Vehicle 50738 / 53738
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 | 84A (Laira) | |
| 4w/e 04/05/68 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 4w/e 23/11/68 | On loan to | 81D (Reading) | |
| Dec-68 | Ex-loan back to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| May-70 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CF | |
| w/e 22/10/77 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 03/02/83 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| Jan-86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| Mar-86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 28/09/86 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Feb-87 | Stored U. | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Mar-87 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) |
Notes
07/09/87 - Withdrawn vehicles 51235/7/9, 53143/75, 53648/59 and 53709/39 noted passing through Newcastle behind 47 210 on a Millerhill-March special.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50738 - original number
53738 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Dec-71 - Dual AWS fitted
50738 was involved in the following incident:
23/1/74 - Pontypool Rd, WR
Derailment involving Class 120 / Class 121
Info from Peter Mullen
A Cardiff to Crewe train became derailed on catch points near Pontypool Road while working wrong line to pass a failed freight train. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Transfer to 81D - 4w/e 23/11/68 - on loan | ||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Transfer to 82A - Dec-68 | ||||||
| CTN502 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Listed at 86A - May-70 - (also noted as 50735 - 59294 -50693) | |||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Shrewsbury1 | ||||||
| CTN502 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Listed at Canton - circa Jan-71 | |||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 20/08/1971 - at Abergavenny2 | ||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 23/08/1971 - at Abergavenny2 | ||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 18/09/1971 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| C502 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 31/10/72 | |||||
| C533 | 50732 | 59299 | 50738 | Noted 22/06/74 - at Crewe1 | |||||
| C530 | 50738 | 59299 | 50691 | Noted 05/09/74 - at Newport1 | |||||
| C502 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Newport1 | |||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot1 | ||||||
| C513 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 30/04/76 - on 2B60 1715 Cardiff-Taunton with C526 | |||||
| C513 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C513 | 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 07/06/77 - on 2B30 1155 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C509 | |||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 28/05/1979 - on 17:45 Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton 3 | ||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted 23/10/1980 - Working 0410 Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth4 | ||||||
| 50738 | 59299 | 50693 | Noted circa 05/19825 | ||||||
| 50738 | 59262 | 50693 | Transfer to DY - 03/02/83 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53693 | Noted 30/05/1983 - at Crewe on 11:20 to Derby with 53704, 59089 & 536763 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53693 | Noted circa 12/19835 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53693 | Noted 11/02/85 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53693 | Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby6 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53647 | Formation change - DY - circa Sep-85 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53647 | Noted circa 10/19855 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53647 | Noted 15/11/85 - on 09:22 Derby - Crewe service7 | ||||||
| TS400 | 53738 | 59262 | 53647 | New set number at TS - Jan-86 - number never carried | |||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 53647 | Noted 19/01/86 - on 18:35 Crewe - Grantham running 19 late7 | ||||||
| TS400 | 53738 | 59262 | 53647 | Noted 12/02/19865 | |||||
| TS400 | 53738 | 59262 | 53647 | Noted 18/02/19865 | |||||
| 524 | 53738 | 59262 | 51587 | Formation change - circa Jun-86 - 51587 replaces 53647 | |||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 51790 | Noted 7th July 1986 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 51790 | Noted 12th July 1986 | ||||||
| 524 | 53738 | 59262 | 51790 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 51790 | Noted 8th August 1986 | ||||||
| 53738 | 59262 | 51790 | Noted 6th September 1986 | ||||||
| 524 | 53738 | 59268 | 51788 | Noted 06/12/19865 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: Martin Baumann
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 7th May 1983
Set number: L576
Class 119 sets L576 and L578 have either come out of or are about to enter the empty siding on the right. They are at Spalding on a Flower Parade special from West Ruislip on 7 May 1983. Other details from the July 1983 issue of The Railway Observer (p270): in the sidings on the far left are 53669 + 59256 + 53718 / 50331 + 59125 + 50308 / 53738 + 59262 + 53693 which ran from Burton-on-Trent / Leicester. On the right are 54230 + 53947 / 51929 + 52041 / 78601 + 78851 which ran from Manchester Piccadilly. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 11th February 1985
53693 + 59262 + 53738 wait to leave Leamington spa with a New Street service on Monday 11/2/85. Mel Holley.