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
2w/e 30/06/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
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Oct-85 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) | - Fire Damage |
50721 - original number
53721 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
6w/e 10/07/71 - Dual AWS fitted
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.
Scrapped by Ward Ferous Metals, on location at Red Bank carriage sidings
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
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.
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.
Class 120 DMU set C507 (presumably 50668 + 59275 + 50721) at Chester in June 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Burnt out Class 120 DMBC 53721 and Class 111 TS 59100 seen at Cheetham Hill, Manchester on the 22nd March 1986. Paul Moxon.