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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-63Depot code change86A
Feb-65 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
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Mar-87 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)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:

Class 120 DMU at Birmingham New Street

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.

Class 120 DMU at Havenhouse

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.

Class 120 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

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.

Class 120 DMU at Haymarket

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.

Class 120 DMU at Kingsknowe

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.

Class 120 DMU at Curriehill

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:

DMU

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.