Vehicle 50719 / 53719
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 | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 29/09/85 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Notes
4th May 1958 - new at Swindon Works
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50719 - original number
53719 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50719 | 59275 | 50665 | Noted 11th June 1958 - Bristol P Way outing | ||||||
| CDF515 | 50719 | 59275 | 50665 | Noted Feb-62 | |||||
| EP479 | 50719 | 59293 | 50685 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| 50719 | 59293 | 50685 | Noted 02/01/70 - in Sheffield Midland1 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59290 | 50685 | Noted 10/07/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59290 | 50685 | Noted 06/09/71 - at Nottingham3 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59259 | 50651 | Noted 14/01/73 - at Derby3 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59259 | 50651 | Noted 14/08/1973 - at Nuneaton2 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59259 | 50663 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street4 | ||||||
| EP584 | 50719 | 59259 | 50663 | Noted 10/08/74 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| EP584 | 50719 | 59259 | 50663 | Noted 30/08/74 - at Derby1 | |||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 15/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 08/05/1976 - at Loughborough 2 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 28/08/76 - at Thetford1 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 04/12/76 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 31/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 27/05/1979 - on 13:00 Coventry to Nuneaton (Special service)2 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted 22/08/81 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| EP524 | 50719 | 59295 | 50689 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP524 | 50719 | 59295 | 50689 | Noted circa 06/19825 | |||||
| EP524 | 53719 | 59295 | 53689 | Noted circa 03/19845 | |||||
| EP524 | 53719 | 59295 | 53689 | Noted 08/09/84 - at Norwich1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
1959
In late 1959 a Swindon Cross-Country set approaches Acocks Green station. DMBC W50719 is on the rear, the buffet car unusually carries a coaching crest. Michael Mensing.
20th April 1962
A Swindon Cross-Country (W50719 closest) DMU draws into Cardiff General to form the 3.40pm to Cheltenham Spa on 20 April 1962. Michael Mensing.
20th April 1962
A Swindon Cross-Country (W50719 closest) DMU in Gloucester Central with the 3.40pm Cardiff to Cheltenham Spa service on 20 April 1962. Michael Mensing.
5th August 1978
50719 seen at Derby on the 5th August 1978. Malcolm Clements.
10th August 1979
A Class 120 Swindon Cross Country set with a 101 on the rear = M50719, M59297, M50326 at Swindon on August 10, 1979. I wonder if it was going into the Works as Swindon was overhauling DMUs then, certainly can't have been en route to Redditch. John Carter.
Unknown date
A Class 120 DMU with M50719 closest is seen at Nottingham, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Unknown date
Set number: EP524
Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU set EP 524 (53719 and presumably 59295 + 53689) in Leicester station with a Nottingham service. Date unknown, sometime between 1983 (when it was renumbered in the 53xxx series) and September 1985 (withdrawal). Stuart Mackay Collection.
27th August 1983
Set number: EP524
Class 120 DMBC M53719 (set EP524) on the 14:05 Birmingham New Street-Peterborough service sits next to stabled Class 116 DMBS M53077 (set TS513) at Leicester on 27 August 1983. Robert Thomas.