Vehicle 50650 / 53650
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: 30334
Diagram: 586
Allocations
| 4w/e 25/01/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| by Jun-62 | Transferred to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 10/09/62 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Feb-65 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 02/02/86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 09/03/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| p/e 23/11/86 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) | - also noted as 29/09/87 |
Notes
07/09/86 - 53650, 53652, 53730, 53741 due be transferred AY to CH 07/09/86, then cancelled.
29th June 1987 - Seen at Aberdeen Ferryhill
03/08/87 - 51193 + 53650/70 + 59247/88/268/559/80/681 moved as 5E96 Aberdeen Ferryhill - Snailwell hauled by 47308.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50650 - original number
53650 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
50650 was involved in the following incident:
Date unknown - Unknown, LMR
Collision involving Class 120
M50650 was noted with collision damage to its cab circa early/mid-1970s, details of the incident are unknown.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| BL527 | 50708 | 59256 | 50650 | Noted circa Jun-67 - in blue and grey livery. | |||||
| BL500 | 50708 | 59286 | 50650 | Noted circa Mar-68 - in blue grey with full yellow ends | |||||
| EP481 | 50708 | 59256 | 50650 | Noted circa Jun-69 - ex-BL500 | |||||
| 50742 | 59292 | 50650 | Noted 20/03/71 - at Leicester1 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59289 | 50650 | Noted 07/1971 - at Water Orton2 | ||||||
| 50703 | 59289 | 50650 | Noted 21/08/71 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50717 | 59256 | 50650 | Noted 24/10/71 - on Bletchley depot1 | ||||||
| 50709 | 59272 | 50650 | Noted 14/01/73 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50717 | 59272 | 50650 | Noted 18/08/1973 - at Peterborough with 17:45 to Birmingham New Street with 50741, 59256 and 506542 | ||||||
| 50717 | 59297 | 50650 | Noted 24/12/73 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| EP577 | 50717 | 59297 | 50650 | Noted 10/08/74 - at Peterborough3 | |||||
| 50736 | 59281 | 50650 | Noted 24/10/75 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 50704 | 59255 | 50650 | Noted 05/09/81 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| EP508 | 50704 | 59255 | 50650 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP508 | 50704 | 59255 | 50650 | Noted circa 06/19824 | |||||
| 50704 | 59255 | 50650 | Noted 21/08/82 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 50709 | 59297 | 50650 | Noted circa 03/1983 - 50709 labelled EP502, 60650 labelled EP5084 | ||||||
| 53709 | 59297 | 53650 | Noted circa 09/19834 | ||||||
| 53730 | 59124 | 53650 | Noted circa 05/19844 | ||||||
| 53730 | 59124 | 53650 | Noted 02/08/84 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 14/02/19854 | ||||||
| 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby5 | ||||||
| 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 27/11/85 - on 16:44 Lincoln Central - Crewe service6 | ||||||
| 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 27/11/85 - on 20:25 Crewe - Nottingham service6 | ||||||
| 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 03/12/85 - on 21:20 Crewe - Grantham service6 | ||||||
| 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 11/01/86 - on 06:26 Lincoln - Crewe service running 33 late6 | ||||||
| TS406 | 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | New set number at TS - 02/02/86 - number never carried | |||||
| TS406 | 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 12/02/19864 | |||||
| 521 | 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 1st May 1986 | |||||
| 521 | 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 16th June 1986 | ||||||
| 521 | 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 16th June 1986 | |||||
| 528 | 53722 | 59289 | 53650 | Formation change - circa Jul-86 - 53650 (ex-521) replaced 53653 (to 521) | |||||
| 521 | 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 7th August 1986 | ||||||
| 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 8th August 1986 | ||||||
| 53650 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Ayr Depot4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Martin Baumann
Images:
1967
Set number: BL527
A very rare picture of a Class 120 with yellow cab doors, seen at Swindon in summer '67. The first of the class in blue/grey, the paint date on the solebar reads 5/6/67, and the set number is also on the solebar - BL527. The other two vehicles in the set remained in green, W50650 (pictured) was possibly painted singly as a trial for approval before more of the class was done. David Faircloth.
Unknown date
A London Midland Region image (negative D3241/4) recording collision damage to Class 120 DMSL M50650. Details of the incident are unknown, this was probably taken at Derby C&W Works circa early/mid-1970s. British Rail.
24th January 1986
53650-59127-53730 Crewe Platform 11 24.01.1986 Martin Baumann.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1st May 1982
Unidentified class 127 units stabled at Cricklewood depot. Also present is a class 120 unit with DMS M50650 in view. Saturday 1st May 1982 Iain Reid.