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-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Oct-65 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| w/e 07/06/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| Nov-84 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |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:
Unknown date
A Class 120 DMU with DMSL M50671 is seen at Crewe, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
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:
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.