Vehicle 50743 / 53743
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
| Nov-58 | New to | WR Stock | |
| Feb-59 | Transferred to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| 06/12/59 | Transferred to | 81C (Southall) | |
| 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| 05/03/62 | 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 | |
| Dec-63 | Transferred to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| circa Jun-64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 11/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 02/02/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| p/e 08/06/86 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50743 - original number
53743 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| EP473 | 50743 | 59300 | 50687 | Noted circa Jun-69 - ex-BL519 | |||||
| 50743 | 59300 | 50692 | Noted 22/08/69 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50743 | 59267 | 50687 | Noted 22/05/71 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50743 | 59293 | 50654 | Noted 19/05/72 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50743 | 59301 | 50677 | Noted 14/08/1973 - at Leicester2 | ||||||
| EP581 | 50743 | 59301 | 50655 | Noted 30/08/74 - at Derby3 | |||||
| 50743 | 59259 | 50680 | Noted 07/07/1975 - at Loughborough2 | ||||||
| 50743 | 59259 | 50680 | Noted 13/09/1975 - 08:47 Nottingham to Grantham2 | ||||||
| 50743 | 59259 | 50680 | Noted 27/06/1976 - Aberystwyth4 | ||||||
| 50743 | 59267 | 50652 | Noted 03/09/77 - on 2E84 1447 Derby-Lincoln St Marks with 50450 + 59156 + 50506 | ||||||
| 50743 | 59267 | 50652 | Noted 14/10/77 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50743 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 24/02/1979 - Derby4 | ||||||
| 50743 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 09/06/1979 - Derby4 | ||||||
| 50743 | 59290 | 50651 | Noted 12/08/1980 - at Derby 4 | ||||||
| EP526 | 50743 | 59300 | 51794 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP526 | 50743 | 59300 | 51794 | Noted circa 06/19825 | |||||
| 53743 | 59300 | 53665 | Noted circa 10/1983 - 55743 labelled EP526, 53665 labelled EP5115 | ||||||
| 53743 | 59531 | 53656 | Noted circa 03/19845 | ||||||
| 53743 | 59531 | 53656 | Noted 13/07/85 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 53743 | 59531 | 53656 | Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby6 | ||||||
| 53743 | 59531 | 53656 | Noted 17/11/1985 - at Wolverhampton 4 | ||||||
| 53743 | 59531 | 53656 | Noted 22/11/85 - on 11:35 Derby - Crewe service7 | ||||||
| 53743 | 59531 | 53656 | Noted 23/11/85 - on 09:22 Derby - Crewe service7 | ||||||
| 53743 | 53656 | Listed at AY - circa Jan-86 | |||||||
| 53717 | 53743 | 53727 | 53715 | 54403 | 54357 | Noted 23/05/1986 - in Falklad Yard, withdrawn 4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Martin Lumley
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: Martin Baumann
Images:
1967
A three-car Cross-Country Swindon DMU passing Upwey Wishing Well Halt near Weymouth in mid-1967. The DMBC with Bristol T.M. on the destination blind appears to be W50743. Michael Mensing.
18th July 1980
Class 120s in Derby station on Friday 18 July 1980, M50743 closest. David Russon.
Unknown date
A Class 120 DMU with M50743 closest seen at Nottingham, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
17th August 1985
A lazy summer day at Fiskerton station saw a Cross Country DMU as part of the 11.05 Derby to Lincoln train on 17/08/1985. These units were the mainstay of this service often, as here, with a Metro- Cammell centre car in the set. The far car was 53656, the other two are presumably 53743 + 59531. Geoff Dowling.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: June 1963
A Swindon Cross-Country set on Chipping Campden bank in June 1963. The buffet car is W59300, the DMBC out of site to the left was W50743. Michael Mensing.