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Vehicle 50691 / 53691

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)
by Jun-62	Transferred to	84E (Tyseley)
30/07/62	Transferred to	88A (Cardiff Canton)
Sep-63	Depot code change	86A
06/05/73	Depot code change	CF
w/e 06/12/80	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
circa 1984	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
Oct-85	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
Nov-85	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
Nov-85	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50691 - original number
53691 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

p/e 03/11/73 - Dual AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50728	59277	50691	Noted 31/12/68 - at Gloucester Central¹
CTN530	50728	59277	50691	Listed at 86A - May-70
CTN530	50728	59277	50691	Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
	50728	59277	50691	Noted 20/03/71 - at Leicester¹
	50728	59277	50691	Noted 24/08/1971 - at Bristol²
	50728	59277	50691	Noted 30/03/1974 - at Cardiff Central³
C530	50732	59277	50691	Noted 13/08/74 - on 2M67 0750 Cardiff-Crewe with 55025 + C502 + C516
C530	50738	59299	50691	Noted 05/09/74 - at Newport⁴
C530	50728	59277	50691	Noted 08/03/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with C558
C530	50728	59277	50691	Noted 01/04/75 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven
C530	50728	59277	50691	Noted 30/12/75 - on 2B45 1625 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B478
C613	50728	59277	50691	Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C613	50728	59277	50691	Noted 05/01/77 - on 2C49 1720 Carmarthen-Swansea
C613	50728	59277	50691	Noted 04/10/77 - on 2C82 0912 Pembroke Dock-Swansea
C613	50728	59277	50691	Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C613	50728	59277	50691	Noted 23/08/1978 - Cardiff Central⁵
C613	50728	59277	50691	Noted 27/08/1978 - West Wales Area⁵
C613	50728	59277	50691	Noted 28/08/78 - on 2C74 1610 Swansea-Pembroke Dock with C506
C613	50728	59277	50691	Noted 13/09/78 - on 2C96 2240 Swansea-Carmarthen with C605
C613	50728	59277	50691	Noted 24/03/1979 - at Swansea⁵
C613	50728	59277	50691	Listed at CF - 03/03/80
	50722	59279	50691	Noted circa 05/1982⁶
	53728	59277	53691	Noted circa 06/1983⁶
	53728	59532	53691	Noted circa 01/1984⁶

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn

Images:

3rd May 1979

Class 120 at Pembroke Dock on 3 May 1979 What a dump. And my pic isn't much better either, taken straight into the light, but I wanted to capture the dereliction. It's noteworthy that the train has stopped short of the wreckage of the station buildings yet it was perfectly OK for us passengers to walk under the canopy! It wouldn't happen nowadays. This is W50691 + W59277 + W50728 forming the first train of the day down the branch which we joined at Saundersfoot after spending the night in the Youth Hostel there. Alistair Ness.

17th April 1980

Set number: C613

The 11:35 Milford Haven - Swansea service arrives into Haverfordwest on the 17th April 1980. Formed of Swindon Cross-country DMU set C613 (presumably 50691 + 59277 + 50728). By the end of the year it was transferred from Cardiff to Chester depot. Hamish Stevenson.

17th February 1981

Six DMU cars are seen between 47125 and 08303 at Derby on 17 February 1981. All but one are Class 120s: 50691, 50651 + 59290 + 50736, 59135 (104) and 50653. Possibly bound for Litchurch Lane? Andrew Bond.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: June 1976

Set number: C613

Swindon Class 120 Set C613 (presumably W50691-W59277-W50728) seen at Shrewsbury on the 1st June 1976 with a working from Swansea via the Heart of Wales line which, according to the blind, will soon undertake the return journey. As befits a unit operating via this route is the external spot light fixture fitted just below the destination blind. Steve Carter.

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