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Vehicle 50675 / 53675

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

2w/e 31/05/58	New to	86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88A
Sep-63	Depot code change	86A
06/05/73	Depot code change	CF
2w/e 17/02/79	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
Mar-86	Withdrawn from	CH (Chester)	- also noted as 11/05/86

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50675 - original number
53675 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

p/e 09/06/73 - Dual AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

CTN511	50716	59262	50675	Listed at 86A - May-70
CTN511	50716	59262	50675	Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
	50716	59262	50675	Noted 29/07/1971 - Swansea on 2M93 09.40 to Shrewsbury via Central Wales¹
	50716	59262	50675	Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport²
	50716	59262	50675	Noted 04/10/72 - at Pritchatts Rd, Edgbaston³
	50716	59277	50675	Noted 31/08/1974 - at Newport²
C511	50716	59277	50675	Noted 05/09/74 - at Newport⁴
C511	50716	59262	50675	Noted 13/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C605
C511	50716	59262	50675	Noted 09/04/75 - on 1A41 1452 Swansea-Paddington with 56289 + C509
C511	50716	59262	50675	Noted 23/02/76 - on 2C40 0710 Cardiff-Swansea
C509	50716	59262	50675	Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
	50716	59292	50675	Noted Sep-76 - at Crewe with 51580/59586/51589³
C509	50716	59262	50675	Noted 22/05/1977 - Cardiff area⁵
C509	50716	59262	50675	Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C509	50716	59262	50675	Noted 27/08/1978 - Llanelli⁶
C509	50716	59262	50675	Noted 18/09/78 - on 2C19 1830 Cardiff-Hereford
C509	50716	59262	50675	Noted 02/12/1978 - Swansea⁵
	50716	59262	50675	Noted 11/02/1979 - Chester⁵
	50716	59262	50675	Transfer to CH - 2w/e 17/02/79
	50716	59262	50675	Noted 11/03/1979 - Wolverhampton⁵
	50716	59262	50675	Noted 23/09/1979 - Chester⁵
	50716	59275	50675	Noted 27/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station⁶
	50716	59275	50675	Noted 08/09/1981 - on Chester depot ⁵
	50716	59275	50675	Noted 11/05/1982 - passing Leamington Spa, on transfer from Tyseley to Swindon Works ⁵
	50716	59275	50675	Noted circa 08/1982⁷
	53716	59275	53675	Noted circa 04/1983⁷
	53716	59091	53675	Noted circa 09/1983⁷
	53716	59091	53675	Noted 24/09/1984 - 14.12 Machynlleth-Pwllheli (believed 3-car) then 16.45 Pwllheli-Shrewsbury with M51179 + M54358 on rear¹
	53716	59091	53675	Noted 25/09/1984 - Harlech - 07.19 Machynlleth-Pwllheli with M51177 + M54351¹
	53716	59091	53675	Noted circa 10/1984⁷
	53716	59091	53675	Noted 20/04/1985 - at Leeds City ⁵
	53716	59091	53675	Noted 12/05/1985 - at Wolverhampton ⁵
	53716	59091	53675	Noted circa 07/1985⁷
	53716	59091	53675	Noted 11/09/85
	53716	59091	53675	Noted 07/12/85 - on 10:20 Aberystwyth - Wolverhampton service with 51179 + 54358⁸
	53716	59091	53675	Listed at CH - circa Jan-86

Formation Sources
1: Alan N Walker
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Gerald Brown
5: Martin Lumley
6: Shayne Lewis
7: Eddie Knorn
8: Martin Baumann

Images:

1985

A Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country set (M53675 + M59091 + M53716) await departure from Aberystwyth in 1985 with a service for Shrewsbury. Graeme Phillips Collection.

22nd July 1985

Taken on-board Swindon Cross Country DMS 53675 at Penhelig, 22nd July 1985. The reflection shows the lights are on ready for going through the tunnel, ones on the luggage rack being prominent. Tim Stubbs.

29th July 1985

A Class 120/101/120 hybrid at Winwick Junction on 29 July 1985. DMSL 53675 leads, it was allocated to Chester, the other two are presumably 59091 and 53716. Chris Thorp.

11th September 1985

M53675 + M59091 + M53716 at Machynlleth with the 13:30 Aberytswyth - Crewe, 11/9/85. Hamish Stevenson.

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