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| 19/01/86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |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.