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Set 120

These formations have been noted:

51988 59785 52014 Listed at 66C - 1972
51050 59403 51012 Noted 05/09/73 - at Ayr1
55020 Noted 01/06/85
55020 Transfer to BR - 09/06/85 - from RG
55020 Noted 05/04/19862

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn

Class 107 DMU at Kilbarchan

circa 1966

Two Derby triple sets at Kilbarchan. Date unknown, but the '120' set number (in this case a plate riveted on) was introduced in June 1966. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 121 DMU at Maidenhead

21st June 1969

Class 121 55020 caught at the Bourne End / Marlow platform at Maidenhead on June 21st 1969, waiting to depart with the 16:40 service. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 121 DMU at Bourne End

21st June 1969

55020 passes 55024 (set 124) at Bourne End on the Marlow branch, June 21st 1969. 55024 on the left is on the 14:57 shuttle to High Wycombe, 55020 has arrived from Maidenhead, after reversing it will continue to Marlow. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 121 DMU at Marlow

21st June 1969

Class 121 55020 seen at Marlow on June 21st, 1969 waiting to depart with the 17:08 to Bourne End. Steve Davies Collection.

Unknown at Elgin

July 1969

Passing Swindon Cross-Country DMUs at Elgin in July 1969. Both are probably working services between Aberdeen and Inverness, one in each direction, the left one in blue and the one the photographer is travelling on is still in green. Curly42.

Class 126 DMU at Stranraer Harbour

4th August 1973

A grubby SC51050 about to depart Stranraer Harbour station with the 1134 service to Glasgow Central. It had previously worked the Glasgow Central (dep 0830) to Stranraer (arr 1109). Robert Hope.

Class 121 DMU at Reading depot

1st June 1985

Class 121 W55020 at Reading Open Day on 1 June 1985. Keith Miller.

Class 121 DMU at Reading depot

1st June 1985

Class 121 55020 at Reading Open Day on 1 June 1985. Mike Bunker.

Class 121 DMU at Reading depot

1st June 1985

Freshly painted Class 122 Set 120 55020 is seen at Reading T.M.D Open Day at 12:00 on Saturday 1st June 1985. Colin Brooks.

Class 121 DMU at Reading depot

1st June 1985

55020 at Reading open day on 01/06/85. Roddy MacPhee.

Class 121 DMU at Ealing Broadway

6th July 1985

The chocolate and cream liveried class 121, no 55020, at Ealing Broadway on 6th July 1985. Jonathan Hazan.

Class 121 DMU at Old Oak Common

15th September 1985

GWR liveried 55020 and Class 117 B430 (51368 / 59520 / 51410) at an Old Oak Common open day on Sunday 15th September 1985. Richard Himson.

Class 121 DMU at Old Oak Common

15th September 1985

55020 and B430 (51368) at OC, earlier in the day the two had worked together on open day shuttles on Sunday 15th September 1985. Richard Himson.

Class 121 DMU at London Paddington

15th September 1985

The GWR_liveried Class 121 (55020) and 117 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) in Paddington station with an Old Oak Common open day shuttle on September 15 1995. Andrew Malloy.

Class 121 DMU at Old Oak Common depot

15th September 1985

Class 121 W55020 at Old Oak Common on September 15 1985 with an open day shuttle that ran to Paddington. Andrew Malloy.

Class 121 DMU at Reading

19th September 1985

Class 121 55020 working as part of a Class 117 set seen arriving at Reading on 19 September 1985. Andrew Malloy.

Class 121 DMU at Reading

19th September 1985

Class 121 55020 working as part of a Class 117 set seen arriving at Reading on 19 September 1985 while 47 537 sits in the centre road. Andrew Malloy.

Class 121 DMU at Twyford

14th December 1985

Class 121 'bubble car' W55020 in Twyford station on 14 December 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 121 DMU at London Paddington

18th March 1986

Class 121 Pressed Steel dmu 55020 on the rear of a Class 117 departing London Paddington, Tuesday 18 March 1986. Ian 10B.

Class 121 DMU at Southall

30th March 1986

55020 arriving at Southall from Brentford on 30 March 1986. Rob Paterson.

Class 121 DMU at Windmill Lane bridge

30th March 1986

55020 passing under Windmill Lane bridge with the 16.00 Southall to Brentford service on 30 March 1986. Rob Paterson.

Class 121 DMU at Southall

Easter 1986

55020 in it's chocolate & cream livery is seen in Easter 1986 when it was hired by the GWR Preservation Group for shuttles along the freight only Brentford line. Chris Adams.

Class 121 DMU at Southall

30th March 1986

55020 at Southall on 30/3/86. Over the Easter of 1986 the Great Western Society ran a series of specials over the normally freight only Brentford branch using Great Western liveried bubble car 55020. Sparegang.

Class 121 DMU at Paddington

3rd June 1986

GWR liveried 55020 sits beside two Class 128 parcel vehicles at Paddington, 3/6/86. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 121 DMU at West Ealing

23rd August 1986

Class 121 unit No. W55020 approaches West Ealing working a Greenford to Ealing Broadway service. Brian Creasey.

Class 121 DMU at Oxford

19th January 1987

Class 121 Single Unit 55020 approaches Oxford station platforms on a dull snowy day, 19th January 1987. The Unit had been painted in a Brown and Cream livery a few years earlier as part of the Great Western Railway 150th Birthday Celebrations. AndrewHA.

Class 121 DMU at Oxford

19th January 1987

55020 is coupled up to a waiting Class 121 Driving Trailer coach to form a two-car set for peak-hour duties. Oxford Station, 19th January 1987. AndrewHA.

Class 121 DMU at Reading

30th April 1987

55020 seen at Reading, 30/4/87. Hamish Stevenson.


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