Vehicle 50733 / 53733
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
| 4w/e 29/11/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| 05/05/69 | Withdrawn from | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 08/11/69 | Stored | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-70 | Reinstated | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| 20/06/82 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 10/06/84 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 07/09/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Mar-87 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Oct-87 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Dec-87 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| p/e 07/10/89 | Sector Change to | HA (Haymarket) PZQZ | |
| 23/10/89 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50733 - original number
53733 - from 1985 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
p/e 09/09/72 - Dual AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 23/09/1983 released in blue/grey livery - C3A overhaul and partial refurbishmentDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| CTN605 | 50733 | 50686 | Listed at 86A - May-70 | ||||||
| CTN605 | 50733 | 50686 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | ||||||
| C605 | 50733 | 50686 | Noted 22/06/74 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50733 | 50686 | Noted 27/08/1974 - at Swansea2 | |||||||
| C605 | 50733 | 50686 | Noted 06/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C508 | ||||||
| C605 | 50733 | 50686 | Noted 13/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C511 | ||||||
| C605 | 50733 | 50686 | Noted 16/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C510 | ||||||
| C605 | 50733 | 50686 | Noted 28/11/75 - on 2C38 1621 Weston SM-Cardiff with C506 | ||||||
| C605 | 50733 | 50686 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | ||||||
| C605 | 50733 | 50686 | Noted 13/09/77 - at Shrewsbury1 | ||||||
| C605 | 50733 | 50686 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | ||||||
| C605 | 50733 | 50686 | Noted 13/09/78 - on 2C96 2240 Swansea-Carmarthen with C613 | ||||||
| C605 | 50733 | 50686 | Noted 16/04/1979 - At Llanelli Station3 | ||||||
| C605 | 50733 | 50686 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | ||||||
| C605 | 50733 | 50686 | Noted 03/01/1981 - At Shrewsbury Station P6 09363 | ||||||
| C605 | 50733 | 50686 | Noted circa 08/1982 - operating from Chester.4 | ||||||
| C605 | 50733 | 59523 | 50686 | Noted circa 09/1982 - operating from Chester.4 | |||||
| 53733 | 59390 | 53634 | Noted circa 12/19834 | ||||||
| 53733 | 59390 | 53634 | Noted 05/03/1984 - at Manchester Vic4 | ||||||
| 53733 | 59054 | 53694 | Noted circa 07/19844 | ||||||
| 53733 | 59107 | 51586 | Formation change - NH - Jan-86 | ||||||
| 53733 | 59107 | 51586 | Listed at NH - circa Jan-86 | ||||||
| Spare | 53733 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | |||||||
| 535 | 53733 | 59289 | 53654 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 535 | 53733 | 59262 | 53654 | Formation change - circa May-87 - 59262 (ex-120533) replaced 59289 (to 120533) | |||||
| 53733 | 59262 | 53654 | Noted 29/05/19874 | ||||||
| 535 | 53733 | 59262 | 53654 | Noted 08/08/19874 | |||||
| 535 | 53733 | 59262 | 53654 | Noted 19th November 1987 | |||||
| 535 | 53215 | 59065 | 53733 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 535 | 53164 | 59065 | 53733 | Noted 23rd July 1988 | |||||
| 535 | 53215 | 59065 | 53733 | Listed at HA - circa Aug-88 | |||||
| 535 | 53164 | 59065 | 53733 | Noted 22/10/88 | |||||
| 535 | 53164 | 59065 | 53733 | Noted 3rd January 1989 | |||||
| 535 | 53733 | 59809 | 53933 | Listed at HA - 08/05/89 | |||||
| 53164 | 59809 | 53733 | Noted 27th May 1989 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
7th September 1964
An image from the Swindon Works Accident series. This is Swindon Cross Country DMBC 50733, which has sustained damage to the cab, cause unknown. Negative 5AB 36, taken 7/9/64. British Railways.
7th September 1964
An image from the Swindon Works Accident series. This is Swindon Cross Country DMBC 50733, which has sustained damage to the cab, cause unknown. Negative 5AB 35, taken 7/9/64. British Railways.
7th September 1964
An image from the Swindon Works Accident series. This is Swindon Cross Country DMBC 50733, which has sustained damage to the cab, cause unknown. Negative 5AB 34, taken 7/9/64. British Railways.
7th September 1964
An image from the Swindon Works Accident series. This is Swindon Cross Country DMBC 50733, which has sustained damage to the cab, cause unknown. Negative 5AB 33, taken 7/9/64. It was withdrawn on 05/05/69 - was it returned to traffic before then? It would be reinstated after withdrawal in 1970. British Railways.
7th September 1964
Set number: CDF531
An image from the Swindon Works Accident series. This is Swindon Cross Country DMBC 50733, which has sustained damage to the cab, cause unknown. Negative 5AB 32, taken 7/9/64. It is carrying set number CDF531 on the solebar. British Railways.
4th August 1975
Set number: C605
Class 120 DMU set C605 (power cars presumably 50733 + 50686) is running with a Met-Camm centre car when seen at Tenby with the 11:40 Pembroke Dock - Whitland service on 4 August 1975. Stuart Mackay Collection.
1978
Set number: C605
Crossing Cross-Countries. Class 120 sets C605 (presumably 50733 closest) and C603 (presumably 50673 closest) pass at Llandeilo in 1978. John Law.
Unknown date
Set number: C605
C605 At Cilmeri, date not known. David Rowe.
2nd March 1985
Class 120 Swindon DMBS 53733 leads the 08-40 to Blackpool North at Manchester Victoria on 2-3-85. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
25th January 1986
A three-car Class 120/111 hybrid formed of Swindon Class 120 driving cars M53733 & M51586 with a Metro-Cammell Class 111 centre trailer M59107, was stood on the Up Fast at Leyland station with a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service on January 25th 1986. Martyn Hilbert.
1987
A Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU heads away from Glasgow Central circa summer 1987. The power cars are 53733 and 53654. Brian Ward.
Unknown date
Set number: 535
Set 535 in Edinburgh Waverley in the late 1980s. Malcolm Clements.
Unknown date
Set number: 535
53733 (535) sits next to 150284 in Edinburgh Waverley in the late 1980s. Malcolm Clements.
August 1987
Set number: 535
Weird sight at Wester Hailes. The suburb of Wester Hailes grew rapidly in the 1970s but despite straddling the Edinburgh to Glasgow Central and Carstairs route, the locals were not provided with a station until May 1987. Three months after opening, we see the strange sight of a Swindon Cross Country class 120 DMU (53733 and presumably 59262 + 53654) stopping here on an Edinburgh to Glasgow Central via Shotts service. This was during the "anything goes" period where worn out DMUs displaced from Sprinterisation elsewhere were moved around the country and Scotrail got a few of these sets to tide them over during the latter half of the 1980s. Murray Liston.
August 1987
Set number: 535
Class 120 Wester Hailes Aug 1987. A train for Glasgow Central arrives at this then relatively newly opened West Edinburgh station. Set 535 is presumably 53733 + 59262 + 53654. Alistair Ness.
23rd November 1987
Set number: 535
120535 calls at Dunlop with the 12.45 Kilmarnock - Glasgow Central train on 23-11-1987. I've recorded the cars as 53733, 59262, 53654. The old goods shed & yard have been taken over by a builders yard, later to become housing. Gordon Thomson.
Unknown date
Set number: 535
Set 535 appears to be formed from a Class 120 DMBC and two Class 101 vehicles when seen at Stirling on an unknown date. Tom Clift.
30th March 1988
Set number: 535
53733 at Wallyford on 30/03/88 leading 2Y11 1104 North Berwick - Haymarket. Roddy MacPhee.
20th April 1988
Set number: 120535
Set 120 535, on the right with 53733 leading 59065 and 53215, leaves Edinburgh Waverley on 9/4/88, forming the 15.10 to Dunblane. As it does so, it passes set 120 532 (53699/59571/53658), coupled to 120533 (53682/59532/53700) which is not visible. These latter two sets will form the 15.13 to Cowdenbeath. Leonard Rogers.
25th July 1988
Set number: 535
Class 120 Sc53733 arrives at Glasgow Central on the 25th July 1988. Kevin Law.
circa summer 1988
Set number: 535
Set 535 (53733 and presumably 59065) in Edinburgh Waverley with a Glasgow Central service circa summer 1988. Andrew McConnell.
circa summer 1988
Set number: 535
Set 535 (53733 and presumably 59065) in Edinburgh Waverley with a Glasgow Central service circa summer 1988. Brian Ward.
circa summer 1988
Set number: 535
Set 535 (53733) in Glasgow Central after arriving on a service from Edinburgh Waverley circa summer 1988. Brian Ward.
29th September 1988
Set number: 535
Set 535 at Perth on September 29, 1988, 53733 closest. John Carter.
22nd October 1988
Set number: 535
Set 535 comprises 53733 + 59065 + E53164 when seen stabled at Dundee on October 22, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.
27th June 1989
Set number: 535
Class 120 DMU set 535 at Camperdown Junction just east of Dundee Station. The rear car appears to be a Met-Camm vehicle. Jonathan Watson.
8th December 1990
Set number: 535
Class 120 53733 at the end of a row of withdrawn vehicles at Thornton Junction on 8 December 1990. Stuart Mackay.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 26th March 1977
Set number: C605
Two class 120 "Swindon" units pass on the Central Wales line north of Llanelli on 26th March 1977. C605 (presumably 50686 + 50733) is the approaching unit, heading south. Bob Belcher.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 535
Class 120 Wester Hailes August 1987 A Glasgow Central bound train departs. Set 535 is presumably 53654 + 59262 + 53733. Alistair Ness.
Date: circa summer 1987
Set number: EP3
53654 leads a Swindon Cross-Country DMU out of Glasgow Central station circa summer 1987. 53733 is on the rear. Brian Ward.
Date: 23rd November 1987
Set number: 535
120535 departs from Dunlop with the 12.45 Kilmarnock - Glasgow Central train on 23-11-1987. I recorded the cars as 53654, 59262, 53733. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 9th April 1988
A three-car hybrid unit (cl.101/101/120), formed of 53215(leading)/59065/53733, enters North Queensferry station on the 14.30 Kirkcaldy - Edinburgh. The date is 9/4/88. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 22nd October 1988
E53164 + 59065 + 53733 stabled at Dundee on October 22nd, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 22nd October 1988
Set number: 535
In Dundee station on October 22, 1988, set 535 is on the left, formed E53164 + 59065 + 53733, with the 17:16 to Perth. On the right is the 17:15 to Montrose, formed of 107749 (presumably 52034 + 59807 + 52010). Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 13th May 1989
An Edinburgh - Cardenden service passes through Princes Street Gardens on 13 May 1989. The leading car is 53164 - it kept its damaged front end for at least a year after this. The centre car will likely be Class 110 59809, and the Class 120 at the far end should be 53733. Neil Smith.
Date: 5th July 1989
An unusual view of the west end of Waverley station, Edinburgh, on the morning of 5/7/89. No trains were moving this day - it was the day of one of the weekly strikes staged by the NUR that summer. Almost every platform is filled with stabled stock. From left to right there are : an HST in plat.19, 52053 coupled to 59248 and 52059 (108 380) in plat.18, a Mk.2 DVT (9709) in plat.17, 53260 coupled to 59042 and 51241 (101 315) in plat.16, nothing visible in plat.15, 150 244 in plat.14, 53933 (coupled to 51566) in plat.13, 53164(cl.101) coupled to 59800(cl.107) and 53733, forming 120 535, in plat.12 and another HST in plat.11. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 17th August 1989
Set number: 535
The 17:05 Kirkcaldy - Edinburgh Waverley arriving at Inverkeithing (at 17:26) on Thursday 17th August 1989. The centre and rear cars are believed to be 59809 (110) and 53733 (120), the leading Class 101 DMBS is possibly 53164. Colin Brooks.