Vehicle 50707 / 53707
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: 30335
Diagram: 587
Allocations
| 4w/e 02/11/57 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| p/e 01/02/81 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 14/10/84 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Notes
29th January 1958 - New at Swindon Carriage Works.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50707 - original number
53707 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
w/e 16/10/71 - Dual AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50706 | 50707 | Noted 29th January 1958 - On trial | |||||||
| CFD513 | 50707 | 59273 | 50666 | Noted Feb-62 | |||||
| CTN503 | 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Listed at 86A - May-70 | |||||
| 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 30/10/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Newport (Mon.)1 | ||||||
| CTN503 | 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 22/05/71 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 503 | 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 02/11/72 | |||||
| 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 02/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 503 | 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 06/09/73 - on Cardiff Canton depot2 | |||||
| 563 | 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 06/09/73 - at Severn Tunnel Junction2 | |||||
| 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 27/05/1974 - at Gloucester3 | ||||||
| 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff4 | ||||||
| 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff4 | ||||||
| C503 | 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 03/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven | |||||
| C503 | 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 18/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C526 | |||||
| C503 | 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 20/09/74 - on 2C36 1650 Newport-Swansea with 56289 attached | |||||
| C503 | 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 08/01/75 - on 2C46 1600 Weymouth-Cardiff with B468 | |||||
| C503 | 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 24/03/75 - at Cardiff working with C338 + 56289 + C534 | |||||
| C503 | 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 02/05/75 - on 2C09 1420 Swansea-Cardiff with 56289 + C601 | |||||
| C503 | 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 23/04/76 - on 2C12 0735 Hereford-Cardiff | |||||
| C502 | 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central2 | ||||||
| C502 | 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C501 | 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| C501 | 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Noted 24/10/1980 - At Swansea High Street Station working a service to Llanelli5 | |||||
| 50707 | 59268 | 50653 | Transfer to DY - Feb-81 | ||||||
| EP512 | 50707 | 59272 | 50684 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP512 | 50707 | 59272 | 50684 | Noted 03/07/82 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| EP512 | 50707 | 59272 | 50684 | Noted circa 09/19826 | |||||
| EP512 | 53707 | 59272 | 53684 | Noted circa 06/19836 | |||||
| EP512 | 53707 | 59272 | 53684 | Noted 30/08/1983 - EP512+TS401 worked tour of West Midlands, organiser unknown (www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/830830_1.htm) | |||||
| 53707 | 59065 | 59571 | 53684 | Noted 11th August 1984 - 4-car set for Matlock weekday services |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
circa 1968
My second railway picture - nearly as poor as the first, and as can be seen from the LHS this one was decidedly on the skew... A green class 120 set at Hereford station circa 1968, it appears to be W50707. John Crooks.
June 1974
Set number: C503
A Swindon Cross-Country DMU at Milford Haven June 1974. Photograph by John Wiltshire. Set C503 is presumably DMBC 50707 with 59268 visible behind. Peter Brabham Collection.
25th September 1979
Set number: C502
W50707 at Cardiff Central on 25/09/79. Steve Jones.
2nd September 1982
Set number: EP512
Swindon Cross-Country set EP512, formed M50707 + M59272 + M50684 with a Birmingham New Street -Peterborough service at Melton Mowbray on September 2, 1982. John Carter.
11th August 1984
Four-car Swindon Cross-Country set 53707 + 59065 + 59571 + 53684 approaches Grantham on Saturday 11th August 1984 with a 09XX Nottingham - Skegness (via Grantham) service. Colin Brooks.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 19th March 1972
Set number: 503
A Swindon Cross-Country DMU in Chepstow station on the 19th of March 1972. Carrying set number 503, the vehicles are presumably 50653 + 59268 + 50707. The KDH Archive.
Date: 2nd September 1982
Set number: EP512
Swindon Cross-Country set EP512, formed M50684 + M59272 + M50707 with a Birmingham New Street -Peterborough service at Melton Mowbray on September 2, 1982. John Carter.
Date: 30th August 1983
Set number: TS401
The BR organised 'West Midlands Roundabout' tour on 30 August 1983 at Stratford-upon-Avon. The Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as 53325 + 59528 + 53306 and 53684 + 59272 + 53707. Walter Burt.
Date: 30th August 1983
Set number: TS401
The BR organised 'West Midlands Roundabout' tour at Stratford-upon-Avon on 30 August 1983. The Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as 53325 + 59528 + 53306 and 53684 + 59272 + 53707. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 29th July 1984
M53684 is at the head of a 4-car set The others are presumably 59065 + 59571 + 53707, two 120 power cars and two Met-Camm center cars. Seen at Derby on 29/7/84. Ian Francis.