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<- 50664 | 50665 | 50666 ->

Vehicle 50665 / 53665

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 17/05/58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
Sep-63Depot code change86A
May-69 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
2w/e 31/10/71 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
3w/e 30/04/72 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
May-73Depot code changeLA
5w/e 02/02/74 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
w/e 13/12/80 Transferred to DY (Derby Etches Park)
02/03/86 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)

Notes

4th May 1958 - new at Swindon Works

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50665 - original number
53665 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Jul-70 - 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:


50719 59275 50665 Noted 11th June 1958 - Bristol P Way outing
CDF515 50719 59275 50665 Noted Feb-62
CDF521 50728 59273 50665 Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with yellow panel ends
50715 59264 50665 Noted 30/07/69 - at Bristol Temple Meads1
C505 50715 59588 50665 Noted 01/03/74 - on 20:00 Swansea-Cardiff
C504 50715 59588 50665 Noted 25/05/74 - on 2M67 1135 Cardiff-Crewe attached 55025 and C520 50674 + 59278 + 50723
C504 50715 59588 50665 Noted 15/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth with B462 + P581
C504 50715 59588 50665 Noted 18/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth with B572 51054 + 59413 + 51082 and B580 51066 + 59425 + 51094
C505 50715 59588 50665 Noted 29/08/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with B552 51573 + 59285 + 51582
C505 50715 59588 50665 Noted 05/02/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Newport with 56289 + C526
C505 50715 59588 50665 Noted 10/04/75 - on 1A41 1452 Swansea-Paddington with 56289 + C512
C505 50715 59588 50665 Noted 28/04/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with C560
C505 50715 59588 50665 Noted 28/04/75 - on 2C36 1650 Newport-Swansea
C509 50715 59261 50665 Noted 05/07/1975 - At Birmingham New Street2
C509 50715 59261 50665 Noted 27/08/75 - in Cardiff Central1
C506 50715 59261 50665 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C505 50715 59588 50665 Noted 26/06/76 - on 2B36 1415 Cardiff-Bristol TM
C505 50715 59588 50665 Noted 03/09/76 - on 0735 Hereford-Cardiff
50715 59261 50665 Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff3
50715 59261 50665 Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot, no set number noted1
C506 50715 59261 50665 Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham New Street1
C506 50715 59588 50665 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C506 50715 59588 50665 Noted 13/05/1978 - R.C.T.S. Midland Welshman No.2 Railtour
C506 50715 59261 50665 Noted 19/05/1978 - Cardiff Central4
C506 50715 59588 50665 Noted 16/07/1978 - Cardiff Central4
C506 50715 59588 50665 Noted 27/08/1978 - Llanelli4
C506 50715 59588 50665 Noted 28/08/78 - on 2C74 1610 Swansea-Pembroke Dock with C613
C506 50715 59588 50665 Noted 16/04/1979 - at Swansea4
C504 50715 59588 50665 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
C504 50715 59588 50665 Noted 28/10/1980 - At Carmarthen4
EP511 50725 59259 50665 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
53743 59300 53665 Noted circa 10/1983 - 55743 labelled EP526, 53665 labelled EP5115
53703 59300 53665 Noted circa 12/19835
53703 59300 53665 Noted circa 11/19845
53703 59300 53665 Noted 18/01/85 - at Norwich1
EP527 53703 59300 53665 Noted 29/06/85 - at Norwich, 53665 carried set number EP5111
53703 59300 53665 Noted circa 10/19855
53703 59300 53665 Noted 10/01/86

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

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Bristol Temple Meads

5th June 1967

A Swindon Cross-Country set with W50665 closest at Bristol Temple Meads on June 5th, 1967. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Whitland

29th May 1976

Set number: C506

Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country set C506, W50665 closest, is seen at Whitland with the 12:05 from Pembroke Dock. Robert Thomas.

Class 120 DMU at Weymouth

Unknown date

Set number: C506

C506 is seen at Weymouth, circa 1977. John McIntyre.

Class 120 DMU at Gloucester

4th October 1980

Set number: C506

Swindon Cross-Country set C506 sits in Gloucester on 4 October 1980. Steve Davies Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 13th May 1978

Set number: C506

Class 120 set C506 (50715 + 59588 + 50665) set is seen at Nantgarw Coking Ovens on the Railway Corrspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) "Midland Welshman No. 2" railtour from Cardiff to various branch lines on May 13, 1978. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: 13th May 1978

Set number: C506

This is the RCTS "Midland Welshman No 2" railtour at Porth on 13 May 1978. These Swindon-built cross-country units were very comfortable and sought after for railtours where higher capacity was not needed. Car W50715 is nearest the camera, the other vehicles are W59588 + W50665. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: circa May 1979

Set number: C506

Class 120 set C506 (50715 and presumably 59588 + 50665) on Swindon Works. The slide process date was May 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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