Vehicle 50693 / 53693
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 | 84A (Laira) | |
| 4w/e 04/05/68 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 4w/e 23/11/68 | On loan to | 81D (Reading) | |
| Dec-68 | Ex-loan back to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| May-70 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| w/e 22/10/77 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 03/02/83 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 02/02/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Feb-87 | Stored U. | FY (Falkland Yard) | |
| Mar-87 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50693 - original number
53693 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
8w/e 01/01/72 - Dual AWS fitted
50693 was involved in the following incident:
23/1/74 - Pontypool Rd, WR
Derailment involving Class 120 / Class 121
Info from Peter Mullen
A Cardiff to Crewe train became derailed on catch points near Pontypool Road while working wrong line to pass a failed freight train. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50699 | 50693 | Noted Summer 1966 | |||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Transfer to 81D - 4w/e 23/11/68 - on loan | ||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Transfer to 82A - Dec-68 | ||||||
| CTN502 | 50735 | 59294 | 50693 | Listed at 86A - May-70 - (also noted as 50738 - 59299 - 50693) | |||||
| CTN502 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Listed at 86A - May-70 - (also noted as 50735 - 59294 -50693) | |||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Shrewsbury1 | ||||||
| CTN502 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 20/08/1971 - at Abergavenny2 | ||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 23/08/1971 - at Abergavenny2 | ||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 18/09/1971 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| C502 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 31/10/72 | |||||
| C502 | 50735 | 59294 | 50693 | Noted 08/09/74 - on 2B33 1200 Cardiff-Cheltenham with C530 | |||||
| C502 | 50735 | 59294 | 50693 | Noted 29/04/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff attached to 56289 + C558 | |||||
| C502 | 50735 | 59294 | 50693 | Noted 03/05/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with C505 | |||||
| C502 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport1 | |||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot1 | ||||||
| C502 | 50735 | 59294 | 50693 | Noted 09/03/76 - on 2C40 0710 Cardiff-Swansea | |||||
| C513 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 30/04/76 - on 2B60 1715 Cardiff-Taunton with C526 | |||||
| C513 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C513 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 07/06/77 - on 2B30 1155 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C509 | |||||
| C502 | 50735 | 59294 | 50693 | Noted 27/08/1978 - West Wales Area3 | |||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 28/05/1979 - on 17:45 Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton 4 | ||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 23/10/1980 - Working 0410 Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth3 | ||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted circa 05/19825 | ||||||
| 50738 | 59262 | 50693 | Transfer to DY - 03/02/83 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53693 | Noted 30/05/1983 - at Crewe on 11:20 to Derby with 53704, 59089 & 536764 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53693 | Noted circa 12/19835 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53693 | Noted 11/02/85 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53693 | Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby6 | ||||||
| spare | 53693 | Formation change - DY - circa Sep-85 | |||||||
| 53742 | 59268 | 53693 | Listed at AY - circa Jan-86 | ||||||
| 517 | 53742 | 59268 | 53693 | Noted 1st February 1986 | |||||
| 53742 | 59268 | 53693 | Noted 25/02/86 | ||||||
| 53737 | 59531 | 53693 | Noted 3rd July 1986 | ||||||
| 53737 | 59531 | 53693 | Noted 7th July 1986 | ||||||
| 53737 | 59531 | 53693 | Noted 8th August 1986 | ||||||
| 519 | 53737 | 59531 | 53693 | Noted 9th August 1986 | |||||
| 522 | 53744 | 59558 | 53693 | Formation change - circa Sep-86 - 59558 replaced 59063 | |||||
| 519 | 53737 | 59531 | 53693 | Noted 6th September 1986 | |||||
| 51239 | 59559 | 53693 | Noted 4th December 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
Images:
14th April 1962
W50693 is at the front of a Swindon Cross-Country DMU departing from Evesham station with the 5.10pm Kidderminster - Worcester - Stratford-upon-Avon service on 14 April 1962. Michael Mensing.
11th February 1985
53693 + 59262 + 53738 wait to leave Leamington spa with a New Street service on Monday 11/2/85. Mel Holley.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1966
BR (Swindon) Cross Country (later Class 120) 2-car dmu (reduced from 3-cars) Nos.W50699 (120/1), W50693 (120/2) at Newport (High St), c.Summer 1966, on a shuttle service to Cardiff (General) - hardly the long range fast service it was designed for. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 7th May 1983
Set number: L576
Class 119 sets L576 and L578 have either come out of or are about to enter the empty siding on the right. They are at Spalding on a Flower Parade special from West Ruislip on 7 May 1983. Other details from the July 1983 issue of The Railway Observer (p270): in the sidings on the far left are 53669 + 59256 + 53718 / 50331 + 59125 + 50308 / 53738 + 59262 + 53693 which ran from Burton-on-Trent / Leicester. On the right are 54230 + 53947 / 51929 + 52041 / 78601 + 78851 which ran from Manchester Piccadilly. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 17th November 1986
Set number: 313
The 13:41 Largs - Glasgow at Stevenston on November 17, 1986. The formation (101/101/120) is probably 51239 59559 53693. Hamish Stevenson.