Vehicle 50734 / 53734
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 29/11/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Oct-65 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| w/e 07/06/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 13/01/85 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Notes
P1/85 - M50734 appears to have survived until withdrawal without being renumbered as 53734.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50734 - original number
53734 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| CDF527 | 50734 | 59293 | 50685 | Noted Feb-62 | |||||
| 50734 | 59297 | 50671 | Noted circa Mar-67 - in plain blue livery | ||||||
| 50734 | 59297 | 50671 | Noted Aug-67 - in plain blue livery | ||||||
| BL507 | 50734 | 59297 | 50671 | Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with yellow panel ends | |||||
| 50671 | 59297 | 50734 | Noted 22/08/69 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59293 | 50651 | Noted 30/10/70 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59293 | 50651 | Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59293 | 50651 | Noted 03/09/71 - at Norwich on 18:20 to Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 11/05/73 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59272 | 50684 | Noted 28/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59272 | 50684 | Noted 31/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59280 | 50670 | Noted 19/04/1975 - at March3 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59267 | 50678 | Noted 21/08/76 - on 1622 Lincoln St Marks-Crewe | ||||||
| 50734 | 59258 | 50678 | Noted 24/09/77 - at Nottingham4 | ||||||
| EP523 | 50734 | 59287 | 50671 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP523 | 50734 | 59287 | 50671 | Noted circa 06/19825 | |||||
| 53734 | 59287 | 53671 | Noted 12th November 1983 | ||||||
| 53734 | 59287 | 53671 | Noted circa 12/19835 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
16th April 1977
A Class 120 Swindon DMU is seen at St Andrews Junction, Birmingham, with an ECS (probably from Tyseley) on 16 April 1977. M50734 is closest displaying Norwich on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.
13th May 1985
With a London Kings Cross to Cleethorpes service in the platform, a Derby Etches Park allocated Swindon Class 120 3-Car DMU was being readied for service in the centre carriage siding at Lincoln St Marks on April 21st 1981. The nearest car was Driving Motor Brake Composite W50734, with Driving Motor Second Lavatory M50671 at the opposite end of the unit. The station at Lincoln St Marks closed on May 13th 1985 and the station site is now part of a shopping centre. Martyn Hilbert.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 12th November 1983
53671 + 59287 + 53734 are seen at Peterborough with a Peterborough - Birmingham New Street working on Saturday 12th November 1983. Mel Holley.