close

Sign In


Not registered?
Forgot Your Password?

<- 50709 | 50710 | 50711 ->

Vehicle 50710 / 53710


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 30/11/57 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
by Jun-62 Transferred to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
3w/e 01/02/64 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
Nov-66 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
2w/e 09/01/71 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
w/e 06/12/80 Transferred to CH (Chester)
circa Aug-84 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
07/08/85 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50710 - original number
53710 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

3w/e 29/05/71 - Dual AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50710 59269 50661 Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1
50710 59269 50661 Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1
50710 59269 50661 Transfer to 86A - 2w/e 09/01/71
CTN507 50710 59269 50661 Listed at Canton - circa Feb-71
C507 50710 59269 50661 Noted 31/10/72
507 50710 59269 50661 Noted 06/09/73 - in Gloucester Eastgate2
507 50710 59269 50661 Noted 06/09/73 - at Severn Tunnel Junction2
C506 50710 59269 50661 Noted 17/09/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with B560
C506 50710 59269 50661 Noted 23/12/74 - on 2C46 1600 Weymouth-Cardiff with B468 + C556
C506 50710 59269 50661 Noted 31/01/75 - on 2B46 1620 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B574 + B462
C506 50710 59269 50661 Noted 03/03/75 - on 2C09 1430 Swansea-Newport with C510
C506 50710 59269 50661 Noted 05/03/75 - 2C09 1430 Swansea-Newport with C534
C506 50710 59269 50661 Noted 28/11/75 - on 2C38 1621 Weston SM-Cardiff with C605
C506 50710 59269 50661 Noted 01/12/75 - on 2B46 1625 Cardiff-Bristol TM
C610 50710 59269 50661 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
50710 59269 50661 Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1
C610 50710 59269 50661 Noted 12/09/76 - on 2C36 1700 Cheltenham-Cardiff
C610 50710 59269 50661 Noted 19/09/76 - on 1O69 1240 Cardiff-Salisbury with C500
C610 50710 59269 50661 Noted 16/02/77 - on 2C54 2132 Bristol TM-Cardiff
C610 50710 59269 50661 Noted 07/09/77 - at Shrewsbury2
C610 50710 59269 50661 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C610 50710 59269 50661 Noted 22/02/78 - on 2C56 2305 Cardiff-Swansea
C610 50710 59269 50661 Noted 05/06/78 - on 2C01 0549 Newport-Chepstow with C611
C610 50710 59269 50661 Noted 24/08/78 - working 5C99 with C612 seen at Swansea
C610 50710 59269 50661 Noted 01/09/78 - on 2C50 2133 Bristol TM-Cardiff with 975540 attached
C610 50710 59269 50661 Noted 24/03/1979 - at Swansea3
C610 50710 59269 50661 Noted 16/04/1979 - at Swansea Station3
C610 50710 59269 50661 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
C506 50710 59269 50661 Noted 27/10/1980 - At Cardiff Central3
50710 59269 50661 Noted circa 02/19834
53710 59269 53661 Noted circa 04/19834
53710 59540 53661 Noted circa 08/19834

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Droitwich

circa 1960

A Swindon Cross Country DMU, the closest car recorded as W50710, at Droitwich circa 1960. Birmingham Snow Hill is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Birmingham Snow Hill

2nd December 1961

W50710 leads a nine-car Cross-Country formation on the 10:45am ex-Cardiff General into Birmingham Snow Hill where it will terminate. Michael Mensing.

Class 120 DMU at Wolverhampton Low Level

4th August 1962

Set number: 504

A Swindon Cross-Country DMU (50710 + 59269 and presumably 50661) forms the 5.40pm to Birmingham Snow Hill and Honeybourne at Wolverhampton Low Level on 4 August 1962. Michael Mensing.

Class 120 DMU at Porton

5th March 1968

DMBC W50710 at the front of a Swindon Cross-Country DMU seen at Porton on 5 March 1968. David Mant.

Class 120 DMU at Chester depot

Unknown date

A Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU on Chester depot in the early 1980s, M50710 closest. On the left are Class 108s. Curly42.