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Vehicle 50660 / 53660

Class 120

BR Diagram 586

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
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
w/e 22/10/77 Transferred to CH (Chester)
13/05/85 Transferred to DY (Derby Etches Park)
02/03/86 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)

Notes

29th January 1958 - New at Swindon Carriage Works.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50660 - original number
53660 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

p/e 12/08/72 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 14/05/77 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50729 59266 50660 Noted circa Feb-68 - in blue grey with full yellow ends
CTN516 50729 59266 50660 Listed at 86A - May-70
CTN516 50729 59266 50660 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50729 59266 50660 Noted 20/08/1971 - at Abergavenny1
50729 59266 50660 Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport1
50729 59266 50660 Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff1
50729 59266 50660 Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport1
50729 59266 50660 Noted 18/09/1971 - at Crewe1
50729 59266 50660 Noted 08/01/1972 - at Crewe2
50729 59266 50660 Noted 26/05/1973 - at Crewe2
50729 59266 50660 Noted 30/06/1973 - at Newport1
C516 50729 59266 50660 Noted 03/09/73 - at Shrewsbury3
C516 50729 59266 50660 Noted 27/04/74 - on 06:52 Weston SM-Cardiff
C516 50729 59266 50660 Noted 25/05/74 - on 2V67 0603 Crewe-Cardiff
C516 50729 59266 50660 Noted 13/08/74 - on 2M67 0750 Cardiff-Crewe with 55025 + C502 + C530
50729 59266 50660 Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff1
50729 59266 50660 Noted 29/08/1974 - at Crewe2
50729 59266 50660 Noted 02/09/74 - in Bristol Temple Meads3
C516 50729 59266 50660 Noted 07/09/74 - on 2V67 1600 Crewe-Cardiff with 55026 + P556
C516 50729 59266 50660 Noted 12/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with B560
C516 50729 59266 50660 Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport3
50729 59266 50660 Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot3
C516 50729 59266 50660 Noted 28/08/75 - at Crewe3
C505 50729 59266 50660 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
50729 59266 50660 Noted 04/09/76 - at Bristol4
C505 50729 59266 50660 Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central3
50729 59266 50660 Noted 22/10/1980 - Working 0833 Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton5
50729 59266 50660 Noted circa 05/19826
53729 59070 53660 Noted circa 04/19836
53729 59070 53660 Noted circa 09/19846
53729 59070 53660 Noted 01/08/85 - at Norwich, 53657 carried set number 5093
53729 59070 53660 Noted 01/08/85

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

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Newport

13th September 1975

Set number: C516

W50660 is leading 59266 and 50729 on a Cardiff to Crewe service as it enters Newport station on 13 September 1975. Jeremy Chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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