55001 was new in May 1958, and withdrawn from passenger use in April 1969,
when it went into Departmental use as 975023.
2/2/02
Awaiting restoration to begin. Stuart Mackay
30/10/05
With one end painted black with steam loco style lining at
Pitsford. Ian McDonald
23/7/06
Daniel
Adkins
20/10/06
Three shots taken at Pitsford. All the welding is complete on the lower half of the
vehicle, the interior flooring has been replaced and the vehicle now has a
full set of seat frames back in for the first time since 1967. Ian
McDonald
5/4/07
After suffering some vandalism, with the centre cab window being smashed. Ian
McDonald
22/4/07
Seen again a few weeks later, with the window now
boarded up. Daniel Adkins