Vehicle 50668 / 53668
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 17/05/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| 3w/e 17/02/79 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| circa Nov-84 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| Oct-85 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Oct-85 | Withdrawn |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50668 - original number
53668 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
6w/e 10/07/71 - Dual AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50715 | 59285 | 50668 | Noted 29/07/1967 - R.C.T.S. Ten Counties Scenic Railtour 50668 + 59285 + 50715 / 50730 + 59289 + 50677 | ||||||
| CTN510 | 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Listed at 86A - May-70 | |||||
| 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 12/08/70 - in Birmingham area1 | ||||||
| 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 30/10/70 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| CTN510 | 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 23/08/1971 - at Newport3 | ||||||
| 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport3 | ||||||
| C510 | 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 31/10/72 | |||||
| C510 | 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 26/04/74 - on 20:00 Swansea-Cardiff | |||||
| C510 | 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 21/08/74 - on 2B26 1015 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C314 + C338 | |||||
| 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 25/08/1974 - at Swansea3 | ||||||
| 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 27/08/1974 - at Swansea3 | ||||||
| 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff3 | ||||||
| C510 | 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 16/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C605 | |||||
| C510 | 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 03/03/75 - on 2C09 1430 Swansea-Newport with C506 | |||||
| C510 | 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 28/08/75 - at Crewe1 | |||||
| C507 | 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C504 | 50700 | 59282 | 50668 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Carmarthen1 | |||||
| 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 9th December 1976 | ||||||
| C510 | 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 09/11/1977 - Newport Station4 | |||||
| C507 | 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| C507 | 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C507 | 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 08/04/1978 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Tintern Thunderbolt Railtour 51324-59476-51309+50721-59275-50668 B467+C507 | |||||
| C507 | 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 19/05/1978 - Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| C507 | 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 01/10/78 - on 1755 Cardiff-Gloucester | |||||
| 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Noted 16/02/1979 - at Crewe4 | ||||||
| 50721 | 59275 | 50668 | Transfer to CH - 3w/e 17/02/79 | ||||||
| 50721 | 59262 | 50668 | Noted 24/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury working 1840 to Chester4 | ||||||
| 50721 | 59262 | 50668 | Noted circa 08/19825 | ||||||
| 53721 | 59100 | 53668 | Noted circa 04/19835 | ||||||
| 53721 | 59100 | 53668 | Noted circa 03/19845 | ||||||
| 53721 | 59100 | 53668 | Transfer to NH - circa Nov-84 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
8th May 1976
Set number: C507
The 13.25 to Pembroke Dock sits in Whitland station on 8 May 1976/ It is formed of Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU set C507 with DMSL W50668 closest. Robert Thomas.
8th April 1978
Set number: C507
The Monmouthshire Railway Society ran their "Tintern Thunderbolt" railtour on 8 April 1978 using Cardiff-based Swindon cross-country set C507 and a Tyseley class 118 3-car set. Class 120 car W50668 is nearest the camera at the site of Trethomas station, but I have no record of the number of the class 08. Jeremy Chapter.
June 1979
Set number: C507
Class 120 DMU set C507 (presumably 50668 + 59275 + 50721) at Chester in June 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.
22nd September 1979
Set number: C507
Class 120 DMU set C507 - with presumably 50668 in view - with a 119 to the left and 101 to the right on Chester Depot, 22 September 1979. Brian Daniels.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 8th April 1978
Set number: C507
The Monmouthshire Railway Society "Tintern Thunderbolt" rail tour on 8 April 1978 was planned to go to Markham Colliery, but owing to flooding was only able to go as far as Oakdale Colliery Sidings. The train was formed of a class 120 Cross Country set C507 (50721 + 59275 + 50668) coupled to a class 118 Bristol Suburban set (only just visible). Jeremy Chapter.