Vehicle 50689 / 53689
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 24/01/59 | New to | BL (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| 30/07/62 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 02/03/86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50689 - original number
53689 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| CDF509 | 50742 | 59276 | 50689 | Noted Aug-67 - in plain blue livery | |||||
| EP482 | 50742 | 59276 | 50689 | Noted circa Jun-69 - ex-CTN509 | |||||
| 50742 | 59276 | 50689 | Noted 18/08/70 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50708 | 59280 | 50689 | Noted 17/09/71 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| 50708 | 59280 | 50689 | Noted 18/09/1971 - at Crewe3 | ||||||
| 50708 | 59280 | 50689 | Noted 19/05/72 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| EP481 | 50744 | 59280 | 50689 | Noted 31/10/72 | |||||
| 50697 | 59290 | 50689 | Noted 17/08/1973 - at Leicester on 20:35 to Birmingham New Street with 50696 50263 and 506854 | ||||||
| 50708 | 59276 | 50689 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| EP594 | 50696 | 59290 | 50689 | Noted 03/07/1975 - at Derby4 | |||||
| 50696 | 59290 | 50689 | Noted 07/07/1975 - at Nuneaton4 | ||||||
| 50696 | 59290 | 50689 | Noted 13/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 4 | ||||||
| 50720 | 59300 | 50689 | Noted 02/04/1976 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
| 50720 | 59300 | 50689 | Noted 28/08/76 - on 1320 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks | ||||||
| 50736 | 59290 | 50689 | Noted 17/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| EP524 | 50719 | 59295 | 50689 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP524 | 50719 | 59295 | 50689 | Noted circa 06/19825 | |||||
| EP524 | 53719 | 59295 | 53689 | Noted circa 03/19845 | |||||
| EP524 | 53719 | 59295 | 53689 | Noted 08/09/84 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| 53711 | 59285 | 53689 | Formation change - DY - circa Sep-85 | ||||||
| 53711 | 59295 | 53689 | Noted circa 09/19855 | ||||||
| 53711 | 59295 | 53689 | Noted 24/09/85 - on 15:25 Derby - Crewe service6 | ||||||
| 53712 | 59104 | 53689 | Formation change - DY - circa Nov-85 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
Images:
Unknown date
Class 120 DMSL M50689, date/location unknown (probably Swindon Works in the early 1980s). Paul Redmond.
Unknown date
Class 120 M53689 is on the stilts on the right in Vic Berrys yard, Leicester. It was cut up in June 1986. Ian Francis.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
Set number: EP524
Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU set EP 524 (53719 and presumably 59295 + 53689) in Leicester station with a Nottingham service. Date unknown, sometime between 1983 (when it was renumbered in the 53xxx series) and September 1985 (withdrawal). Stuart Mackay Collection.