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 | |
| 3w/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| Mar-86 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) | - also noted as 11/05/86 |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 21/08/1971 - at Newport1 | ||||||
| 50716 | 59262 | 50675 | Noted 04/10/72 - at Pritchatts Rd, Edgbaston2 | ||||||
| 50716 | 59277 | 50675 | Noted 31/08/1974 - at Newport1 | ||||||
| C511 | 50716 | 59277 | 50675 | Noted 05/09/74 - at Newport3 | |||||
| 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 51580/59586/515892 | ||||||
| C509 | 50716 | 59262 | 50675 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C509 | 50716 | 59262 | 50675 | Noted 27/08/1978 - Llanelli4 | |||||
| C509 | 50716 | 59262 | 50675 | Noted 18/09/78 - on 2C19 1830 Cardiff-Hereford | |||||
| 50716 | 59262 | 50675 | Transfer to CH - 3w/e 17/02/79 | ||||||
| 50716 | 59275 | 50675 | Noted 27/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station4 | ||||||
| 50716 | 59275 | 50675 | Noted circa 08/19825 | ||||||
| 53716 | 59275 | 53675 | Noted circa 04/19835 | ||||||
| 53716 | 59091 | 53675 | Noted circa 09/19835 | ||||||
| 53716 | 59091 | 53675 | Noted circa 10/19845 | ||||||
| 53716 | 59091 | 53675 | Noted circa 07/19855 | ||||||
| 53716 | 59091 | 53675 | Noted 11/09/85 | ||||||
| 53716 | 59091 | 53675 | Noted 07/12/85 - on 10:20 Aberystwyth - Wolverhampton service with 51179 + 543586 | ||||||
| 53716 | 59091 | 53675 | Listed at CH - circa Jan-86 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: 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 Penhilig, 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.