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
4w/e 29/11/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
by Jun-62 | Transferred to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
30/07/62 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Canton) | |
Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
w/e 22/10/77 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
Nov-81 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) | |
p/e 04/09/82 | Reinstated | CH (Chester) | |
14/07/85 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
13/10/85 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
Nov-86 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
p/e 07/10/89 | Sector Change to | HA (Haymarket) PZQZ | |
23/10/89 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) PZQZ |
early 1989 - Seen fitted with "exchange" (magenta-coloured) engines
50732 - original number
53732 - from Aug-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
5w/e 10/06/72 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 14/05/77 - WR AWS removed
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
CTN533 | 50732 | 59279 | 50694 | Listed at 86A - May-70 | |||||
CTN533 | 50732 | 59279 | 50694 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
50732 | 59279 | 50694 | Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport1 | ||||||
50732 | 59279 | 50694 | Noted 13/11/71 - at Bristol2 | ||||||
50732 | 59279 | 50694 | Noted 20/11/71 - on Bristol Marsh Junction depot2 | ||||||
C533 | 50732 | 59279 | 50694 | Noted 27/04/74 - on 14:20 Weston SM-Cardiff with B578 51064 + 59423 + 51092 | |||||
C533 | 50732 | 59299 | 50738 | Noted 22/06/74 - at Crewe3 | |||||
C530 | 50732 | 59277 | 50691 | Noted 13/08/74 - on 2M67 0750 Cardiff-Crewe with 55025 + C502 + C516 | |||||
C533 | 50732 | 59279 | 50694 | Noted 12/03/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with 56289 + C323 | |||||
C533 | 50732 | 59279 | 50694 | Noted 10/09/75 - on 2B46 1625 Cardiff-Bristol TM | |||||
C514 | 50732 | 59279 | 50694 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
50732 | 59279 | 50694 | Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot3 | ||||||
C514 | 50732 | 59279 | 50694 | Noted 11/05/77 - on 2C44 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
C514 | 50732 | 59279 | 50694 | Noted 26/05/77 - on 2C08 0745 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
C514 | 50732 | 59279 | 50694 | Noted 17/08/77 - on 2212 Cheltenham-Cardiff | |||||
C514 | 50732 | 59279 | 50694 | Noted 19/08/77 - on 2C44 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
50320 | 59279 | 50732 | Noted 30/08/1979 - on 17:43 Chester to Wolverhampton, with 51187 and 56332 to Shrewsbury and with 50932 and 51569 to Wrexham4 | ||||||
50732 | 59279 | 50694 | Noted 03/01/1981 - At Crewe Station5 | ||||||
53732 | 59526 | 53686 | Noted circa 12/19836 | ||||||
53686 | 59526 | 53732 | Noted 31/03/19846 | ||||||
53732 | 59526 | 53686 | Noted circa 09/19846 | ||||||
53732 | 59526 | 53686 | Transfer to NH - 14/07/85 - from CH | ||||||
53732 | 59526 | 53686 | Transfer to CH - 13/10/85 | ||||||
53732 | 59526 | 53686 | Listed at CH - circa Jan-86 | ||||||
53686 | 59526 | 53732 | Noted 21/04/1986 - 13.01 Helsby-Chester7 | ||||||
53732 | 59528 | 53686 | Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 | ||||||
534 | 53732 | 59281 | 53686 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
534 | 53732 | 59281 | 53686 | Noted circa 04/19876 | |||||
534 | 53732 | 59281 | 53686 | Noted 29/05/19876 | |||||
534 | 53732 | 59303 | 53686 | Formation change - 2w/e 14/11/87 - 59303 (ex-101302) replaced 59281 (W) | |||||
534 | 53732 | 59303 | 53686 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
534 | 53215 | 59116 | 53732 | Formation change - circa Mar-88 | |||||
534 | 53732 | 59116 | 53686 | Noted 23rd July 1988 | |||||
534 | 53732 | 59116 | 53686 | Listed at HA - 08/05/89 | |||||
53732 | 59116 | 53686 | Noted 16/08/89 - on 12:15 Edinburgh - Cardenden8 | ||||||
534 | 53732 | 59116 | 53686 | Noted 16th August 1989 | |||||
53732 | 59116 | 53686 | Noted 5th September 1989 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Chris Moxon
8: Graeme Phillips
The Branch Line Society/Wirral Railway Circle Milk Branches Railtour at Newcastle Emlyn on 12 September 1970. Formed of a Swindon Cross-Country DMU, the power cars were W50732 and W50694, the centre car is presumably W59279. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 120 DMU set C533 (presumably W50732 closest) in Bristol Temple Meads station on 2 February 1974. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Swindon Cross-Country set C533 (presumably 50732 + 59279 + 50694) arrives into Bath Spa station on 3 May 1975. Nicholas T Smith.
A Class 120 makes an unusual sight in St Pancras on the 26th November 1983. 53732 is closest, and with 'Special' showing on the destination blind this is probably an excursion. Chris Lings.
Class 120/101 hybrid 3-car 53732, 59526 & 53686 calls at Ince & Elton working the 13.01 Helsby-Chester via Hooton, 21/4/86. Anthony Griffiths.
Class 120 DMU set 534 - presumably 53732 closest - heads east after passing through Cadder Yard circa Autumn 1987. Brian Ward.
Swindon Cross Country DMU set 534 departs from Stirling Station on March 19, 1987. 53732, presumably with 59281 + 53686. David Christie.
Smoking towards Fife. A Swindon Cross Country class 120 set (534, presumably 53732 + 59281 + 53686) smokes into Haymarket tunnel one afternoon in August 1987 on an Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy stopping service. Murray Liston.
Class 120 Haymarket Tunnel August 1987. Heading for Fife the train enters the east portal of the tunnel. The vehicle closest is presumably 53732. Alistair Ness.
Class 120/101 hybrid DMU set 534 (53732 closest) departs from Haymarket station 4 circa summer 1988. 101 324 sits in platform 3 with a Waverley bound service. Brian Ward.
101324 and 120534 (53732) cross at Haymarket Station. Photo probably taken in 1988, when both of the sets were shown allocated to Haymarket Depot. Andrew McConnell.
101 324 and Class 120 set 534 (presumably 53732 closest) in platforms 3 and 4 of Haymarket station circa summer 1988. Brian Ward.
DMU set 534 in Montrose station circa spring 1988. Closest is presumably 53732. Brian Ward.
Hybrid Class 120/101 DMU set 534 (power cars are presumably 53732 + 53686) in Montrose station circa spring 1988. Brian Ward.
53732 faces a Class 303 EMU at Glasgow Central in the late 1980s. Malcolm Clements.
Class 120 set 534 in Glasgow Central in the late 1980s. 53732 is closest, 53686 is the other power car, it has a Met-Camm centre car. Malcolm Clements.
With a missing saloon window, 53732 is at the front of 534 arriving into Haymarket station on October 1, 1988. John Carter.
Set 534, a 120/101/120 hybrid, passes Haymarket depot towards Edinburgh with a service from Fife on November 21, 1988. The power cars are presumably 53732 + 53686. Hamish Stevenson.
A Class 120/101 hybrid DMU - thought to set 534 (53732 + 59116 + 53686) in late summer 1989. Brian Ward.
Set 534 (a 120/101/120 hybrid) arrives into Glasgow Central on May 3rd, 1989. The power cars are presumably 53732 + 53686. Hamish Stevenson.
120534 about to depart Kilmarnock for Glasgow Central on May 12th, 1989. This was not long before the introduction of class 156 'Sprinters' when just about any type of unit could be found on Strathclyde services. The class 120s were superior to most it has to be said. Pity none were preserved. Gordon Thomson.
Class 120/101/120 set 534 (53732 + 59116 + 53686) arrives into Glasgow Central station on the 2nd June 1989. Nicholas Youngman.
53732 sits at the head of Haymarket set 534 (with 59116 + 53686) awaiting departure at Edinburgh Waverley with the 12:15 to Cardenden, 16/8/89. Graeme Phillips.
ScotRail set 534 (53732 + 59116 + 53686) departs from Edinburgh Waverley on the 12:15 to Cardenden. Graeme Phillips.
The Branch Line Society/Wirral Railway Circle Milk Branches Railtour at Derry Ormond, Carmarthenshire on 12 September 1970, formed of a Swindon Cross-Country DMU. The power cars are W50694 and W50732, the centre car is presumably W59279. Norman Thomas courtesy S V Blencowe collection.
A Swindon Cross-Country DMU at Derry Ormond with the Branch Line Society / Wirral Railway Circle Milk Branches railtour on 12 September 1970. The power cars are W50694 and W50732, the centre car is presumably W59279. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 120 DMU set C533 (presumably 50694 + 59279 + 50732) arrives into Tenby station circa early 1970s. Brian Daniels.
Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU set C533 (50694 and presumably 59279 + 50732) at Salisbury with a Southampton - Bristol service on 1 April 1973. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU set C514 passing Neath East signal box(since demolished) on a down passenger service on 21 May 1977. DMSL W50694 is closest, the other two vehicles are presumably 59279 + 50732. Robert Thomas.
Class 120 set 534 (Sc53686 + 59281 + Sc53732) are amongst many other DMU vehicles stabled at Thornton on the 16th April 1987. Hamish Stevenson.
Swindon class 120 Cross Country set 534 (53686 + 59281 + 53732) are seen rasping through Princes Street Gardens with a service for Kirkcaldy late one afternoon in August 1987/ Murray Liston.
A view of Haymarket depot circa late summer 1989 with a Class 150 and set 534 (presumably 53686 + 59116 + 53732). Brian Ward.
Class 120/101 hybrid DMU set 534 (presumably 53686 + 59116 + 53732) in Glasgow Central station circa late summer 1989. Brian Ward.