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Vehicle 50713 / 53713

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 25/01/58	New to	86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88A
Sep-63	Depot code change	86A
4w/e 31/05/69	Transferred to	16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73	Depot code change	DY
Jan-86	Withdrawn from	DY (Derby Etches Park)
Feb-86	Reinstated	DY (Derby Etches Park)
23/02/86	To Parcels Sector at	CH (Chester)
12/06/88	Withdrawn from	CH (Chester)

Notes

5th February 1988 - In parcels use

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50713 - original number
53713 - from Feb-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

CDF504	50713	59259	50655	Noted circa Oct-59
	50713	59273	50667	Noted 18/09/1971 - at Crewe¹
	50713	59281	50667	Noted 12/08/72 - at Peterborough²
	50713	59257	50657	Noted 13/08/1973 - at Leicester³
	50713	59276	50667	Noted 30/07/75 - on xxxx 1725 Leicester-Birmingham NS
	50713	59276	50667	Noted 30/08/1975 - at Derby³
	50713	59276	50667	Noted 13/08/77 - on 2M85 1531 Lincoln St Marks-Derby
	50713	59290	50667	Noted 07/06/80 - at Norwich²
EP510	50713	59257	50667	Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP510	50713	59257	50667	Noted 05/06/82 - at Norwich²
	53713	59524	53667	Noted circa 03/1983⁴
	53713	59524	53667	Noted 15/03/83
510	53713	59524	53667	Noted circa 02/1984⁴
510	53713	59258	53667	Noted circa 05/1984⁴
EP510	53713	59258	53667	Noted 15/09/84 - at Norwich²
510	53713	59258	53667	Noted 22/03/1985⁴
	53713	59258	53667	Noted 12/07/85
	53713	59258	53667	Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby⁵
	53713	53714		Formation change - CH - circa Mar-86 - Parcels
	53713	53714		Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 - Parcels
CH301	53703	53713		Listed at CH - May 1988
	53703	53713		Noted 5th February 1988
	53703	53713		Noted 5th August 1988 - Based at Machynlleth shed while in use for P. Way work and storage
301	53703	53713		Noted circa 12/1988 - Parcels set. Both cabs also show EP527 set.⁴

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton

Images:

13th December 1986

Class 120 53713 is seen departing Crewe coupled with 53703 on 13.12.1986. Andy Cole.

25th March 1988

A Class 120 set in Chester station on March 25, 1988. It is formed of two brake vehicles, meaning that it is parcels use, the only set remaining on this date was 53713 and 53703. Hamish Stevenson.

2nd April 1988

Set number: 510

Chester allocated Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU set 510 comprising of cars M53713 & M53703 at Crewe on the 2nd April 1988. Now converted to parcels use, the Red Star parcels branding can just be seen down the side. By this time these units were thin on the ground and all had been withdrawn before the year was out. The new generation of DMU in the shape of 150 124 can be seen along side on a Derby service. Andrew J Crowther.

30th October 1988

Set number: 510

Class 120 Set number 510 (though carrying 301 out of view on the same end) vehicle 53713 at Tyseley on 30th October 1988. Andrew Slack.

15th January 1989

Set number: 510

M53713 Vic Berrys, Leicester 15-1-89. It carries two set numbers, 510 and 301! Kevin Dowd.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 31st July 1983

Set number: 510

Between 1982 and 1984 I spent many happy hours with my friends chasing around the North of England after the remaining Class 40s. In between times, we did of course go bashing other quality classes, and the pairs of Class 20s that used to be employed on Summer Saturday workings from the Midlands to Skegness were always a riot! Seen here, on Platform 3 at Nottingham Midland station on Sunday 31st July 1983, is a vintage Swindon built Class 120 3-car DMU [Derby Etches Park based set EP510] - as we awaited our first Class 20 move of the day. DMSL 53667 is closest, the Met-Camm centre car and 120 DMBCL on the rear are presumably 59524 + 53713. Chris McKee.

Date: 25th May 1985

Set number: EP510

For the 1985 Summer timetable an 06.37 Saturdays Only Stratford-upon-Avon to London Paddington train was introduced. Contrary to a rumour started by one of the station staff at Stratford this was not a class 50-hauled train to match the weekdays Paddington to Birmingham express which ran via Hatton but a DMU formed on most occasions of a pair of 3 coach Tyseley class 166 units. On 25 May 1985 I saw the ECS arriving from my then home's kitchen window and went to the station to capture this view of a pair of Derby-based class 120s led by EP510 (probably 50713 + 59257 + 50667) in platform 2 with 55012 heading a 3 coach class 116 in P3. It was common practice at the time for Tyseley to use whatever resources they had available but this was the only time that I saw anything but class 116 units on this train. Peter Tandy.

Date: 31st August 1986

Set number: EP522

A pair of Swindon built Class 120 'Cross-Country' Driving Motor Brake Composites, M53714 & M53713 in use as a parcels/mail unit, was stabled in Croft Street Sidings at Preston on August 31st 1986. The nearest car, M53714 had once been part of a Derby Etches Park allocated three-car set EP522. New in April 1958, M53714 & M53713 were taken out of passenger use in January 1986 and in February 1986, the two-car set was allocated to Chester for parcels/mail duties. The pair of cars were finally withdrawn in April 1987 and scrapped by Berry's of Leicester. Martyn Hilbert.

Date: 1987

Set number: EP527

Parcels DMU M53703 + M53713 at Chester depot circa 1987. Nicholas Youngman Collection.

Date: 18th December 1988

Set number: EP527

M53703 + M53713 Vic Berrys, Leicester 18-12-88. Kevin Dowd.

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