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
Aug-58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
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) | |
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3w/e 21/12/86 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
07/09/86 - 53650, 53652, 53730, 53741 due be transferred AY to CH 07/09/86, then cancelled.
50730 - original number
53730 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50730 | 59289 | 50677 | Noted 29/07/67 - R.C.T.S. Ten Counties Scenic Railtour 50668 + 59285 + 50715 / 50730 + 59289 + 50677 | ||||||
50730 | 59300 | 50677 | Noted 02/01/71 | ||||||
50730 | 59300 | 50677 | Noted 16/01/71 - at Ipswich with 50692 + 59301 + 50737 on a Derby - Ipswich footex1 | ||||||
50730 | 59283 | 50677 | Noted 21/08/71 - at Derby2 | ||||||
50730 | 59283 | 50677 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Derby3 | ||||||
50730 | 59283 | 50677 | Noted 15/07/72 - at Thetford4 | ||||||
50730 | 59290 | 50663 | Noted 24/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
50730 | 59300 | 50663 | Noted 11/08/73 - at March4 | ||||||
50730 | 59300 | 50651 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
50730 | 59300 | 50651 | Noted 24/08/74 - at Nottingham4 | ||||||
EP578 | 50730 | 59300 | 50651 | Noted 08/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street5 | |||||
50717 | 59255 | 50730 | Noted 17/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds (two brakes)4 | ||||||
50717 | 59255 | 50730 | Noted 28/08/76 - at Thetford (two brakes)4 | ||||||
50730 | 59255 | 50677 | Noted 27/11/1976 - RCTS (West Midlands Branch) Reunion Railtour 50677-59255-50730 + 50720-59283-50670 | ||||||
50730 | 59255 | 50677 | Noted 23/04/77 - on 2F76 1236 Birmingham New Street-Leicester with TS534 | ||||||
50730 | 59255 | 50677 | Noted 02/07/77 - on 2E84 0555 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks with 50447 + 59157 + 50500 | ||||||
50730 | 59255 | 50677 | Noted 24/09/77 - at Nottingham4 | ||||||
50730 | 59273 | 50677 | Noted 20/12/77 - at Nottingham4 | ||||||
50730 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 01/06/79 | ||||||
50730 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 14/06/80 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
50730 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 25/07/81 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
EP516 | 50730 | 59283 | 50656 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
EP516 | 50730 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 19/06/82 - at Norwich4 | |||||
EP516 | 50730 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted circa 08/19826 | |||||
EP516 | 50730 | 59259 | 51794 | Noted circa 03/19836 | |||||
EP516 | 53730 | 59259 | 51794 | Noted circa 06/19836 | |||||
53730 | 59124 | 53650 | Noted circa 05/19846 | ||||||
53730 | 59124 | 53650 | Noted 02/08/84 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 14/02/19856 | ||||||
53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 23/08/1985 - at Derby7 | ||||||
53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 27/11/85 - on 16:44 Lincoln Central - Crewe service8 | ||||||
53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 27/11/85 - on 20:25 Crewe - Nottingham service8 | ||||||
53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 03/12/85 - on 21:20 Crewe - Grantham service8 | ||||||
53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 11/01/86 - on 06:26 Lincoln - Crewe service running 33 late8 | ||||||
TS406 | 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | New set number at TS - 02/02/86 - number never carried | |||||
TS406 | 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 12/02/19866 | |||||
521 | 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 1st May 1986 | |||||
521 | 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | |||||
53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 16th June 1986 | ||||||
521 | 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 16th June 1986 | |||||
521 | 53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 7th August 1986 | ||||||
53730 | 59127 | 53650 | Noted 8th August 1986 | ||||||
521 | 53730 | 59127 | 53653 | Formation change - circa Sep-86 - 53653 (ex-120528) replaced 53650 (to 120528) | |||||
454 | 51268 | 59127 | 53730 | Formation change - early Sep-86 - two vans | |||||
51268 | 59127 | 53730 | Noted 5th September 1986 | ||||||
53730 | 59127 | 51268 | Noted 11/10/1986 - working from Glasgow Queen Street to Falkirk Grahamston6 | ||||||
53730 | 59067 | 53138 | Noted circa 12/19866 | ||||||
53730 | 59067 | 53138 | Noted 4th December 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Ipswich Transport Society
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton
8: Martin Baumann
Swindon Cross-Country and a BRC&W DMUs stabled at Leicester. DMBC 50730 still has a W prefix so this was probably taken soon after transfer from Bristol to Derby in May 1969. Graham Clark.
A Class 120 with a Class 101 on the rear near Croft on 3 September 1975. The closest vehicle with Leicester on the destination blind is noted as M50730, the set number looks like EP581. Phillip Malin.
A Class 120 DMU with M50730 closest passing Nottingham Goods Yard, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Class 120 set 521 heads out of Paisley Gilmour Street towards Glasgow, 53730 closest. It has a Class 101 centre car (59127). Circa 1986. Andrew McConnell.
53650-59127-53730 Crewe Platform 11 24.01.1986 Martin Baumann.