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Vehicle 50714 / 53714


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 19/04/58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
Sep-63Depot code change86A
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
Jan-86 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)
Feb-86 Reinstated DY (Derby Etches Park)
23/02/86 To Parcels Sector at CH (Chester)
12/04/87 Withdrawn from CH (Chester)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50714 - original number
53714 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Dec-72 - WR AWS removed
Nov-75 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50714 59290 50697 Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1
EP493 50714 59297 50663 Noted circa Jun-69
50714 59257 50676 Noted 19/09/71 - in Crewe1
50714 59257 50676 Noted 17/12/71 - at Derby1
50714 59287 50670 Noted 02/05/73 - at Cambridge2
50714 59287 50670 Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford2
50714 59287 50670 Noted 14/08/1973 - at Nuneaton3
50714 59273 50683 Noted 30/04/1976 - at Loughborough with service to Derby 3
50714 59273 50687 Noted 04/09/76 - on 12.38 Leicester – Derby with 50731 + 59301 + 506884
50714 59273 50687 Noted 10/09/76 - at Crewe2
50714 59287 50657 Noted 26/11/1977 - RCTS Reunion Railtour
EP579 50714 59287 50657 Noted 02/01/78
50714 59293 50678 Noted 06/06/81 - at Norwich2
EP522 50714 59293 50678 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP522 50714 59293 50678 Noted circa 06/19825
53714 59258 53670 Noted 28/05/1983 - at Chester on a service to Derby with 53708,59301 and 536923
EP522 53714 59293 53678 Noted circa 12/19835
EP522 53714 59293 53678 Noted circa 05/19845
EP522 53714 59293 53678 Noted 22nd August 1984
EP522 53714 59572 53678 Noted circa 04/19855
EP522 53714 59572 53678 Noted 05/07/85 - at Norwich2
53714 59572 53678 Noted 08/01/86 - on 20:25 Crewe - Nottingham service6
53714 59572 53678 Noted 11/01/86 - on 21:20 Crewe - Grantham service running 20 late6
53713 53714 Formation change - CH - circa Mar-86 - Parcels
53713 53714 Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 - Parcels

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

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Peartree

26th July 1984

Set number: EP522

Taken at Peartree on the 26/7/84, EP522 working the 19:23 ex-Derby. Ian Francis.

Class 120 DMU at Derby

24th November 1984

Set number: EP522

Cross-Country set EP522 (53714 + 59293 + 53678) at Derby on Saturday 24/11/84. Mel Holley.

Class 120 DMU at Ely

18th May 1985

Set number: EP522

EP522 (53714 and presumably 59572) on Ely west curve on a summer Saturday empty stock working, thought to be the afternoon ECS return from Norwich 5M15, 18.05.85. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 120 DMU at Spondon

27th September 1985

Set number: EP522

Two Swindon Cross-Country sets pass in Spondon station on the 27th September 1985. On the right is set EP522, with 53714 closest. Chris Lings.

Class 120 DMU at Alsager

15th November 1985

Set number: EP522

53714 at the rear of EP522 53714 + 59293 + 53678 at Alsager 15.11.1985 on a Crewe-Derby train Martin Baumann.

Class 120 DMU at Croft Street Sidings, Preston

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.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 29th July 1983

Set number: EP522

A three car Swindon Cross Country DMU (set EP522 - M53678 + M59293 + M53714) awaits departure from Bedford Midland with the 16:21 service to Kettering on Friday 29th July 1983. By this date the Midland main line had been electrified as far as Bedford and these trains provided an onward connection to Kettering. Brian McDevitt.

DMU

Date: 22nd August 1984

Set number: EP522

EP522 (53678 + 59293 + 53714) at Leicester on 22/8/84. Jerry Glover.