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Vehicle 50657 / 53657


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 22/02/58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
Sep-63Depot code change86A
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
02/03/86 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)

Notes

29th January 1958 - New at Swindon Carriage Works.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50657 - original number
53657 - from Feb-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50657 59259 50658 Noted 29th January 1958 - On trial
50712 59263 50657 5865 Noted 18th June 1958
CDF506 50712 59263 50657 Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60
50717 59273 50657 Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1
EP487 50717 59273 50657 Noted circa Jun-69
50731 59297 50657 Noted 21/08/71 - at Derby1
50731 59272 50657 Noted 17/06/72 - at Thetford2
50709 59272 50657 Noted 24/06/72 - at Thetford2
50709 59272 50657 Noted 17/09/72 - at Stoke-on-Trent1
50713 59257 50657 Noted 13/08/1973 - at Leicester3
EP583 50731 59287 50657 Noted 05/07/1975 - at Nottingham on service to Derby/Crewe?3
EP587 50725 59287 50657 Noted 08/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street3
50696 59287 50657 Noted 10/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50714 59287 50657 Noted 26/11/1977 - RCTS Reunion Railtour
EP579 50714 59287 50657 Noted 02/01/78
50737 59276 50657 Noted 22/03/80
50731 59273 50657 Noted 29/07/81
EP509 50731 59273 50657 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
509 53731 59534 53657 Noted circa 10/19834
53725 59126 53657 Noted circa 07/19854
EP516 53725 59126 53657 Noted 29/07/85 - at Norwich, 53657 carried set number 5092
53725 59126 53657 Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby5
53725 59126 53657 Noted 23/11/85 - on 16:30 Crewe - Lincoln service6

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Birmingham Snow Hill

22nd March 1958

Two new six-car Swindon Cross-Country sets at Birmingham Snow Hill on 22nd March 1958. On the left is the 3.40pm to Swansea, right is the 12.10pm from Cardiff. These trains ran via Stratford-Upon-Avon. Note the letters carried on the side of the set on the right, the 'C' is just behind the driver's door. Michael Mensing.

Class 120 DMU at Derby station

29th July 1981

50657, 59273 & 50731 at Derby, 29th July 1981. Jerry Glover.

Class 120 DMU at Nuneaton

10th June 1984

Set number: 509

A Class 120/101/120 DMU in Nuneaton station on 10 June 1984. Closest is DMSL M53657 carrying set number 509. Brian Daniels.

Class 120 DMU at Lincoln St Marks

6th April 1985

Set number: 509

Derby Etches Park allocated Class 120 DMU set 509 (M53657 + M59281 + M53725) in Lincoln St Marks station on 6 April 1985. Phil Bevan.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd March 1980

A Class 120 set formed of 50737/59276/50657 is seen at Derby on 22/3/80. Chris Lings.