Vehicle 50744 / 53744
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) | |
| 30/07/62 | 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 | |
| 02/02/86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 09/03/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Mar-87 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Notes
8th August 1986 - Seen carrying unit no. EP515
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50744 - original number
53744 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50744 | 59287 | 50670 | Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with yellow panel ends | ||||||
| EP489 | 50744 | 59287 | 50678 | Noted circa Jun-69 - ex-BL511 | |||||
| 50744 | 59287 | 50670 | Noted 02/01/71 | ||||||
| 50744 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 21/08/71 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50744 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50744 | 59274 | 50669 | Noted 19/05/72 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| EP481 | 50744 | 59280 | 50689 | Noted 31/10/72 | |||||
| EP590 | 50744 | 59295 | 50677 | Noted 04/08/74 - at Peterborough3 | |||||
| 50744 | 59295 | 50677 | Noted 30/05/1975 - at Solihull4 | ||||||
| 50744 | 59295 | 50677 | Noted 28/08/75 - at Crewe3 | ||||||
| 50744 | 59295 | 50677 | Noted 17/10/1975 - at Leicester4 | ||||||
| EP590 | 50744 | 59295 | 50677 | Noted 18/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 4 | |||||
| 50744 | 59295 | 50651 | Noted 10/07/76 - on 1220 Crewe-Lincoln SM | ||||||
| 50744 | 59295 | 50651 | Noted 13/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 50744 | 59295 | 50669 | Noted 23/04/77 - on 1M67 1251 Norwich-Birmingham New Street | ||||||
| 50744 | 59528 | 50670 | Noted 18/07/81 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| EP515 | 50744 | 59258 | 50670 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP515 | 50744 | 59258 | 50670 | Noted circa 09/19825 | |||||
| EP515 | 53744 | 59524 | 53670 | Noted circa 05/19845 | |||||
| EP515 | 53744 | 59524 | 53670 | Noted circa 09/19845 | |||||
| EP515 | 53744 | 59524 | 53670 | Noted circa 08/19855 | |||||
| 53744 | 59524 | 53659 | Formation change - DY - circa Sep-85 | ||||||
| 53744 | 59524 | 53659 | Noted 28/09/85 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 53744 | 59524 | 53659 | Noted circa 10/19855 | ||||||
| 53744 | 59524 | 53659 | Noted 09/11/85 - on 21:20 Crewe - Grantham service6 | ||||||
| 53744 | 59524 | 53659 | Noted 27/11/85 - on 06:25 Derby - Crewe service6 | ||||||
| 53744 | 59524 | 53659 | Noted 27/11/85 - on 18:25 Crewe - Lincoln Central service6 | ||||||
| TS407 | 53744 | 59524 | 53659 | New set number at TS - Jan-86 - number never carried. | |||||
| 53744 | 59524 | 53659 | Noted 09/01/86 - on 21:20 Crewe - Grantham service6 | ||||||
| TS407 | 53744 | 59524 | 53659 | Noted 12/02/19865 | |||||
| 53744 | 59524 | 53659 | Noted 1st April 1986 | ||||||
| 522 | 53744 | 59524 | 53659 | Noted 1st May 1986 | |||||
| 522 | 53744 | 59524 | 53659 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 53744 | 59524 | 53659 | Noted 6th June 1986 | ||||||
| 522 | 53744 | 59524 | 53649 | Noted 4th August 1986 | |||||
| 617 | 53706 | 59558 | 53744 | Noted 8th August 1986 | |||||
| 53706 | 59558 | 53744 | Noted 9th August 1986 | ||||||
| 522 | 53744 | 59784 | 53649 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 522 | 53744 | 59558 | 53693 | Formation change - circa Sep-86 - 59558 replaced 59063 | |||||
| 522 | 53706 | 59558 | 53744 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 - 2 brake vehicles | |||||
| 53744 | 59558 | 53664 | Noted 4th October 1986 | ||||||
| 522 | 53744 | 59558 | 53664 | Noted 11/10/86 - 522 brake end, 349 other | |||||
| 349 | 53744 | 59558 | 53664 | Noted 11/10/86 - 522 brake end, 349 other | |||||
| 53744 | 59558 | 53664 | Noted 16th October 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
Images:
circa 1984
Set number: EP515
A Swindon Cross-Country set with a Met-Camm centre car (EP515, 53744 + presumably 59524 + 53670) departs from Birmingham New Street, circa 1983/4. Graham Clark.
7th July 1984
Set number: EP515
Etches Park set 515, 53744 leading, passes the Great Northern signal guarding the crossing at Havenhouse with a Lincoln - Skegness service. on July 7, 1984. Mike Dean.
1986
Set number: 522
A hybrid set with two Class 120 brake vehicles and a Met-Camm centre car sits in Edinburgh Waverley in 1986. Closest is probably 53744. S Saunders.
23rd August 1986
Set number: 522
With two brake vehicles in the formation, set 522 (53744 + 59558 + 53706) leaves Haymarket with the 16:24 Edinburgh - Glasgow Central service on August 23, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
circa September 1986
Set number: 522
Set 522 is formed of two Swindon 120 power cars (53744 and 53664) and a Metro-Cammell center car (possibly 59558), seen at Kingsknowe with a Glasgow Central to Edinburgh working circa September 1986. Alan Rintoul.
11th October 1986
Set number: 522
Labeled set 522 at this end, set 349 at the other, 53744 + 59558 + 53664 are seen near Curriehill with the 11:32 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh on the 11th October 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 15th September 1986
The scene at Kilwinning station on the afternoon of 15/9/86 as the 16.19 to Glasgow (15.48 ex-Largs) departs. 53664 is at the rear of a set comprising 53744, 59558 and 53664. Leonard Rogers.