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<- 50670 | 50671 | 50672 ->

Vehicle 50671 / 53671


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-61Depot code change88A
Sep-63Depot code change86A
Oct-65 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
w/e 07/06/69 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
Nov-84 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50671 - original number
53671 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50697 59276 50671 Noted 18th June 1958
CDF518 50697 59276 50671 Noted Feb-62
50734 59297 50671 Noted circa Mar-67 - in plain blue livery
50734 59297 50671 Noted Aug-67 - in plain blue livery
BL507 50734 59297 50671 Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with yellow panel ends
50671 59297 50734 Noted 22/08/69 - at Crewe1
50697 59297 50671 Noted 15/11/70 - on Norwich depot2
50697 59297 50671 Noted 19/11/70 - at Peterborough1
50697 59281 50671 Noted 03/08/1971 - at Derby3
50737 59259 50671 Noted 08/07/72 - at Thetford4
50703 59293 50671 Noted 17/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
50737 59293 50671 Noted 04/09/76 - on 1220 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks
50725 59259 50671 Noted 06/04/82 - at Norwich4
EP523 50734 59287 50671 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP523 50734 59287 50671 Noted circa 06/19825
53734 59287 53671 Noted 12th November 1983
53734 59287 53671 Noted circa 12/19835
53704 59287 53671 Noted 18/08/84 - at Norwich4

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Crewe

Unknown date

A Class 120 DMU with DMSL M50671 is seen at Crewe, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 120 DMU at Peterborough

12th November 1983

53671 + 59287 + 53734 are seen at Peterborough with a Peterborough - Birmingham New Street working on Saturday 12th November 1983. Mel Holley.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 13th May 1985

With a London Kings Cross to Cleethorpes service in the platform, a Derby Etches Park allocated Swindon Class 120 3-Car DMU was being readied for service in the centre carriage siding at Lincoln St Marks on April 21st 1981. The nearest car was Driving Motor Brake Composite W50734, with Driving Motor Second Lavatory M50671 at the opposite end of the unit. The station at Lincoln St Marks closed on May 13th 1985 and the station site is now part of a shopping centre. Martyn Hilbert.