Vehicle 50651 / 53651
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) | |
| by Oct-60 | Transferred to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| 3w/e 01/02/64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| Jun-64 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| 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) | |
| Feb-87 | Stored U. | FY (Falkland Yard) | |
| Mar-87 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50651 - original number
53651 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| TYS501 | 50701 | 59290 | 50651 | Listed at TYS - circa Oct-60 | |||||
| BL501 | 50697 | 59290 | 50651 | Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with yellow panel ends | |||||
| 50697 | 59290 | 50651 | Noted 27/09/69 - at Leicester1 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59293 | 50651 | Noted 30/10/70 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59293 | 50651 | Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59293 | 50651 | Noted 03/09/71 - at Norwich on 18:20 to Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50736 | 59290 | 50651 | Noted 17/12/71 - at Derby2 | ||||||
| 50736 | 59276 | 50651 | Noted 15/07/72 - at Thetford1 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59259 | 50651 | Noted 14/01/73 - at Derby2 | ||||||
| 50719 | 59259 | 50651 | Noted 14/08/1973 - at Nuneaton3 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59300 | 50651 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street4 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59300 | 50651 | Noted 24/08/74 - at Nottingham1 | ||||||
| EP578 | 50730 | 59300 | 50651 | Noted 08/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street3 | |||||
| 50744 | 59295 | 50651 | Noted 10/07/76 - on 1220 Crewe-Lincoln SM | ||||||
| 50744 | 59295 | 50651 | Noted 13/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50737 | 59257 | 50651 | Noted 02/07/77 - on 1715 Nottingham-Derby | ||||||
| 50729 | 59295 | 50651 | Noted 12/09/1977 - at Leicester on on service to Birmingham3 | ||||||
| 50737 | 59295 | 50651 | Noted 20/12/77 - at Nottingham1 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59258 | 50651 | Noted 18/02/1979 - at Crewe Station5 | ||||||
| 50736 | 59290 | 50651 | Noted 20/06/81 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| EP519 | 50736 | 59290 | 50651 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP519 | 50736 | 59290 | 50651 | Noted circa 06/19826 | |||||
| EP519 | 53736 | 59290 | 53651 | Noted 13/09/83 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| EP519 | 53736 | 59290 | 53651 | Noted circa 12/19836 | |||||
| EP519 | 53736 | 59127 | 53651 | Noted circa 06/19846 | |||||
| 53736 | 59127 | 53651 | Noted 21/07/84 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| EP519 | 53736 | 59124 | 53651 | Noted circa 08/19846 | |||||
| EP519 | 53736 | 59124 | 53651 | Noted circa 11/19846 | |||||
| EP519 | 53736 | 59124 | 53651 | Noted 22/03/19856 | |||||
| 53736 | 59124 | 53651 | Noted 20/07/85 - on 15:40 Skegness - Nottingham | ||||||
| 53736 | 59124 | 53651 | Noted 31/08/1985 - at Derby7 | ||||||
| TS409 | 53736 | 59124 | 53651 | New set number at TS - Feb-86 - number never carried | |||||
| TS409 | 53736 | 59124 | 53651 | Noted 13/02/19866 | |||||
| 529 | 53736 | 59124 | 53651 | New set number at AY - May-86 | |||||
| 529 | 53736 | 59124 | 53651 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 529 | 53736 | 59124 | 53651 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 529 | 53736 | 59124 | 53651 | Noted 23/08/1986 - BLS Clyde Forth Railtour Sets 385+529 | |||||
| 53736 | 59124 | 53651 | Noted 6th September 1986 | ||||||
| 53736 | 59124 | 53651 | Noted 11/10/19866 | ||||||
| 53736 | 59124 | 53651 | Noted 16th October 1986 | ||||||
| 53736 | 59124 | 53651 | Noted 19th November 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton
Images:
25th March 1961
A Swindon Cross-Country DMU, led by W50651, is seen taking the Stourbridge line at The Hawthorns Halt with the 4.00pm Birmingham Snow Hill - Hereford service on 25 March 1961. Michael Mensing.
9th June 1979
M50651 at Derby on the 9th June 1979. M59257 is behind. Malcolm Clements.
11th June 1982
Set number: EP519
Swindon Cross Country set EP519 (M50651 + M59290 + M50736) with a charter from Burton in York station on June 11, 1982. John Carter.
1986
53651 emerges from the short tunnel that takes it from Princes Street Gardens into Edinburgh Waverley. The Met-Camm centre car is presumably 59124. Taken in 1986. S Saunders.
1986
Set number: EP519
1986 saw a welcome return of Swindon DMUs to Ayrshire in the form of an influx of Cross Country Units. Most of the Swindon units had received Metro Cammel centre cars. Here 53651 (formerly of Derby Etches Park set 519, and appears to have a broken window mid-vehicle) and 53648 are seen at the magnificent Ayr station. Andrew McConnell.
7th June 1986
Set number: EP519
529 on the 1245. Class 120 motor second 53651 still displays the remains of old set number EP519 but it is now officially in set 529 with 59124 (101) and 53736. Seen passing North Woodhill farm near Kilmarnock with the 1245 Glasgow Central to Kilmarnock. Bruce Galloway.
7th July 1986
Set number: EP519
53651-59124-53736 Edinburgh Haymarket 07.07.1986 Martin Baumann.
23rd August 1986
Railtour. Looking east as BLS six car DMU approaches Old Kilpatrick on the remains of the Caledonian's Lanarkshire & Dunbartonshire route. The former Admiralty oil storage tanks were served by a siding behind the building on the far right but was long out of use at that time. The leading Set is a Class 120 (with MC centre car) 53651+59124+53736 and the trailing Set is a Class 116 (with 120 DMS) 53673+59374+53090. Saturday 23 August 1986. alicia hartman.
23rd August 1986
Distant Past. Looking east at Old Kilptrick with a six car BLS DMU Railtour in the background. Swindon Class 120 DMS 53651 is leading. Patrons walk towards the buffer stop and what was effectively the headshunt for the oil sidings. The buffer stops were short of the former Caledonian L & D station. Oil traffic probably ceased in the late seventies. EE 350 hp shunters would propel tank wagons into the oil sidings on the right then propel back to Dalmuir Riverside for rounding. Saturday 23 August 1986. alicia hartman.
23rd August 1986
Set number: EP519
53651 + 59124 + 53736 / 53673 + 59374 + 53090 during the Gunnie Cement Works (Coatbridge) stop of the Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" railtour on 23 August 1986. Brian Ward.
23rd August 1986
Set number: EP519
53651 + 59124 + 53736 / 53673 + 59374 + 53090 at Menstrie with the Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" railtour on 23 August 1986. Brian Ward.
23rd August 1986
53651 sits at the front of the Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" railtour in Milngavie station on 23 August 1986. A Class 303 EMU can just be glimpsed on the right - the normal traction on the branch. Brian Ward.
23rd August 1986
The unusual sight of a DMU in Milngavie station. The occasion was the Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" railtour on 23 August 1986, the vehicle closest is 53651. Brian Ward.
23rd August 1986
The Branch Line Society 'Clyde-Forth' railtour is seen at Menstrie on the freight only branch from Cambus Junction to Glenochil Distillery and yeast factory at Menstrie on August 23, 1986. Formed of two hybrid 3-car sets, 120/101 53651+59124+53736 and 116/120 set 53673+59374+53090 trailing. This line was once a passenger branch from Cambus Junction near Alloa to Alva but lost its service on 01/11/1954. It was retained as a freight branch initially to Alva but the section beyond Glenochil Distilley to Alva closed on 24/02/1964. The branch to Menstrie was retained for inbound grain and molasses traffic but only generated wagon load flows. It was a victim of the demise of the Speedlink wagon load network disbanded by BR in July 1991 and fell into disuse thereafter. Adrian Nicholls.
23rd August 1986
The Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" tour at South Leith on 23 August 1986. It is formed 53651 / 59124 / 53736 + 53673 / 59374 / 53090, the train running about an hour late at this time. Alan Rintoul.
25th August 1986
Set number: EP519
53651 in Glasgow Central station on 25 August 1986. It's probably on a working to Ayr, and this was the last few weeks of DMUs on the service as it switched to EMUs the following month. Bill Fraser.
24th January 1988
Class 120 DMS 53651 in Snailwell on January 24, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 9th June 1979
Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country centre car M59257 seen at Derby on the 9th June 1979. The power car on the right is M50651. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 17th February 1981
Six DMU cars are seen between 47125 and 08303 at Derby on 17 February 1981. All but one are Class 120s: 50691, 50651 + 59290 + 50736, 59135 (104) and 50653. Possibly bound for Litchurch Lane? Andrew Bond.
Date: 4th May 1981
A Class 120 DMU formed of M50736 + M59290 + M50651 looking very smart in Derby station with a Matlock service on Monday 4 May 1981. David Russon.
Date: 11th June 1982
Set number: EP519
Class 120 DMU EP519 (M50736 + M59290 + M50651) in York station on June 11th, 1982 with a charter from Burton. On the right is Class 114 E50047. John Carter.
Date: 1986
Set number: 529
Hybrid Class 120/101 set 529 formed 53736 + 59124 + 53651 arrives into Edinburgh Waverley in 1986. S Saunders.
Date: circa summer 1986
Set number: 529
A hybrid DMU set, presumably 53736 + 59124 + 53651, is seen at Kilwinning circa summer 1986. Brian Ward.
Date: 23rd August 1986
A view from the Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" railtour on 23 August 1986 as it travels on the former Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway line between Clydebank and Old Kilpatrick. Taken from 53090 looking towards 59374, 53673, 53736, 59124 and 53651. Brian Ward.
Date: 23rd August 1986
Set number: 385
53090 + 59374 + 53673 / 53736 + 59124 + 53651 at the Gunnie Cememnt Works (Coatbridge) stop of the Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" railtour on 23 August 1986. Brian Ward.
Date: 24th July 1987
A view inside Ayr depot on the morning of 24/7/87 shows a line of driving motor cars, with cl.120 no.53741 (labelled for 120 518) most prominent. To its left is the cab of 53651 and behind it are cl.104 53505 and cl.105 53380. All the cars are now withdrawn and are being stripped for spares. Leonard Rogers.