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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-73	Depot code change	DY
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19/03/87	Withdrawn from	AY (Ayr)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:

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.

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.

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.

16th July 1984

Set number: EP514

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

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.

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.

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.

November 1985

Set number: EP514

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

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

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