Vehicle 50677 / 53677
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
| Sep-58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| by Jun-62 | Transferred to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| 3w/e 01/02/64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 02/02/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 2w/e 08/06/86 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50677 - original number
53677 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50730 | 59289 | 50677 | Noted 29/07/67 - R.C.T.S. Ten Counties Scenic Railtour 50668 + 59285 + 50715 / 50730 + 59289 + 50677 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59300 | 50677 | Noted 02/01/71 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59300 | 50677 | Noted 16/01/71 - at Ipswich with 50692 + 59301 + 50737 on a Derby - Ipswich footex1 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59283 | 50677 | Noted 21/08/71 - at Derby2 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59283 | 50677 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Derby3 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59283 | 50677 | Noted 15/07/72 - at Thetford4 | ||||||
| 50737 | 59301 | 50677 | Noted 24/03/73 - at Derby2 | ||||||
| 50743 | 59301 | 50677 | Noted 14/08/1973 - at Leicester5 | ||||||
| EP590 | 50744 | 59295 | 50677 | Noted 04/08/74 - at Peterborough4 | |||||
| 50744 | 59295 | 50677 | Noted 30/05/1975 - at Solihull5 | ||||||
| 50744 | 59295 | 50677 | Noted 28/08/75 - at Crewe4 | ||||||
| 50744 | 59295 | 50677 | Noted 17/10/1975 - at Leicester5 | ||||||
| EP590 | 50744 | 59295 | 50677 | Noted 18/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 5 | |||||
| 50730 | 59255 | 50677 | Noted 27/11/1976 - RCTS (West Midlands Branch) Reunion Railtour 50677-59255-50730 + 50720-59283-50670 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59255 | 50677 | Noted 23/04/77 - on 2F76 1236 Birmingham New Street-Leicester with TS534 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59255 | 50677 | Noted 02/07/77 - on 2E84 0555 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks with 50447 + 59157 + 50500 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59255 | 50677 | Noted 24/09/77 - at Nottingham4 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59273 | 50677 | Noted 20/12/77 - at Nottingham4 | ||||||
| EP521 | 50720 | 59267 | 50677 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP521 | 50720 | 59267 | 50677 | Noted circa 06/19826 | |||||
| 50720 | 59267 | 50677 | Noted 28/08/82 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
| 53720 | 59267 | 53677 | Noted 30/05/1983 - at Notingham5 | ||||||
| EP521 | 53720 | 59108 | 53677 | Noted circa 12/19836 | |||||
| 53720 | 59285 | 53677 | Noted circa 03/19846 | ||||||
| 53720 | 59285 | 53677 | Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby7 | ||||||
| 53720 | 59285 | 53677 | Noted 06/12/85 - on 09:22 Derby - Crewe service8 | ||||||
| 53720 | 59285 | 53677 | Noted 08/12/85 - on 18:35 Crewe - Grantham service8 | ||||||
| 53720 | 59285 | 53677 | Noted circa 01/19866 | ||||||
| 516 | 53720 | 59285 | 53677 | Noted 1st February 1986 - on ScR | |||||
| 53720 | 59285 | 53677 | Listed at AY - Feb-86 | ||||||
| 53720 | 59285 | 53677 | Noted 24/02/86 | ||||||
| 516 | 53720 | 59285 | 53677 | New set number at AY - Feb-86 | |||||
| 53677 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard6 |
Formation Sources
1: Ipswich Transport Society
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton
8: Martin Baumann
Images:
late August 1974
Set number: EP590
Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU set EP590 (M50677 leading) arrives into Hinckley station with a Class 104 on the rear while on a Cambridge service in late August 1974. Michael Mensing.
April 1975
Set number: EP590
M50677 leads Class 120 set EP590 at Chatterley with a Lincoln service in late April 1975. Michael Mensing.
13th March 1978
With Birmingham on its destination blind, a Swindon Cross-Country set heads away from Derby station led by DMS M50677 on March 13th, 1978. Rex Holt.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 28th August 1982
Set number: EP521
A Swindon 'Cross-Country' class 120 unit (Etches Park, Derby allocated unit No.EP521 M50720 - M59267 - M50677) living up to its name forming, along with a 3-car class 101 Metro-Cammell unit, a Summer Saturday extra to Yarmouth on 28th August 1982. Seen at Brandon. Gordon Edgar.
Date: 18th April 1983
Set number: EP521
A Class 120 DMU with a Met-Camm centre car in Nottingham station on 18 August 1983. It is set EP521 with 53720 closest, the other two vehicles are presumably Class 111 59108 and 53677. Bill Fraser.
Date: 18th August 1983
Set number: EP521
53720 and presumably 59108 and 53677 are seen in Nottingham (Midland still on the platform lamp) station on 18 August 1983. Bill Fraser.
Date: 8th October 1985
Set number: 516
53720-59285-53677 on a Crewe to Derby working at Alsager. Taken in October 1985, date may not be entirely correct but taken in the week leading to an HST run Crewe to Birmingham on 09.10.1985 Martin Baumann.
Date: 23rd March 1986
Set number: 107427
Ardrossan Town station on 23rd March 1986 just before electrification, with Swindon Class 120 "Cross Country" 3-car unit, with 53677 visible and Class 107 Derby "Heavyweight" 3-car units in Strathclyde livery, with set 107427 (52020 + 59793 + 51987) at the front. The ruin of Ardrossan castle's 15th century keep stands prominent on the hill. Gordon Edgar.