Vehicle 50741 / 53741
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 | 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 | On loan to | 81D (Reading) | |
| Jul-64 | Ex-loan back to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 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| 3w/e 21/12/86 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |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.
24th April 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
29th April 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50741 - original number
53741 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50741 | 59280 | 50688 | Noted circa Aug-67 - in plain blue livery | ||||||
| EP480 | 50741 | 59280 | 50688 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| 50741 | 59280 | 50688 | Noted 27/09/69 - at Nuneaton1 | ||||||
| 50741 | 59280 | 50688 | Noted 30/10/70 - at Derby2 | ||||||
| 50741 | 59300 | 50656 | Noted 16/01/72 - at Derby2 | ||||||
| 50741 | 59256 | 50654 | Noted 18/08/1973 - at Peterborough with 17:45 to Birmingham New Street with 50717, 59272and 506503 | ||||||
| EP591 | 50741 | 59267 | 50678 | Noted 25/08/74 - at Long Eaton1 | |||||
| EP591 | 50741 | 59267 | 50678 | Noted 30/08/74 - at Ely1 | |||||
| EP591 | 50741 | 59267 | 50678 | Noted 08/07/1975 - at Derby 3 | |||||
| 50741 | 59267 | 50678 | Noted 08/09/75 - at Lincoln2 | ||||||
| EP591 | 50741 | 59267 | 50678 | Noted 28/10/75 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| 50741 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 31/07/76 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50741 | 59256 | 50669 | Noted 28/08/76 - at Thetford1 | ||||||
| EP586 | 50741 | 59256 | 50669 | Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham New Street1 | |||||
| 50741 | 59272 | 50687 | Noted 24/09/77 - at Nottingham1 | ||||||
| EP513 | 50741 | 59276 | 50652 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP513 | 50741 | 59276 | 50652 | Noted 07/08/82 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| EP513 | 50741 | 59276 | 50652 | Noted circa 03/19834 | |||||
| 53741 | 59529 | 53652 | Noted circa 01/19844 | ||||||
| 53741 | 59063 | 53652 | Formation change - DY - Aug-85 | ||||||
| 53741 | 53652 | Noted 10/08/85 - at Norwich as a 2-car1 | |||||||
| 53741 | 59063 | 53652 | Noted 06/09/19854 | ||||||
| 53741 | 59063 | 53652 | Noted 21st September 1985 | ||||||
| TS405 | 53741 | 59063 | 53652 | New set number at TS - Jan-86 - number never carried | |||||
| TS405 | 53741 | 59063 | 53652 | Noted 22/02/19864 | |||||
| 518 | 53741 | 59063 | 53652 | New set number at AY - Mar-86 | |||||
| 518 | 53741 | 59063 | 53652 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 518 | 53741 | 59063 | 53647 | Noted 5th June 1986 | |||||
| 518 | 53741 | 59063 | 53647 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 53741 | 59063 | 53647 | Noted 7th August 1986 | ||||||
| 518 | 53741 | 59063 | 53647 | Noted 9th August 1986 | |||||
| 53741 | 59063 | 53647 | Noted 5th September 1986 | ||||||
| spare | 53741 | Formation change - circa Oct-86 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
circa late 1950s
DMUs in Bristol Marsh Junction depot, date unknown. The two-car Swindon Cross-Country set contains DMBC W50741 - allocated there from new in December 1958 until moving to Tyseley in 1962. A suburban vehicle is to the right. Stuart Mackay Collection.
11th May 1963
Set number: 519
The unusual sight of a Swindon Cross-Country set with a Derby suburban TS centre car. With DMBC W50741 closest, set 519 is entering platform 9 at Birmingham New Street to form the 2.11pm service to Worcester Foregate Street on May 11, 1963. Michael Mensing.
3rd September 1976
A Class 120 DMU with M50741 arrives at Nottingham Midland on 3 September 1976. Phillip Malin.
15th July 1978
A Class 120 set at Barrs Court Junction on the RCTS 'The Cider Rambler' railtour from Nottingham on July 15, 1978. Six Bells Junction notes this as joining with a DMU on a Branch Line Society tour of the Hereford area. M50741 is thought to be at the front. Stuart Mackay Collection.
21st July 1980
A Class 120 set, with 50741 nearest the camera, heads into the tunnel at Cromford on 21/7/80. Chris Lings.
16th June 1981
A Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country set with 50741 leading passes Stenson Junction on the 16th June 1981. Chris Lings.
29th June 1985
A three-car Swindon Class 120 DMU with Driving Motor Composite M53741 leading, was stood in the North facing bay at Stafford with a service to Derby on June 29th 1985. This was during the period when the Crewe Remodelling project was underway with no trains being able to use Crewe station. Martyn Hilbert.
21st September 1985
M53741 + M59063 + M53652 with E54362 + E51435 depart Norwich at 13:20 on Saturday 21st September 1985. Colin Brooks.
1986
Set number: 518
Set 518 at Paisley Gilmour Street in 1986. The front two vehicles were Class 120 53741 and Class 101 59063. Andrew McConnell.
1986
Set number: 518
53741 at Glasgow Central in 1986. Along with M59063 it was part of set 518. Andrew McConnell.
1986
Set number: 518
Set 518 enters Ayr station in 1986. Andrew McConnell.
1986
Set number: 518
A Class 120 / 101 hybrid at Kilwinning in 1986. The front two vehicles are 53741 and 59063. Andrew McConnell.
1986
Set number: 518
A busy scene at Girvan in 1986. Set 518 was a hybrid, two Class 120 power cars and a Class 101 centre car, the front two vehicles are 53741 and 59063. Andrew McConnell.
29th July 1986
Set number: 120518
A mixed 3 car DMU set, 120518, crosses the River Clyde and approaches Glasgow Central terminus on the afternoon of 29th July 1986. Leading is Class 120 DMSL 53647 with CL101 TSL 59063 in the middle of the set and Cl 120 DMBS 53741 bringing up the rear. All 3 vehicles would be scrapped at Snailwell by January 1988. Bob Woolnough.
August 1986
Set number: 518
Class 120 53741 sits in Girvan station in August 1986. Andrew McConnell.
circa summer 1986
Set number: 518
Class 120/101 hybrid DMU set 518 (presumably 53741 + 59063 + 53652) on Ardrossan South Beach station circa summer 1986. Brian Ward.
summer 1986
Set number: 518
A Class 120/101 hybrid DMU set formed of 53741 + 59063 + 53647 is seen in Girvan station after arriving with the 10:00 from Glasgow Central in summer 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
August 1986
Set number: 518
Hybrid set 518 at Girvan in 1986. The closest two vehicles are 53741 and 59063, the furthest is probably 53647. Andrew McConnell.
9th August 1986
Set number: 518
Set 518 - a Class 120 / 101 hybrid - at Girvan, 09/08/1986. 53741 and 59063 are visible. Andrew McConnell.
24th July 1987
A view inside Ayr depot on the morning of 24/7/87 shows a line of driving motor cars, with cl.120 no.53741 (labelled for 120 518) most prominent. To its left is the cab of 53651 and behind it are cl.104 53505 and cl.105 53380. All the cars are now withdrawn and are being stripped for spares. Leonard Rogers.
24th January 1988
Set number: 518
53741 is one of several Class 120 vehicles seen at Snailwell on the 24th January 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa late 1950s
DMUs in Bristol Marsh Junction Depot circa late 1950s. A Derby suburban set is on the left formed as a two-car, centre is a Swindon Cross-Country, also formed as a two-car. W50741 is probably the DMBC as image 27151 was likely taken on the same visit from the opposite side. The whiskers on the set on the right identify it as a GRC&W vehicle, the angled fittings where the vacuum pipes come through the buffer beam seem to have been used on some of the Cross-Country sets. John Horne Collection.
Date: March 1976
BR (Swindon) Cross Country Class 120 3-car dmu Nos.M50692 (Class 120/1), M59300 (Class 179) & M50741 (Class 120/2) in BR Rail Blue & Grey with all yellow front end about to depart Norwich (Thorpe) on a Birmingham (New St) service, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: circa summer 1986
A six-car DMU with a Cravens DMBS on the rear departs from Ardrossan South Beach station circa summer 1986. Class 120 DMBS 53741 is on the right. Brian Ward.
Date: August 1986
A Class 120/101 hybrid set (probably 53647 + 59063 + 53741) prepares to head north from Girvan, August 1986. Andrew McConnell.