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Vehicle 50687 / 53687


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

4w/e 04/10/58 New to BL (Bristol Marsh Junction)
circa Jun-64 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
02/02/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
19/03/87 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50687 - original number
53687 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50687 59295 50737 Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1
EP473 50743 59300 50687 Noted circa Jun-69 - ex-BL519
EP478 50737 59255 50687 Noted circa Jun-69 - ex-BL516
50737 59295 50687 Noted 27/09/69 - at Leicester2
50743 59267 50687 Noted 22/05/71 - at Derby1
50737 59259 50687 Noted 20/11/71 - in Birmingham New Street1
50720 59281 50687 Noted 11/05/73 - in Birmingham New Street1
50704 59273 50687 Noted 28/08/75 - at Crewe2
50714 59273 50687 Noted 04/09/76 - on 12.38 Leicester – Derby with 50731 + 59301 + 506883
50714 59273 50687 Noted 10/09/76 - at Crewe2
50741 59272 50687 Noted 24/09/77 - at Nottingham2
EP514 50696 59280 50687 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP514 50696 59280 50687 Noted circa 01/19834
53704 59264 53687 Noted circa 02/19854
EP514 53704 59264 53687 Noted 08/06/85 - at Norwich2
53705 59264 53687 Formation change - DY - Aug-85
53705 59264 53687 Noted 19/09/19854
53705 59264 53687 Noted 17/11/85 - on 20:25 Crewe - Nottingham service5
53705 59264 53687 Noted 03/12/85 - on 14:33 Lincoln Central - Crewe service5
EP514 53705 59264 53687 Noted 23/12/85
53705 59264 53687 Noted circa Feb-86
514 53705 59264 53687 New set number at AY - circa Feb-86
514 53705 59264 53687 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
53724 59786 53687 Noted 3rd July 1986
525 53724 59786 53687 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
53724 59786 53687 Noted 4th August 1986
53724 59786 53687 Noted 6th September 1986
53724 59789 53687 Noted 22nd September 1986
53724 59789 53687 Noted 25th September 1986
51182 59807 53687 Noted 13th December 1986

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Phil Shatford
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Ely

26th June 1977

The 10.55 Cambridge - Peterborough service is seen at Ely on Sunday 26 June 1977 formed of a Swindon Class 120 DMU. Closest is Derby Etches Park allocated M50687, and in the sidings in the distance are a number of withdrawn vehicles including Swindon 79xxx cars. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Beeston

14th September 1983

Set number: EP514

A 3-car Class 120 DMU (set EP514, probably led by 53687) is seen near Beeston station, Nottinghamshire, 14/09/1983. To the right is the building of the Shipstone Maltings - it was built in 1880, operational until 2000, then demolished in 2013 to make way for a housing development. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Nottingham

9th June 1984

Set number: EP514

Class 120 DMU set EP514 in Nottingham station on 9 June 1984. Closest seems to be M53687. Alistair Ness.

Class 120 DMU at Lincoln Central

16th July 1984

Set number: EP514

EP514 with 53687 leading, at Lincoln Central 16/7/84. Chris Lings.

Class 120 DMU at Matlock

2nd March 1985

Set number: EP514

Class 120 Swindon 3-car DMU 53687 + 59264 + 53704 (Etches Park set EP 514) at Matlock with the 16-10 to Derby on 2-3-85. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 120 DMU at Matlock

2nd March 1985

Set number: EP514

Class 120 Swindon 3-car DMU 53687 + 59264 + 53704 at Matlock with the 16-10 to Derby on 2-3-85. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 120 DMU at Ely

19th October 1985

Set number: EP514

On the way to March Yard on 19 October 1985 where my friend scored his "cop" we called at Ely station where this class 120 unit, EP514 with vehicles 53687 + 59264 + 53785, was on its way to Birmingham New Street while passing Ely South signalbox with the diminishing range of semaphore signals showing how much track rationalisation had been carried out in the recent past. Peter Tandy.

Class 120 DMU at Alsager

November 1985

Set number: EP514

53687-59264-53705 EP514 Alsager November 1985 Martin Baumann.

Class 120 DMU at Crewe

23rd December 1985

Set number: EP514

A Derby allocated Swindon Cross-Country class 120 dmu set EP514 comprising of cars M53687 + M59264 + M53705, leaves platform 4 at Crewe with a Derby service on 23rd December 1985. Class 85kv electric locomotive 85017 (E3072) can be seen standing on one of the through roads along with it's driver. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 120 DMU at Crewe

23rd December 1985

Set number: EP514

A Derby allocated Swindon Cross-Country class 120 dmu set EP514 comprising of cars M53687 + M59264 + M53705, waits to leave platform 4 at Crewe with a Derby service, 23rd December 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 120 DMU at Glasgow Central

7th September 1986

Set number: EP514

Class 120 set EP514 has a Class 107 centre car when seen in Glasgow Central station on the 7th September 1987. Hamish Stevenson.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 23rd March 1986

Largs railway station on 23rd March 1986, before work on electrification began. On the left was Class 120 Cross Country DMU 53705 + 59264 + 53687 and on the right Class 101/107 hybrid unit 101320 (51248 + 59800 + 52011). Gordon Edgar.

DMU

Date: circa September 1986

Set number: EP514

EP514 - Johnstone circa September 1986. Class 120 unit 514 transferred from Derby Etches Park seen here in Johnstone just before the electrification of the Ayr line. The set was formed of 53705 59264 53687 around that time. Building of new housing developments around the station was in full swing. Andrew McConnell.