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) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| 3w/e 01/02/64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 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| p/e 08/06/86 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |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:
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.
Unknown date
A Class 120 DMU with M50743 closest seen at Nottingham, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
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.