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Vehicle 50659 / 53659

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-61	Depot code change	88A
Sep-63	Depot code change	86A
May-69	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)
2w/e 09/01/71	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CF
w/e 13/12/80	Transferred to	DY (Derby Etches Park)
02/02/86	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
09/03/86	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
3w/e 21/12/86	Withdrawn from	AY (Ayr)	- also noted as 29/09/87

Notes

29th January 1958 - New at Swindon Carriage Works.
29th June 1987 - Seen at Aberdeen Ferryhill
07/09/87 - Withdrawn vehicles 51235/7/9, 53143/75, 53648/59 and 53709/39 noted passing through Newcastle behind 47 210 on a Millerhill-March special.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50659 - original number
53659 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

03/07/73 - Dual AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

CDF508	50700	59262	50659		Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60
	50700	59282	50659		Transfer to 86A - 2w/e 09/01/71
CTN506	50703	59282	50659		Listed at Canton - circa Feb-71
	50700	59282	50659		Noted 20/03/71 - at Leicester¹
CTN506	50700	59282	50659		Listed at Canton - circa Apr-71
	50700	59282	50659		Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport²
	50700	59282	50659		Noted 23/08/1971 - at Abergavenny²
	50700	59282	50659		Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff²
	50700	59282	50659		Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport²
	50700	59282	50659		Noted 13/10/72 - at Pritchatts Rd, Edgbaston¹
	50700	59282	50659		Noted 20/02/73 - at Church Road, Edgbaston¹
	50700	59282	50659		Noted 09/05/73 - at Church Rd, Edgbaston¹
	50700	59281	50659		Noted 25/07/73 - on 1202 Swansea-Shrewsbury with 50702 + 50664
	50700	59282	50659		Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central ³
C506	50700	59282	50659		Noted 09/08/1975 - at Birmingham New Street³
C504	50700	59282	50659		Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C504	50700	59282	50659		Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C504	50700	59282	50659		Noted 12/01/1978 - Cardiff Central⁴
C503	50700	59581	50659		Listed at CF - 03/03/80
EP520	50711	59292	50659		Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP520	50711	59292	50659		Noted 26/06/82 - at Norwich⁵
EP520	53711	59292	53659		Noted circa 06/1983⁶
EP520	53711	59062	53659		Noted circa 12/1983⁶
EP520	53711	59126	59087	53659	Noted circa 03/1984⁶
EP520	53711	59087	53659		Noted 28/07/84 - at Norwich⁵
EP520	53711	59104	53659		Noted circa 10/1984⁶
	53711	59104	53659		Noted 20/07/85 - at Sleaford
spare	53659				Formation change - DY - Aug-85
	53744	59524	53659		Formation change - DY - circa Sep-85
	53744	59524	53659		Noted 28/09/85 - at Norwich⁵
	53744	59524	53659		Noted circa 10/1985⁶
	53744	59524	53659		Noted 09/11/85 - on 21:20 Crewe - Grantham service⁷
	53744	59524	53659		Noted 27/11/85 - on 06:25 Derby - Crewe service⁷
	53744	59524	53659		Noted 27/11/85 - on 18:25 Crewe - Lincoln Central service⁷
TS407	53744	59524	53659		New set number at TS - Jan-86 - number never carried.
	53744	59524	53659		Noted 09/01/86 - on 21:20 Crewe - Grantham service⁷
TS407	53744	59524	53659		Noted 12/02/1986⁶
	53744	59524	53659		Noted 1st April 1986
522	53744	59524	53659		Noted 1st May 1986
522	53744	59524	53659		Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
	53744	59524	53659		Noted 6th June 1986
452	53461	59791	53659		Noted 4th August 1986
	53461	59791	53659		Noted 25th September 1986
spare	53659				Formation change - circa Oct-86
	53461	59791	53659		Noted 10/10/1986 - at Glasgow Central⁶
	53461	59791	53659		Noted 16th October 1986
349	51176	59805	53659		Noted circa 12/1986⁶

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Gerald Brown
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Martin Baumann

Images:

7th August 1983

Set number: EP520

Swindon Cross-Country set EP520 (M53711 + Met-Camm centre car probably M59062 + M53659) depart Scarborough with a Leicester service on August 7, 1983. John Carter.

1984

Set number: EP520

A 7-car formation seen at Sleaford in 1984. Apparently stabled in sidings, DMS(L) E53659 is seen at the end of a mixture of vehicles, including a Class 101 TS(L), Class 120 DMBC(L) and two Class 114s at the rear. Graeme Phillips Collection.

circa 1986

Set number: EP520

A Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country set in Glasgow Central station, circa-1986. Still carrying set number EP520, this is presumed to be 53659. Andrew McConnell.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 3rd August 1975

Set number: C506

The Branch Line Society South Wales Wanderer railtour at Gorseinon Coal Yard on 3 August 1975. Ex-works Class 120 set C506 was used, and this view shows centre car W59282 and the DMSL is presumably W50659. Note the text on the two right hand bogies and the substantial chunk of text on the solebar of the DMSL to the right of the nearest bogie. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 3rd August 1975

Class 120 DMU set C506 (thought to be W50700 + W59282 + W50659) at Gwaun-cae-Gurwen with the Branch Line Society South Wales Wanderer No.3 on 3 August 1975. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 25th August 1989

Set number: 871

Three vehicles, three different types. Plymouth Laira sets P871 (53256 + 53659) & P103 (55005) at Dawlish with 2C41, the 10:02 Paignton - Exeter Central, on 25/8/89. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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