Vehicle 50731 / 53731
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 Sep-60 | Transferred to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 10/09/62 | Transferred to | 88A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| 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 | |
| Dec-85 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50731 - original number
53731 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| TYS507 | 50731 | 59255 | 50678 | Listed at TYS - circa Sep-60 | |||||
| BL511 | 50731 | 59255 | 50678 | Noted circa Sep-67 - in blue with small yellow panel, ex-works 8/2/67 | |||||
| 50731 | 59259 | 50678 | Noted 14/08/70 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50731 | 59259 | 50678 | Noted 04/1971 - at Water Orton2 | ||||||
| 50731 | 59297 | 50657 | Noted 21/08/71 - at Derby3 | ||||||
| 50731 | 59272 | 50657 | Noted 17/06/72 - at Thetford1 | ||||||
| 50731 | 59295 | 50655 | Noted 03/11/72 - in Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 50731 | 59295 | 50692 | Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford1 | ||||||
| EP598 | 50731 | 59281 | 50692 | Noted 25/08/74 - at Leicester1 | |||||
| EP583 | 50731 | 59287 | 50657 | Noted 05/07/1975 - at Nottingham on service to Derby/Crewe?2 | |||||
| EP598 | 50731 | 59301 | 50688 | Noted 05/08/1975 - at Solihull2 | |||||
| EP598 | 50731 | 59301 | 50688 | Noted 13/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 2 | |||||
| 50731 | 59301 | 50688 | Noted 05/06/76 - on 0844 Nottingham-Skegness | ||||||
| 50731 | 59301 | 50688 | Noted 04/09/76 - on 12.38 Leicester – Derby with 50714 + 59273 + 506874 | ||||||
| 50731 | 59301 | 50688 | Noted 15/05/77 - on 0800 Crewe-Manchester Piccadilly | ||||||
| 50731 | 59273 | 50688 | Noted 03/09/77 - on 2M85 1531 Lincoln St Marks-Derby | ||||||
| 50731 | 59273 | 50657 | Noted 29/07/81 | ||||||
| EP509 | 50731 | 59273 | 50657 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| 509 | 53731 | 59534 | 53657 | Noted circa 10/19835 | |||||
| 53731 | 59534 | 53685 | Noted circa 12/19845 | ||||||
| 53731 | 59534 | 53685 | Noted 03/08/85 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 509 | 53731 | 59534 | 53685 | Noted 17/08/85 - at Norwich on 09.14 Birmingham New Street to Norwich (1E68), 53685 carried set number EP5271 | |||||
| 53731 | 59534 | 53685 | Noted 05/09/85 - on 2E02 Leicester to Cambridge6 | ||||||
| 53731 | 59065 | 53685 | Formation change - DY - circa Sep-85 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Nicholas Youngman
Images:
31st August 1962
A Swindon Cross-Country DMU in Stratford-upon-Avon station with the 8.10am Birmingham Snow Hill - Carmarthen service on 31 August 1962. DMBC W50731 carries a "Birmingham Gloucester Cardiff Swansea & Carmarthen" roof board. Michael Mensing.
29th July 1984
Set number: 509
Class 120/101 set (EP)509 at Doncaster on July 29, 1984, with M53731 closest. John Carter.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 24th July 1979
Set number: L417
The unusual sight of a Class 117 DMU in Derby station on 24-7-79, set L417 (51354 + 59506 + 51396). Note the 'cut' buffers. It seems to have passengers on board, and is paired with a Class 104. Behind on the same road is a Class 120, and other Class 120 to the right with part of M50731 visible. Ian Cuthbertson Collection.
Date: 29th July 1981
50657, 59273 & 50731 at Derby, 29th July 1981. Jerry Glover.