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Vehicle 50730 / 53730

Class 120

BR Diagram 587

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)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
by Jun-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 TS (Tyseley)
09/03/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
3w/e 21/12/86 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

Notes

07/09/86 - 53650, 53652, 53730, 53741 due be transferred AY to CH 07/09/86, then cancelled.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50730 - original number
53730 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50730 59289 50677 Noted 29/07/67 - R.C.T.S. Ten Counties Scenic Railtour 50668 + 59285 + 50715 / 50730 + 59289 + 50677
50730 59300 50677 Noted 02/01/71
50730 59300 50677 Noted 16/01/71 - at Ipswich with 50692 + 59301 + 50737 on a Derby - Ipswich footex1
50730 59283 50677 Noted 21/08/71 - at Derby2
50730 59283 50677 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Derby3
50730 59283 50677 Noted 15/07/72 - at Thetford4
50730 59290 50663 Noted 24/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street2
50730 59300 50663 Noted 11/08/73 - at March4
50730 59300 50651 Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street3
50730 59300 50651 Noted 24/08/74 - at Nottingham4
EP578 50730 59300 50651 Noted 08/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street5
50717 59255 50730 Noted 17/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds (two brakes)4
50717 59255 50730 Noted 28/08/76 - at Thetford (two brakes)4
50730 59255 50677 Noted 27/11/1976 - RCTS (West Midlands Branch) Reunion Railtour 50677-59255-50730 + 50720-59283-50670
50730 59255 50677 Noted 23/04/77 - on 2F76 1236 Birmingham New Street-Leicester with TS534
50730 59255 50677 Noted 02/07/77 - on 2E84 0555 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks with 50447 + 59157 + 50500
50730 59255 50677 Noted 24/09/77 - at Nottingham4
50730 59273 50677 Noted 20/12/77 - at Nottingham4
50730 59283 50656 Noted 01/06/79
50730 59283 50656 Noted 14/06/80 - at Norwich4
50730 59283 50656 Noted 25/07/81 - at Norwich4
EP516 50730 59283 50656 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
EP516 50730 59283 50656 Noted 19/06/82 - at Norwich4
EP516 50730 59283 50656 Noted circa 08/19826
EP516 50730 59259 51794 Noted circa 03/19836
EP516 53730 59259 51794 Noted circa 06/19836
53730 59124 53650 Noted circa 05/19846
53730 59124 53650 Noted 02/08/84 - at Norwich4
53730 59127 53650 Noted 14/02/19856
53730 59127 53650 Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby7
53730 59127 53650 Noted 27/11/85 - on 16:44 Lincoln Central - Crewe service8
53730 59127 53650 Noted 27/11/85 - on 20:25 Crewe - Nottingham service8
53730 59127 53650 Noted 03/12/85 - on 21:20 Crewe - Grantham service8
53730 59127 53650 Noted 11/01/86 - on 06:26 Lincoln - Crewe service running 33 late8
TS406 53730 59127 53650 New set number at TS - 02/02/86 - number never carried
TS406 53730 59127 53650 Noted 12/02/19866
521 53730 59127 53650 Noted 1st May 1986
521 53730 59127 53650 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
53730 59127 53650 Noted 16th June 1986
521 53730 59127 53650 Noted 16th June 1986
521 53730 59127 53650 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
53730 59127 53650 Noted 7th August 1986
53730 59127 53650 Noted 8th August 1986
521 53730 59127 53653 Formation change - circa Sep-86 - 53653 (ex-120528) replaced 53650 (to 120528)
454 51268 59127 53730 Formation change - early Sep-86 - two vans
51268 59127 53730 Noted 5th September 1986
53730 59127 51268 Noted 11/10/1986 - working from Glasgow Queen Street to Falkirk Grahamston6
53730 59067 53138 Noted circa 12/19866
53730 59067 53138 Noted 4th December 1986

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

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Leicester

circa mid-1969

Swindon Cross-Country and a BRC&W DMUs stabled at Leicester. DMBC 50730 still has a W prefix so this was probably taken soon after transfer from Bristol to Derby in May 1969. Graham Clark.

Class 120 DMU at near Croft

3rd September 1975

Set number: EP581

A Class 120 with a Class 101 on the rear near Croft on 3 September 1975. The closest vehicle with Leicester on the destination blind is noted as M50730, the set number looks like EP581. Phillip Malin.

Class 120 DMU at Barnetby

27th July 1979

A Class 120 DMU in Barnetby station while working a Cleethorpes - Birmingham service on 27 July 1979. The power cars were recorded as 50730 and 50656, the center car is presumably 59283. Note the set of drivers controls in their holder visible through the left cab window. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Nottingham Goods Yard

Unknown date

A Class 120 DMU with M50730 closest passing Nottingham Goods Yard, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 120 DMU at Paisley Gilmour Street

1986

Set number: 521

Class 120 set 521 heads out of Paisley Gilmour Street towards Glasgow, 53730 closest. It has a Class 101 centre car (59127). Circa 1986. Andrew McConnell.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 24th January 1986

53650-59127-53730 Crewe Platform 11 24.01.1986 Martin Baumann.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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