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Vehicle 50734 / 53734


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 29/11/58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
Sep-63Depot code change86A
Oct-65 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
w/e 07/06/69 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
13/01/85 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)

Notes

P1/85 - M50734 appears to have survived until withdrawal without being renumbered as 53734.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50734 - original number
53734 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


CDF527 50734 59293 50685 Noted Feb-62
50734 59297 50671 Noted circa Mar-67 - in plain blue livery
50734 59297 50671 Noted Aug-67 - in plain blue livery
BL507 50734 59297 50671 Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with yellow panel ends
50671 59297 50734 Noted 22/08/69 - at Crewe1
50734 59293 50651 Noted 30/10/70 - at Birmingham New Street1
50734 59293 50651 Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1
50734 59293 50651 Noted 03/09/71 - at Norwich on 18:20 to Birmingham New Street1
50734 59283 50656 Noted 11/05/73 - in Birmingham New Street1
50734 59272 50684 Noted 28/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street2
50734 59272 50684 Noted 31/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street2
50734 59280 50670 Noted 19/04/1975 - at March3
50734 59267 50678 Noted 21/08/76 - on 1622 Lincoln St Marks-Crewe
50734 59258 50678 Noted 24/09/77 - at Nottingham4
EP523 50734 59287 50671 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP523 50734 59287 50671 Noted circa 06/19825
53734 59287 53671 Noted 12th November 1983
53734 59287 53671 Noted circa 12/19835

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

Images:

Class 120 DMU at St Andrews Junction, Birmingham

16th April 1977

A Class 120 Swindon DMU is seen at St Andrews Junction, Birmingham, with an ECS (probably from Tyseley) on 16 April 1977. M50734 is closest displaying Norwich on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.

Class 120 DMU at Crewe

29th June 1979

A Class 120 DMU, M50734 closest, in Crewe station with a service to Lincoln on Friday 29 June 1979. David Russon.

Class 120 DMU at Lincoln St Marks

13th May 1985

With a London Kings Cross to Cleethorpes service in the platform, a Derby Etches Park allocated Swindon Class 120 3-Car DMU was being readied for service in the centre carriage siding at Lincoln St Marks on April 21st 1981. The nearest car was Driving Motor Brake Composite W50734, with Driving Motor Second Lavatory M50671 at the opposite end of the unit. The station at Lincoln St Marks closed on May 13th 1985 and the station site is now part of a shopping centre. Martyn Hilbert.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 12th November 1983

53671 + 59287 + 53734 are seen at Peterborough with a Peterborough - Birmingham New Street working on Saturday 12th November 1983. Mel Holley.