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Set EP503


These formations have been noted:

51573 59285 51582 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
51573 59285 51582 Noted circa 01/19831
51573 59108 51582 Noted circa 01/19841
51573 59108 51582 Noted 13/09/85 - at Blaenau Ffestiniog, NH set carrying number EP503

Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn

Class 120 DMU at Matlock

1983

Class 120 DMU set EP503 arrives into Matlock station in 1983. Brian Daniels.

Class 120 DMU at Matlock

1983

Class 120 DMU set EP503 in Matlock station sometime in 1983. Brian Daniels.

Class 120 DMU at Cocker Bar

25th June 1985

A Class 120 hybrid set drifts through the West Lancashire countryside at Cocker Bar between Midge Hall and Ulnes Walton with the 17.55 Preston to Ormskirk service on June 25th 1985. The former Derby Etches Park set EP503 was formed of two Class 120 Swindon built driving cars and a Class 101 centre trailer car. This particular out and back service on the Ormskirk line was regularly diagrammed for a Class 120 during this period. The sets were normally used on Manchester to Blackpool North services. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 120 DMU at Kirkham

2nd August 1985

A hybrid Swindon Cross-Country 3-Car DMU set (Formerly Derby Etches Park Depot set EP503) with W51573 leading, departs from Kirkham with Manchester Victoria to Blackpool South tea-time through service on August 2nd 1985. Sandwiched between the two Class 120 driving cars was a Metro-Cammell Class 101 trailer car. This viewpoint including the semaphore signal has now gone, a six-foot palisade fence now segregates the running lines from the cobbled road to the former goods yard. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 120 DMU at Blaenau Ffestiniog

13th September 1985

EP503 contains M51582 + M59108 + M51573 when seen at Blaenau Ffestiniog on the 13th September 1985. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 120 DMU at Leeds

27th June 1986

51573 at Leeds, 27th June 1986, with Express Parcels branding on the bodyside. Malcolm Clements.

Class 120 DMU at Leeds

July 1986

A Express Parcels Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country set at Leeds circa 1986. The vehicles (M51573 + M51582) still carry set number EP503 from their time at Etches Park depot. Ian Charles.


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