Vehicle 50676 / 53676
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
| 2w/e 14/06/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jul-58 | On loan to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| Aug-58 | Ex-loan back to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Jul-65 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 01/06/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 08/09/84 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50676 - original number
53676 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50720 | 59283 | 50676 | Transfer to 61A - Jul-58 - on loan | ||||||
| 50720 | 59283 | 50676 | Transfer to CDF - Aug-58 - ex-loan | ||||||
| 50720 | 59283 | 50676 | Noted 6th August 1958 - Special Aberdeen-Keith excursion | ||||||
| 50696 | 59267 | 50676 | Noted circa Sep-67 - in blue with small yellow panel | ||||||
| EP497 | 50696 | 59267 | 50676 | Noted Jun-69 - ex-BTL509 | |||||
| 50696 | 59267 | 50676 | Noted 15/06/69 - at Tyseley with M prefixes1 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59257 | 50676 | Noted 19/09/71 - in Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59257 | 50676 | Noted 17/12/71 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50720 | 59290 | 50676 | Noted 05/08/72 - at Thetford2 | ||||||
| 50725 | 59289 | 50676 | Noted 20/05/73 | ||||||
| 50725 | 59289 | 50676 | Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| EP487 | 50725 | 59289 | 50676 | Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford2 | |||||
| EP589 | 50736 | 59289 | 50676 | Noted 04/08/74 - at Cambridge2 | |||||
| 50709 | 59272 | 50676 | Noted 06/07/1975 - at Derby4 | ||||||
| 50709 | 59272 | 50676 | Noted 13/07/75 - on the RCTS East Angian Rambler railtour with 50717/59255/50655 | ||||||
| 50741 | 59295 | 50676 | Noted 10/05/1978 - Birmingham New Street5 | ||||||
| 50725 | 59257 | 50676 | Noted 18/11/1978 - Derby5 | ||||||
| 50725 | 59257 | 50676 | Noted 11/03/1979 - Tyseley5 | ||||||
| 50742 | 59272 | 50676 | Noted 09/12/1979 - Swindon Works. Outshopped after C1 or C3 overhaul 2/805 | ||||||
| Spare | 50676 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||||
| 50704 | 59255 | 50676 | Noted 10/10/1982 - at Stoke-on-Trent 5 | ||||||
| 53704 | 59089 | 53676 | Noted 30/05/1983 - at Crewe on 11:20 to Derby with 53738, 59262 and 536934 | ||||||
| 53704 | 59089 | 53676 | Noted circa 12/19836 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Martin Lumley
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
22nd March 1970
Set number: EP497
Etches Park Class 120 set EP497 (M50676 + M59267 + M50696) with Leicester on the destination blind, wrong line working at Hinckley on Sunday 22 March 1970. Phillip Malin.
6th July 1978
M50676 is the DMS in this Swindon Cross-Country set in Derby station with the 6.26pm ex-Lincoln on 6/7/78. Michael Mensing.
Unknown date
A Class 120 DMU with DMSL M50676 is seen at Nottingham, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: July 1958
In late July 1958 Swindon Cross-Country set W50720 + W59283 + W50676 prepares to leave Inverness with the 12.45pm to Aberdeen. The set was borrowed from the Western Region for a few weeks for trials. Great North of Scotland Railway Association.
Date: 21st September 1969
Set number: EP497
Etches Park Class 120 set EP497 (M50696 + M59267 + M50676) wrong line working at Hinckley on Sunday 21 September 1969. Phillip Malin.