Vehicle 50729 / 53729 / 55949
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
| Aug-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 | |
| w/e 22/10/77 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 13/05/85 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| Jan-86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| Feb-86 | Reinstated | DY (Derby Etches Park) | - intended for parcels sector at CH |
| Mar-86 | Withdrawn | - Reinstatement cancelled | |
| 2w/e 07/05/86 | Reinstated | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
| 06/07/86 | To Parcels Sector at | CA (Cambridge) | |
| 27/07/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 02/11/86 | Stored U. | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 03/05/87 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50729 - original number
53729 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
55949 - from 04/04/87 (parcels conversion) - number allocated but never carried
Modifications
p/e 12/08/72 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 14/05/77 - WR AWS removed
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted circa Feb-68 - in blue grey with full yellow ends | ||||||
| CTN516 | 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Listed at 86A - May-70 | |||||
| CTN516 | 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 20/08/1971 - at Abergavenny1 | ||||||
| 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport1 | ||||||
| 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport1 | ||||||
| 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 18/09/1971 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 08/01/1972 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 26/05/1973 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 30/06/1973 - at Newport1 | ||||||
| C516 | 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 03/09/73 - at Shrewsbury3 | |||||
| C516 | 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 27/04/74 - on 06:52 Weston SM-Cardiff | |||||
| C516 | 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 25/05/74 - on 2V67 0603 Crewe-Cardiff | |||||
| C516 | 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 13/08/74 - on 2M67 0750 Cardiff-Crewe with 55025 + C502 + C530 | |||||
| 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 02/09/74 - in Bristol Temple Meads3 | ||||||
| C516 | 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 07/09/74 - on 2V67 1600 Crewe-Cardiff with 55026 + P556 | |||||
| C516 | 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 12/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with B560 | |||||
| C516 | 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport3 | |||||
| 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot3 | ||||||
| C516 | 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 28/08/75 - at Crewe3 | |||||
| C505 | 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Bristol4 | ||||||
| C505 | 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central3 | |||||
| 50729 | 59295 | 50651 | Noted 12/09/1977 - at Leicester on on service to Birmingham2 | ||||||
| 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted 22/10/1980 - Working 0833 Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton5 | ||||||
| 50729 | 59266 | 50660 | Noted circa 05/19826 | ||||||
| 53729 | 59070 | 53660 | Noted circa 04/19836 | ||||||
| 53729 | 59070 | 53660 | Noted circa 09/19846 | ||||||
| 53729 | 59070 | 53660 | Noted 01/08/85 | ||||||
| 53729 | 59070 | 53660 | Noted 01/08/85 - at Norwich, 53657 carried set number 5093 | ||||||
| 53725 | 53729 | Formation change - CA - 2w/e 14/05/86 - Parcels | |||||||
| 53725 | 53729 | Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986 - Parcels |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
4th July 1971
A Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU at Dovey Junction with the 16:43 Shrewsbury-Aberystwyth on 4 July 1981. Robert Thomas.
10th July 1976
Set number: C505
Two Cross-Country DMUs - M50729 of set C505 leading - at Selly Oak, Birmingham, on 10 July 1976. Phillip Malin.
10th May 1983
Class 120/101 hybrid DMU with car 53729 leading leaving Chester at Northgate Locks, 10-5-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 13th September 1975
Set number: C516
W50660 is leading 59266 and 50729 on a Cardiff to Crewe service as it enters Newport station on 13 September 1975. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 4th July 1981
This 4 July 1981 view of Dovey Junction station has M56354 on the 18:30 (SO) to Barmouth on the left and M50729 working the 16:43 Shrewsbury-Aberystwyth on the right. Robert Thomas.
Date: 16th May 1986
Set number: EP516
A Class 120 DMU formed of two DMBSs (M53725 + M53729) in Manchester Piccadilly on 16 May 1986. John Carter.