Vehicle 50714 / 53714
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 19/04/58 | New 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 | |
| Jan-86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| Feb-86 | Reinstated | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 23/02/86 | To Parcels Sector at | CH (Chester) | |
| 12/04/87 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50714 - original number
53714 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
circa Dec-72 - WR AWS removed
Nov-75 - AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50714 | 59290 | 50697 | Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| EP493 | 50714 | 59297 | 50663 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| 50714 | 59257 | 50676 | Noted 19/09/71 - in Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59257 | 50676 | Noted 17/12/71 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59287 | 50670 | Noted 02/05/73 - at Cambridge2 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59287 | 50670 | Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford2 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59287 | 50670 | Noted 14/08/1973 - at Nuneaton3 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59273 | 50683 | Noted 30/04/1976 - at Loughborough with service to Derby 3 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59273 | 50687 | Noted 04/09/76 - on 12.38 Leicester – Derby with 50731 + 59301 + 506884 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59273 | 50687 | Noted 10/09/76 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| 50714 | 59287 | 50657 | Noted 26/11/1977 - RCTS Reunion Railtour | ||||||
| EP579 | 50714 | 59287 | 50657 | Noted 02/01/78 | |||||
| 50714 | 59293 | 50678 | Noted 06/06/81 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
| EP522 | 50714 | 59293 | 50678 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP522 | 50714 | 59293 | 50678 | Noted circa 06/19825 | |||||
| 53714 | 59258 | 53670 | Noted 28/05/1983 - at Chester on a service to Derby with 53708,59301 and 536923 | ||||||
| EP522 | 53714 | 59293 | 53678 | Noted circa 12/19835 | |||||
| EP522 | 53714 | 59293 | 53678 | Noted circa 05/19845 | |||||
| 53714 | 59293 | 53678 | Noted 29/06/1984 - 1054 Nottingham - Crewe (ex Lincoln)6 | ||||||
| EP522 | 53714 | 59293 | 53678 | Noted 22nd August 1984 | |||||
| EP522 | 53714 | 59572 | 53678 | Noted circa 04/19855 | |||||
| EP522 | 53714 | 59572 | 53678 | Noted 05/07/85 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| 53714 | 59572 | 53678 | Noted 08/01/86 - on 20:25 Crewe - Nottingham service7 | ||||||
| 53714 | 59572 | 53678 | Noted 11/01/86 - on 21:20 Crewe - Grantham service running 20 late7 | ||||||
| 53713 | 53714 | Formation change - CH - circa Mar-86 - Parcels | |||||||
| 53713 | 53714 | Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 - Parcels |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
6: MidlandDeltic
7: Martin Baumann
Images:
26th July 1984
Set number: EP522
Taken at Peartree on the 26/7/84, EP522 working the 19:23 ex-Derby. Ian Francis.
24th November 1984
Set number: EP522
Cross-Country set EP522 (53714 + 59293 + 53678) at Derby on Saturday 24/11/84. Mel Holley.
18th May 1985
Set number: EP522
EP522 (53714 and presumably 59572) on Ely west curve on a summer Saturday empty stock working, thought to be the afternoon ECS return from Norwich 5M15, 18.05.85. Nicholas Youngman.
27th September 1985
Set number: EP522
Two Swindon Cross-Country sets pass in Spondon station on the 27th September 1985. On the right is set EP522, with 53714 closest. Chris Lings.
15th November 1985
Set number: EP522
53714 at the rear of EP522 53714 + 59293 + 53678 at Alsager 15.11.1985 on a Crewe-Derby train Martin Baumann.
31st August 1986
Set number: EP522
A pair of Swindon built Class 120 'Cross-Country' Driving Motor Brake Composites, M53714 & M53713 in use as a parcels/mail unit, was stabled in Croft Street Sidings at Preston on August 31st 1986. The nearest car, M53714 had once been part of a Derby Etches Park allocated three-car set EP522. New in April 1958, M53714 & M53713 were taken out of passenger use in January 1986 and in February 1986, the two-car set was allocated to Chester for parcels/mail duties. The pair of cars were finally withdrawn in April 1987 and scrapped by Berry's of Leicester. Martyn Hilbert.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 29th July 1983
Set number: EP522
A three car Swindon Cross Country DMU (set EP522 - M53678 + M59293 + M53714) awaits departure from Bedford Midland with the 16:21 service to Kettering on Friday 29th July 1983. By this date the Midland main line had been electrified as far as Bedford and these trains provided an onward connection to Kettering. Brian McDevitt.
Date: 22nd August 1984
Set number: EP522
EP522 (53678 + 59293 + 53714) at Leicester on 22/8/84. Jerry Glover.