lincoln St Marks-Crewe
	50718	59257	50654	Noted 21/02/77 - at Lincoln²
	50718	59300	50692	Noted 08/05/77 - on 0800 Crewe-Manchester Piccadilly
	50718	59258	50651	Noted 18/02/1979 - at Crewe Station⁴
	50718	59256	50669	Noted March 1982
EP501	50718	59256	50669	Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP501	50718	59256	50669	Noted circa 09/1982⁵
EP501	50718	59256	50669	Noted 04/09/82 - at Norwich¹
EP501	53718	59256	53669	Noted circa 12/1983⁵
EP501	53718	59062	53669	Noted circa 06/1984⁵
EP501	53718	59062	53669	Noted 22/09/84 - at Norwich¹

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

Images:

10th June 1961

A Swindon Cross-Country DMU at Gloucester on a rainy 10 June 1961. The open door is obscuring the vehicle number but the brake vehicle (far end) is recorded as W50669, so this is presumably W50718. Stuart Mackay Collection.

circa November 1976

Set number: EP476

A Class 120 reverses out of Cockshute Carriage shed, the slide process date was November 1976. M50718 is closest, the set number in the cab window seems to read EP476. Stuart Mackay Collection.

6th September 1980

In this view from 6 September 1980 a Class 120 Cross-Country DMU is seen arriving at Lincoln St Marks, probably with a service from Crewe. Motor Brake Composite M50718 is the leading car. Jeremy Chapter.

18th April 1981

M50718 + 59300 + 50654 with a Cleethorpes - Birmingham NS service at Grimsby Town on April 18, 1981. John Carter.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa November 1976

A Class 120 reverses out of Cockshute depot, the far car being M50718. The slide process date was November 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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.

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