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Vehicle 50721 / 53721


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)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
Sep-63Depot code change86A
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
3w/e 17/02/79 Transferred to CH (Chester)
circa Nov-84 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
Oct-85 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath) - Fire Damage

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50721 - original number
53721 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

6w/e 10/07/71 - Dual AWS fitted

50721 was involved in the following incident:


Burnt DMU vehicles

September 1985 - Red Bank Carriage Sidings, Cheetham Hill

Fire involving Class 120 / Class 111

Info from Paul Moxon

Class 120 53721 and Class 111 59100 were damaged in a fire at Red Bank Carriage Sidings, Cheetham Hill, Manchester in September 1985. They are seen there awaiting disposal on 22/3/86. Unfit to move, they would be cut up on site in July 1986. Paul Moxon.


Disposal

Scrapped by Ward Ferous Metals, on location at Red Bank carriage sidings

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


CTN510 50721 59275 50668 Listed at 86A - May-70
50721 59275 50668 Noted 12/08/70 - in Birmingham area1
50721 59275 50668 Noted 30/10/70 - at Cardiff2
CTN510 50721 59275 50668 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50721 59275 50668 Noted 23/08/1971 - at Newport3
50721 59275 50668 Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport3
50721 59275 50669 Noted 13/11/71 - at Bristol2
C510 50721 59275 50668 Noted 31/10/72
C510 50721 59275 50668 Noted 26/04/74 - on 20:00 Swansea-Cardiff
C510 50721 59275 50668 Noted 21/08/74 - on 2B26 1015 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C314 + C338
50721 59275 50668 Noted 25/08/1974 - at Swansea3
50721 59275 50668 Noted 27/08/1974 - at Swansea3
50721 59275 50668 Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff3
C510 50721 59275 50668 Noted 16/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C605
C510 50721 59275 50668 Noted 03/03/75 - on 2C09 1430 Swansea-Newport with C506
C510 50721 59275 50668 Noted 28/08/75 - at Crewe1
C507 50721 59275 50668 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
50721 59275 50668 Noted 9th December 1976
C510 50721 59275 50668 Noted 09/11/1977 - Newport Station4
C507 50721 59275 50668 Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central4
C507 50721 59275 50668 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C507 50721 59275 50668 Noted 08/04/1978 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Tintern Thunderbolt Railtour 51324-59476-51309+50721-59275-50668 B467+C507
C507 50721 59275 50668 Noted 19/05/1978 - Cardiff Central4
C507 50721 59275 50668 Noted 01/10/78 - on 1755 Cardiff-Gloucester
50721 59275 50668 Noted 16/02/1979 - at Crewe4
50721 59275 50668 Transfer to CH - 3w/e 17/02/79
50721 59262 50668 Noted 24/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury working 1840 to Chester4
50721 59262 50668 Noted circa 08/19825
53721 59100 53668 Noted circa 04/19835
53721 59100 53668 Noted circa 03/19845
53721 59100 53668 Transfer to NH - circa Nov-84

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

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Carmarthen

8th May 1976

Set number: C507

Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU set C507 with W50721 closest in Carmarthen station with the 14:33 Pembroke Dock-Swansea service on 8 May 1976. Robert Thomas.

Class 120 DMU at Oakdale Colliery

8th April 1978

Set number: C507

The Monmouthshire Railway Society "Tintern Thunderbolt" rail tour on 8 April 1978 was planned to go to Markham Colliery, but owing to flooding was only able to go as far as Oakdale Colliery Sidings. The train was formed of a class 120 Cross Country set C507 (50721 + 59275 + 50668) coupled to a class 118 Bristol Suburban set (only just visible). Jeremy Chapter.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: June 1979

Set number: C507

Class 120 DMU set C507 (presumably 50668 + 59275 + 50721) at Chester in June 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 22nd March 1986

Burnt out Class 120 DMBC 53721 and Class 111 TS 59100 seen at Cheetham Hill, Manchester on the 22nd March 1986. Paul Moxon.