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Vehicle 50720 / 53720


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

2w/e 30/06/58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jul-58 On loan to 61A (Kittybrewster)
Aug-58 Ex-loan back to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
Sep-63Depot code change86A
May-65 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
02/02/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
2w/e 08/06/86 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50720 - original number
53720 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Dec-72 - WR AWS removed
Feb-76 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50720 59283 50676 Transfer to 61A - Jul-58 - on loan
50720 59283 50676 Transfer to CDF - Aug-58 - ex-loan
50720 59283 50676 Noted 6th August 1958 - Special Aberdeen-Keith excursion
50720 59290 50676 Noted 05/08/72 - at Thetford1
50720 59281 50667 Noted 24/11/72 - at Ipswich2
50720 59281 50667 Noted 24/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street3
50720 59281 50667 Noted 27/04/73 - at Derby3
50720 59281 50687 Noted 11/05/73 - in Birmingham New Street3
EP586 50720 59274 50669 Noted 24/08/74 - at Newark Castle1
EP581 50720 59274 50669 Noted 08/1975 - at Birmingham New Street on either 16th or 23rd August 19754
50720 59300 50689 Noted 02/04/1976 - at Norwich4
50720 59300 50689 Noted 28/08/76 - on 1320 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks
50720 59283 50670 Noted 27/11/1976 - RCTS (West Midlands Branch)Reunion Railtour 50677-59255-50730+50720-59283-50670
50720 59283 50670 Noted 03/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1
50720 59283 50670 Noted 27/08/77 - on 2E84 0645 Derby-Lincoln St Marks with 50305 + 59119 + 50329
50720 59267 50652 Noted 16/02/79 - at Norwich1
EP521 50720 59267 50677 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP521 50720 59267 50677 Noted circa 06/19825
50720 59267 50677 Noted 28/08/82 - at Norwich1
53720 59267 53677 Noted 30/05/1983 - at Notingham4
EP521 53720 59108 53677 Noted circa 12/19835
53720 59285 53677 Noted circa 03/19845
53720 59285 53677 Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby6
53720 59285 53677 Noted 06/12/85 - on 09:22 Derby - Crewe service7
53720 59285 53677 Noted 08/12/85 - on 18:35 Crewe - Grantham service7
53720 59285 53677 Noted circa 01/19865
516 53720 59285 53677 Noted 1st February 1986 - on ScR
53720 59285 53677 Listed at AY - Feb-86
53720 59285 53677 Noted 24/02/86
516 53720 59285 53677 New set number at AY - Feb-86

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Inverness

July 1958

In late July 1958 Swindon Cross-Country set W50720 + W59283 + W50676 prepares to leave Inverness with the 12.45pm to Aberdeen. The set was borrowed from the Western Region for a few weeks for trials. Great North of Scotland Railway Association.

Class 120 DMU at Birmingham Snow Hill

September 1962

A Swindon Cross-Country DMU in platform 8 of Birmingham Snow Hill station after arriving with the 11.40am ex-Gloucester (E) on a day in September 1962. DMBC W50720 is closest allocated to Cardiff Canton at the time. The set would depart as the 2.11pm to Worcester. Michael Mensing.

Class 120 DMU at Nottingham Midland

July 1971

A Swindon Cross-Country set in Nottingham Midland station with M50720 closest. July 1971. Mel Smith.

Class 120 DMU at Nottingham

Unknown date

A Class 120 DMU with M50720 closest seen at Nottingham, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 120 DMU at Lincoln St Marks

24th July 1982

Set number: EP521

A Swindon Cross-Country unit with 50720 leading on the Approach to the now closed Lincoln St Marks, on 24th July 1982. David Scott.

Class 120 DMU at Brandon

28th August 1982

Set number: EP521

A Swindon 'Cross-Country' class 120 unit (Etches Park, Derby allocated unit No.EP521 M50720 - M59267 - M50677) living up to its name forming, along with a 3-car class 101 Metro-Cammell unit, a Summer Saturday extra to Yarmouth on 28th August 1982. Seen at Brandon. Gordon Edgar.

Class 120 DMU at Nottingham

18th April 1983

Set number: EP521

A Class 120 DMU with a Met-Camm centre car in Nottingham station on 18 August 1983. It is set EP521 with 53720 closest, the other two vehicles are presumably Class 111 59108 and 53677. Bill Fraser.

Class 120 DMU at Derby

7th July 1983

Set number: EP521

General view of Derby station with 46 014 on a parcels train (left), Swindon Class 120 set EP521 with DMBC M50720 leading in the middle, and 46 039 to the right. Probably taken on 7th July 1983. John Crooks.

Class 120 DMU at Nottingham

18th August 1983

Set number: EP521

53720 and presumably 59108 and 53677 are seen in Nottingham (Midland still on the platform lamp) station on 18 August 1983. Bill Fraser.

Class 120 DMU at Nottingham

June 1984

A seven-car formation in Nottingham station in June 1984, a Class 120 with two Class 114s. M53720 is closest. Mel Smith.

Class 120 DMU at Nottingham

June 1984

M53720 in Nottingham station in June 1984. Formerly a DMBC, it has now been downgraded to a DMBS but still retained the first class style of seating. Mel Smith.

Class 120 DMU at Alsager

8th October 1985

Set number: 516

53720-59285-53677 on a Crewe to Derby working at Alsager. Taken in October 1985, date may not be entirely correct but taken in the week leading to an HST run Crewe to Birmingham on 09.10.1985 Martin Baumann.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: July 1971

A Lincoln-bound Swindon Cross-Country set in Nottingham Midland station in July 1971. The closest power car seems to be M50680, M50720 is on the far end. Mel Smith.