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Vehicle 50738 / 53738


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 27/12/58 New to BL (Bristol Marsh Junction)
by Jun-62 Transferred to 88A (Cardiff Canton)
10/09/62 Transferred to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
3w/e 01/02/64 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
4w/e 04/05/68 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
4w/e 23/11/68 On loan to 81D (Reading)
Dec-68 Ex-loan back to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
May-70 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
06/05/73Depot code changeCF
w/e 22/10/77 Transferred to CH (Chester)
03/02/83 Transferred to DY (Derby Etches Park)
Jan-86 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
Mar-86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
28/09/86 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
Feb-87 Stored U. HA (Haymarket)
Mar-87 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket)

Notes

07/09/87 - Withdrawn vehicles 51235/7/9, 53143/75, 53648/59 and 53709/39 noted passing through Newcastle behind 47 210 on a Millerhill-March special.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50738 - original number
53738 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Dec-71 - Dual AWS fitted

50738 was involved in the following incident:


23/1/74 - Pontypool Rd, WR

Derailment involving Class 120 / Class 121

Info from Peter Mullen

A Cardiff to Crewe train became derailed on catch points near Pontypool Road while working wrong line to pass a failed freight train. More Details.


Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50738 59299 50693 Transfer to 81D - 4w/e 23/11/68 - on loan
50738 59299 50693 Transfer to 82A - Dec-68
CTN502 50738 59299 50693 Listed at 86A - May-70 - (also noted as 50735 - 59294 -50693)
50738 59299 50693 Noted 15/08/70 - at Shrewsbury1
CTN502 50738 59299 50693 Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71
50738 59299 50693 Noted 20/08/1971 - at Abergavenny2
50738 59299 50693 Noted 23/08/1971 - at Abergavenny2
50738 59299 50693 Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport2
50738 59299 50693 Noted 18/09/1971 - at Crewe2
C502 50738 59299 50693 Noted 31/10/72
C533 50732 59299 50738 Noted 22/06/74 - at Crewe1
C530 50738 59299 50691 Noted 05/09/74 - at Newport1
C502 50738 59299 50693 Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport1
50738 59299 50693 Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot1
C513 50738 59299 50693 Noted 30/04/76 - on 2B60 1715 Cardiff-Taunton with C526
C513 50738 59299 50693 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C513 50738 59299 50693 Noted 07/06/77 - on 2B30 1155 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C509
50738 59299 50693 Noted 28/05/1979 - on 17:45 Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton 3
50738 59299 50693 Noted 23/10/1980 - Working 0410 Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth4
50738 59299 50693 Noted circa 05/19825
50738 59262 50693 Transfer to DY - 03/02/83
53738 59262 53693 Noted 30/05/1983 - at Crewe on 11:20 to Derby with 53704, 59089 & 536763
53738 59262 53693 Noted circa 12/19835
53738 59262 53693 Noted 11/02/85
53738 59262 53693 Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby6
53738 59262 53647 Formation change - DY - circa Sep-85
53738 59262 53647 Noted circa 10/19855
53738 59262 53647 Noted 15/11/85 - on 09:22 Derby - Crewe service7
TS400 53738 59262 53647 New set number at TS - Jan-86 - number never carried
53738 59262 53647 Noted 19/01/86 - on 18:35 Crewe - Grantham running 19 late7
TS400 53738 59262 53647 Noted 12/02/19865
TS400 53738 59262 53647 Noted 18/02/19865
524 53738 59262 51587 Formation change - circa Jun-86 - 51587 replaces 53647
53738 59262 51790 Noted 7th July 1986
53738 59262 51790 Noted 12th July 1986
524 53738 59262 51790 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
53738 59262 51790 Noted 8th August 1986
53738 59262 51790 Noted 6th September 1986
524 53738 59268 51788 Noted 06/12/19865

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: Martin Baumann

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 7th May 1983

Set number: L576

Class 119 sets L576 and L578 have either come out of or are about to enter the empty siding on the right. They are at Spalding on a Flower Parade special from West Ruislip on 7 May 1983. Other details from the July 1983 issue of The Railway Observer (p270): in the sidings on the far left are 53669 + 59256 + 53718 / 50331 + 59125 + 50308 / 53738 + 59262 + 53693 which ran from Burton-on-Trent / Leicester. On the right are 54230 + 53947 / 51929 + 52041 / 78601 + 78851 which ran from Manchester Piccadilly. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 11th February 1985

53693 + 59262 + 53738 wait to leave Leamington spa with a New Street service on Monday 11/2/85. Mel Holley.