Vehicle 50692 / 53692
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
| Feb-59 | New to | BL (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| by Jun-62 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 10/09/62 | 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 | |
| Jan-86 | To Parcels Sector at | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 02/03/86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50692 - original number
53692 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 20/01/1978 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50743 | 59300 | 50692 | Noted 22/08/69 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50737 | 59300 | 50692 | Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50737 | 59301 | 50692 | Noted 16/01/71 - at Ipswich with 50677 + 59300 + 50730 on a Derby - Ipswich footex2 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59301 | 50692 | Noted 18/08/72 - on Cambridge depot3 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59301 | 50692 | Noted 17/09/72 - at Stoke-on-Trent1 | ||||||
| 50731 | 59295 | 50692 | Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford3 | ||||||
| EP598 | 50731 | 59281 | 50692 | Noted 25/08/74 - at Leicester3 | |||||
| 50717 | 59259 | 50692 | Noted 20/12/74 - on 1252 Norwich-Birmingham NS | ||||||
| EP598 | 50708 | 59257 | 50692 | Noted 02/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street4 | |||||
| EP597 | 50708 | 59289 | 50692 | Noted 10/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 50708 | 59289 | 50692 | Noted 12/06/76 - at Ely3 | ||||||
| EP485 | 50708 | 59289 | 50692 | Noted 16/10/76 - at Bury St Edmunds, 50692 had set number EP5983 | |||||
| 50718 | 59300 | 50692 | Noted 08/05/77 - on 0800 Crewe-Manchester Piccadilly | ||||||
| 50708 | 59301 | 50692 | Noted 10/06/79 - at Norwich on a Long Eaton to Great Yarmouth excursion3 | ||||||
| 50708 | 59301 | 50692 | Noted 22/04/82 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| EP506 | 50708 | 59301 | 50692 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP506 | 50708 | 59301 | 50692 | Noted circa 01/19835 | |||||
| 53708 | 59301 | 53692 | Noted 28/05/1983 - at Chester on a service to Derby with 53714, 59258 & 536704 | ||||||
| 53708 | 59301 | 53692 | Noted circa 03/19845 | ||||||
| 53708 | 59301 | 53692 | Noted 23rd May 1985 | ||||||
| 53708 | 59301 | 53692 | Noted 05/07/85 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 53708 | 59301 | 53692 | Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby6 | ||||||
| 53704 | 59301 | 53692 | Listed at DY - circa Jan-86 - Parcels |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
Images:
March 1976
BR (Swindon) Cross Country Class 120 3-car dmu Nos.M50692 (Class 120/1), M59300 (Class 179) & M50741 (Class 120/2) in BR Rail Blue & Grey with all yellow front end about to depart Norwich (Thorpe) on a Birmingham (New St) service, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.
circa October 1977
An official image (27 of 27, negative D5939/6) from a internal BR photo album titled "Part Refurbished Class 120 Prototype 1 and 'CIBA Giegy' Ceiling". This is the sixth image in the second half of the album (after a divider) and shows the CIBA Giegy ceiling (with two rows of fluorescent lights) fitted to an Etches Park set that was refurbished circa October 1977. This is the front saloon in DMSL M50692. British Rail.
4th June 1978
Swindon-built 3-car class 120 dmu (DMS M50692 nearest camera, centre car is B4 bogie fitted 59301) departs Lincoln Central with a Nottingham-bound service - 04/06/1978. 53A Models of Hull Collection.
23rd May 1985
Swindon class 120 'Cross-Country' DMU Nos.M53692-M59301-M53708 forming a Lincoln service at Crewe on 23rd May 1985. Station pilot loco 08737 is in the adjacent platform. Gordon Edgar.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 28th December 1985
A Class 120 DMU set formed of 53704 + 59301 + 53692 departs Derby with the 15:04 to Lincoln on 28 December 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.