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Vehicle 50725 / 53725 / 55948

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

Aug-58	New to	86C (Cardiff Canton)
by Oct-60	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)
Jun-64	Transferred to	84A (Laira)
Feb-65	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)
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Jan-86	Withdrawn from	DY (Derby Etches Park)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)	- intended for parcels sector
Mar-86	Withdrawn		- Reinstatement cancelled
11/05/86	Reinstated	DY (Derby Etches Park)
11/05/86	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
06/07/86	To Parcels Sector at	CA (Cambridge)
27/07/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
02/11/86	Stored U.	NL (Neville Hill)
03/05/87	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)

Notes

27th December 1987 - Seen in Tinsley Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50725 - original number
53725 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
55948 - from 04/04/87 (parcels conversion)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

TYS508	50725	59281	50680	Listed at TYS - circa Oct-60
EP485	50725	59281	50680	Noted circa Jun-69
	50725	59276	50670	Noted 07/11/71 - in Birmingham New Street¹
	50725	59289	50676	Noted 20/05/73
	50725	59289	50676	Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street²
EP487	50725	59289	50676	Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford³
	50725	59256	50670	Noted 05/09/74 - on Soho depot³
EP587	50725	59287	50657	Noted 08/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street⁴
	50725	59281	50685	Noted 31/07/76 - on 1532 Lincoln St Marks-Crewe
	50725	59259	50669	Noted 14/01/81 - at Norwich³
	50725	59259	50669	Noted 15/08/81 - at Norwich³
	50725	59259	50671	Noted 06/04/82 - at Norwich³
EP511	50725	59259	50665	Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
	53725	59531	53656	Noted 23/04/1983 - BLS Wyvern Express Railtour 53656-59531-53725 + 50717-59289-50653
	53725	59281	53685	Noted circa 05/1984⁵
	53725	59126	53657	Noted circa 07/1985⁵
EP516	53725	59126	53657	Noted 29/07/85 - at Norwich, 53657 carried set number 509³
	53725	59126	53657	Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby⁶
	53725	59126	53657	Noted 23/11/85 - on 16:30 Crewe - Lincoln service⁷
	53725	53729		Formation change - CA - 2w/e 14/05/86 - Parcels
	53725	53729		Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986 - Parcels

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

Images:

13th July 1962

Set number: 322

Ex-works W50725 is working with two Derby suburban vehicles on the 6.25pm Birmingham Moor St - Leamington Spa (G) seen at Solihull on the 13th July 1962. It is now loco green (and noticeably darker than the multiple unit green Derby vehicles) and has been given a right facing crest. Michael Mensing.

circa 1969

Set number: EP485

BR green liveried Swindon 3-car (later Class 120) "Cross-Country" DMU (MBC M50725 nearest camera) in the cleaning platform at Etches Park depot, Derby - c.1969. 53A Models of Hull Collection.

May 1981

A Class 120 DMU on the Gloucester avoiding line in May 1981. 50725 is noted as the rear vehicle (closest). Curly42.

6th April 1985

Set number: EP516

Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 DMU set EP516 with M53725 closest at Lincoln St Marks station on 6 April 1985 with a service for Crewe. Phil Bevan.

16th May 1986

Set number: EP516

A Class 120 DMU formed of two DMBSs (M53725 + M53729) in Manchester Piccadilly on 16 May 1986. John Carter.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 23rd April 1983

The Branch Line Society Wyvern Express railtour at Sinfin Central on 23 April 1983. M53656 is closest, the Six Bells website lists the other vehicles as 59531 + 53725 and 50717 + 59289 + 50653. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 23rd April 1983

Set number: EP516

The Branch Line Society Wyvern Express railtour at Nottingham on 23 April 1983. M53656 is closest, the Six Bells website lists the other vehicles as 59531 + 53725 and 50717 + 59289 + 50653. Jeremy Chapter.

Date: 23rd April 1983

Set number: EP528

Participants return to the Branch Line Society Wyvern Express railtour at Sinfin Central on 23 April 1983. The vehicles are 50653 + 59289 + 50717 and 53725 + 59531 + 53656. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 23rd April 1983

Set number: EP516

The Branch Line Society Wyvern Express railtour during the lunchtime stop at Nottingham on 23 April 1983. M53656 is closest, the Six Bells website lists the other vehicles as 59531 + 53725 and 50717 + 59289 + 50653. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 23rd April 1983

Set number: EP516

The Branch Line Society "Wyvern Express" rail tour is seen at Butterley station on 23 April 1983 with (recently renumbered) Motor Second car 53656 leading. The Swindon-built Cross-Country units were always the most popular rail tour rolling stock (if not loco hauled). The Six Bells Junction lists the full formation as 53656 + 59531 + 53725 and 50717 + 59289 + 50653. Jeremy Chapter.

Date: 23rd April 1983

Set number: EP528

On 23 April 1983, the Branch Line Society "Wyvern Express" railtour is seen at Sinfin Central with M50653 nearest the camera. The full formation was 53656-59531-53725 + 50717-59289-50653. Jeremy Chapter.

Date: 23rd April 1983

Set number: EP516

The Branch Line Society "Wyvern Express" railtour is seen during the lunch stop at Nottingham station on April 23, 1983. Swindon Cross-Country class 120 DMU MSL car M53656 is the end car, the Six Bells website lists the other vehicles as 59531 + 53725 and 50717 + 59289 + 50653. Jeremy Chapter.

Date: 6th April 1985

Set number: 509

Derby Etches Park allocated Class 120 DMU set 509 (M53657 + M59281 + M53725) in Lincoln St Marks station on 6 April 1985. Phil Bevan.

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