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Vehicle 50743 / 53743


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 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
02/02/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
p/e 08/06/86 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50743 - original number
53743 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


EP473 50743 59300 50687 Noted circa Jun-69 - ex-BL519
50743 59300 50692 Noted 22/08/69 - at Crewe1
50743 59267 50687 Noted 22/05/71 - at Derby1
50743 59293 50654 Noted 19/05/72 - in Birmingham New Street1
50743 59301 50677 Noted 14/08/1973 - at Leicester2
EP581 50743 59301 50655 Noted 30/08/74 - at Derby3
50743 59259 50680 Noted 07/07/1975 - at Loughborough2
50743 59259 50680 Noted 13/09/1975 - 08:47 Nottingham to Grantham2
50743 59267 50652 Noted 03/09/77 - on 2E84 1447 Derby-Lincoln St Marks with 50450 + 59156 + 50506
50743 59267 50652 Noted 14/10/77 - at Crewe1
EP526 50743 59300 51794 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP526 50743 59300 51794 Noted circa 06/19824
53743 59300 53665 Noted circa 10/1983 - 55743 labelled EP526, 53665 labelled EP5114
53743 59531 53656 Noted circa 03/19844
53743 59531 53656 Noted 13/07/85 - at Norwich3
53743 59531 53656 Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby5
53743 59531 53656 Noted 22/11/85 - on 11:35 Derby - Crewe service6
53743 59531 53656 Noted 23/11/85 - on 09:22 Derby - Crewe service6
53743 53656 Listed at AY - circa Jan-86

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

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Upwey Wishing Well Halt

1967

A three-car Cross-Country Swindon DMU passing Upwey Wishing Well Halt near Weymouth in mid-1967. The DMBC with Bristol T.M. on the destination blind appears to be W50743. Michael Mensing.

Class 120 DMU at Derby

18th July 1980

Class 120s in Derby station on Friday 18 July 1980, M50743 closest. David Russon.

Class 120 DMU at Nottingham

Unknown date

A Class 120 DMU with M50743 closest seen at Nottingham, date unknown. Paul Redmond.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: June 1963

A Swindon Cross-Country set on Chipping Campden bank in June 1963. The buffet car is W59300, the DMBC out of site to the left was W50743. Michael Mensing.