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Vehicle 50736 / 53736

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	BL (Bristol Marsh Junction)
by Oct-60	Transferred 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
02/02/86	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
09/03/86	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
19/03/87	Withdrawn from	AY (Ayr)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50736 - original number
53736 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 10/11/1978 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50684	59272	50736	Noted 24/10/70 - at Sheffield Midland¹
	50684	59272	50736	Noted 30/10/70 - at Derby¹
	50736	59272	50684	Noted 02/01/71
	50736	59290	50651	Noted 17/12/71 - at Derby¹
	50736	59276	50651	Noted 15/07/72 - at Thetford²
	50736	59274	50669	Noted 11/08/73 - at March²
EP589	50736	59289	50676	Noted 04/08/74 - at Cambridge²
EP589	50736	59280	50670	Noted 16/03/75 - at Bury St Edmunds²
	50736	59301	50688	Noted 28/05/1975 - at Nottingham³
	50736	59281	50650	Noted 24/10/75 - at Norwich²
	50736	59290	50655	Noted 12/06/76 - at Leicester²
	50736	59290	50655	Noted 14/08/76 - on 1320 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks
	50736	59290	50689	Noted 17/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds²
	50736	59290	50696	Noted 28/08/77 - on 2050 Derby-Burton Relief with 50704 + 59274 + 50656
	50736	59290	50651	Noted 20/06/81 - at Norwich²
EP519	50736	59290	50651	Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP519	50736	59290	50651	Noted circa 06/1982⁴
EP519	53736	59290	53651	Noted 13/09/83 - at Norwich²
EP519	53736	59290	53651	Noted circa 12/1983⁴
EP519	53736	59127	53651	Noted circa 06/1984⁴
	53736	59127	53651	Noted 21/07/84 - at Norwich²
EP519	53736	59124	53651	Noted circa 08/1984⁴
EP519	53736	59124	53651	Noted circa 11/1984⁴
EP519	53736	59124	53651	Noted 22/03/1985⁴
	53736	59124	53651	Noted 20/07/85 - on 15:40 Skegness - Nottingham
	53736	59124	53651	Noted 31/08/1985 - at Derby⁵
TS409	53736	59124	53651	New set number at TS - Feb-86 - number never carried
TS409	53736	59124	53651	Noted 13/02/1986⁴
529	53736	59124	53651	New set number at AY - May-86
529	53736	59124	53651	Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
529	53736	59124	53651	Listed at Ayr - August 1986
529	53736	59124	53651	Noted 23/08/1986 - BLS Clyde Forth Railtour Sets 385+529
	53736	59124	53651	Noted 6th September 1986
	53736	59124	53651	Noted 11/10/1986⁴
	53736	59124	53651	Noted 16th October 1986
	53736	59124	53651	Noted 19th November 1986

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

Images:

May 1978

Class 120 DMBC M50736 part way through overhaul at Swindon Works in May 1978. It was allocated to Derby Etches Park at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.

4th May 1981

A Class 120 DMU formed of M50736 + M59290 + M50651 looking very smart in Derby station with a Matlock service on Monday 4 May 1981. David Russon.

11th June 1982

Set number: EP519

Class 120 DMU EP519 (M50736 + M59290 + M50651) in York station on June 11th, 1982 with a charter from Burton. On the right is Class 114 E50047. John Carter.

14th July 1984

Set number: EP519

50736 leads EP519 past Peartree with a 101 center car on 14/7/84. Ian Francis.

28th July 1984

Set number: EP519

EP519 - with a Met-Camm centre car - works the 11:56 Derby to Crewe through Peartree on 28/7/84. Ian Francis.

1986

Set number: 529

Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 M53736 on the rear or a hybrid set (centre car is 59124) arriving into Edinburgh Waverley in 1986. S Saunders.

1986

Set number: 529

Hybrid Class 120/101 set 529 formed 53736 + 59124 + 53651 arrives into Edinburgh Waverley in 1986. S Saunders.

circa summer 1986

Set number: 529

A hybrid DMU set, presumably 53736 + 59124 + 53651, is seen at Kilwinning circa summer 1986. Brian Ward.

23rd August 1986

Set number: EP519

53736 (left) faces 53673. Taken during the Old Kilpatrick stop of the Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" railtour on 23 August 1986. Brian Ward.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 17th February 1981

Six DMU cars are seen between 47125 and 08303 at Derby on 17 February 1981. All but one are Class 120s: 50691, 50651 + 59290 + 50736, 59135 (104) and 50653. Possibly bound for Litchurch Lane? Andrew Bond.

Date: 11th June 1982

Set number: EP519

Swindon Cross Country set EP519 (M50651 + M59290 + M50736) with a charter from Burton in York station on June 11, 1982. John Carter.

Date: 7th June 1986

Set number: EP519

529 on the 1245. Class 120 motor second 53651 still displays the remains of old set number EP519 but it is now officially in set 529 with 59124 (101) and 53736. Seen passing North Woodhill farm near Kilmarnock with the 1245 Glasgow Central to Kilmarnock. Bruce Galloway.

Date: 7th July 1986

Set number: EP519

53651-59124-53736 Edinburgh Haymarket 07.07.1986 Martin Baumann.

Date: 23rd August 1986

The Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" tour at South Leith on 23 August 1986. It is formed 53651 / 59124 / 53736 + 53673 / 59374 / 53090, the train running about an hour late at this time. Alan Rintoul.

Date: 23rd August 1986

Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" railtour on 23 August 1986 crosses the bridge over Dumbarton Road at Clydebank on the former Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway line. Taken from 53090 looking towards 59374, 53673 and 53736. Brian Ward.

Date: 23rd August 1986

A view from the Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" railtour on 23 August 1986 as it travels on the former Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway line between Clydebank and Old Kilpatrick. Taken from 53090 looking towards 59374, 53673, 53736, 59124 and 53651. Brian Ward.

Date: 23rd August 1986

Set number: EP519

53651 + 59124 + 53736 / 53673 + 59374 + 53090 at Menstrie with the Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" railtour on 23 August 1986. Brian Ward.

Date: 23rd August 1986

Set number: EP519

53651 + 59124 + 53736 / 53673 + 59374 + 53090 during the Gunnie Cement Works (Coatbridge) stop of the Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" railtour on 23 August 1986. Brian Ward.

Date: 23rd August 1986

Set number: 385

53090 + 59374 + 53673 / 53736 + 59124 + 53651 at the Gunnie Cememnt Works (Coatbridge) stop of the Branch Line Society "The Clyde Forth" railtour on 23 August 1986. Brian Ward.

Date: 23rd August 1986

The Branch Line Society 'Clyde-Forth' railtour is seen at Menstrie on the freight only branch from Cambus Junction to Glenochil Distillery and yeast factory at Menstrie on August 23, 1986. Formed of two hybrid 3-car sets, 120/101 53651+59124+53736 and 116/120 set 53673+59374+53090 trailing. This line was once a passenger branch from Cambus Junction near Alloa to Alva but lost its service on 01/11/1954. It was retained as a freight branch initially to Alva but the section beyond Glenochil Distilley to Alva closed on 24/02/1964. The branch to Menstrie was retained for inbound grain and molasses traffic but only generated wagon load flows. It was a victim of the demise of the Speedlink wagon load network disbanded by BR in July 1991 and fell into disuse thereafter. Adrian Nicholls.

Date: 23rd August 1986

Railtour. Looking east as BLS six car DMU approaches Old Kilpatrick on the remains of the Caledonian's Lanarkshire & Dunbartonshire route. The former Admiralty oil storage tanks were served by a siding behind the building on the far right but was long out of use at that time. The leading Set is a Class 120 (with MC centre car) 53651+59124+53736 and the trailing Set is a Class 116 (with 120 DMS) 53673+59374+53090. Saturday 23 August 1986. alicia hartman.

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