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Vehicle 55028 / 977860


Class 121

Builder: Pressed Steel
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30518
Diagram: 512

Allocations

Dec-60 New to 81C (Southall)
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May-69 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
Jun-69 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
2w/e 22/08/70 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
Jun-87 Transferred to OO (Old Oak Common)
02/09/93 To departmental stock RG (Reading)
Apr-09 Withdrawn - route-learner, ADB, 960012

Notes

11/05/05 - Named "John Cameron" at Salisbury. See https://departmentals.com/photo/977860detaila.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

55028 - original number
977860 - from 02/09/93 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB977860

Sandite / Route Learner From 9/93 to 4/09. Carried set number 960012

Modifications

p/e 12/08/72 - Dual AWS fitted
Sep-74 - Leyland engines fitted
Jul-75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated circa 1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


55020 59543 55028 Noted 29/10/711
L406 55028 59480 51415 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak, set number L128 on 550282
55028 Noted 31/01/76 - on 2A28 1348 Paddington-Reading with L461 + L469
L128 55028 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
L128 55028 Noted 12/11/1977 - Oxford Station3
L128 55028 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L128 55028 Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station3
L128 55028 Noted 28/08/1979 - At West Drayton3
L128 55028 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
55028 56285 Noted circa 04/19824
L128 55028 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L128 55028 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L128 55028 Noted 22/06/1985 - BLS Cotswold Lion Railtour L420+55028
L128 55028 Noted 03/04/19864
L128 55028 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
55028 54283 Noted 25/02/1987 - at Old Oak Common5
L128 55028 Listed at OO - Aug-87
L128 55028 Listed at OO - 15/05/89
L128 55028 Listed at OO - 21/01/91
L423 51361 59513 55028 Noted 01/04/91 - at Royal Oak, 55028 set number L1282
55028 59514 55030 Noted 14/04/92 - on 07:39 Slough - Paddington6
L128 55028 Listed at OO - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
L407 51342 59678 55028 Noted 07/08/92 - on 12:52 Paddington - Slough
L128 55028 Listed at OO - 12/08/92
L128 55028 Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX
55028 Noted 09/11/92 - on 15:26 Greenford - Ealing Broadway6

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 121 DMU at Bridport

2nd July 1969

Pressed Steel single car W55028 is seen at Bridport with the 16:14 (SX) service to Maiden Newton on 2 July 1969. Robert Thomas.

Class 121 DMU at Slough

13th January 1973

Saturday 13 January 1973 and a Pressed Steel unit (W55028 with trailer) moves off from Slough with the Windsor branch local. Mr Deltic.

Class 121 DMU at Oxford

April 1974

Set number: L128

Pressed Steel bubble car W55028 in Oxford station in April 1972. Mel Smith.

Class 121 DMU at Oxford

April 1974

Set number: L128

Pressed Steel bubble car W55028 at Oxford in April 1974. Mel Smith.

Class 121 DMU at

26th July 1980

Set number: L128

Sitting in a bay at Southall is 55028 on the 26th July 1980. Ian Buck.

Class 121 DMU at Oxford

1981

The number two end of Pressed Steel Class 121 W55028 seen at Oxford in 1981. Kevin Farrow.

Class 121 DMU at Oxford

1981

The number one end of Pressed Steel Class 121 W55028 seen at Oxford in 1981. It's coupled to DTS W56287. Kevin Farrow.

Class 121 DMU at Oxford

1981

Set number: L128

Pressed Steel Class 121 W55028 seen at Oxford in 1981. Kevin Farrow.

Class 121 DMU at Bourne End

15th August 1981

Set number: L128

55028 at Bourne End on the 15th August 1981. Chris Lings.

Class 121 DMU at London Paddington

Unknown date

Set number: L128

W55028 and trailer leaving Paddington, date unknown. Stuart Pearce.

Class 121 DMU at Banbury

29th June 1983

Set number: L128

Class 121 single unit 55028 departs from the bay platform at Banbury, and passes Banbury South signal box, working the 18.36 to Oxford on 29 June 1983. Lewis Bevan.

Class 121 DMU at Oxford

24th February 1984

Set number: L128

W55028 at Oxford on the 11:45 Banbury - Didcot, 24th February 1984. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 121 DMU at Greenford

5th October 1985

Set number: L128

Class 121 "bubble car" DMU 55028 about to depart from Greenford to Ealing Broadway on 5th October 1985. Jonathan Hazan.

Class 121 DMU at Reading

12th April 1986

Set number: L128

55028 at Reading on a Reading - Paddington service, 12th April 1986. Paul Moxon.

Class 121 DMU at Oxford Station

26th May 1986

Set number: L128

BR Class 121 DMU Set L128 (55028) departs Oxford leaving a cloud of exhaust smoke in its wake - Monday 26th May 1986. David Malt.

Class 121 DMU at Oxford

28th May 1986

Set number: L128

Class 121 55028 in the bay platform at Oxford on 28 May 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 121 DMU at Twyford

September 1987

Set number: L128

Class 121 cabs at Twyford in September 1987 These two are W55028 (left) and W55023 (right). Alistair Ness.

Class 121 DMU at Henley-on-Thames

October 1987

Set number: L128

Class 121 Bubble Cars 55023 and 55028 have arrived at Heley-on-Thames from Twyford and ready to return there late one afternoon in October 1987. Murray Liston.

Class 121 DMU at Twyford

October 1987

A pair of class 121 Bubble Car single units 55023 and 55028 seen at Twyford in October 1987 on a service to Henley-on-Thames. Both had been reallocated from Reading to Old Oak Common a few months earlier. Murray Liston.

Class 121 DMU at Twyford

24th October 1987

Set number: L128

Class 121s Twyford 24 October 1987. These two are W55023 and W55028. Alistair Ness.

Class 121 DMU at Oxford

15th April 1988

Set number: L128

Two bubbles at Oxford on 15/4/88, the closest being 55028. Sparegang.

Class 121 DMU at Greenford

16th August 1989

Set number: L128

55028 at Greenford, 16/8/89. Gazza Prescott.

Class 121 DMU at London Paddington

24th August 1989

Set number: L128

55022 at Paddington with a Greenford service on 24/8/89. Sparegang.

Class 121 DMU at Paddington

19th April 1990

Under a threatening sky - it subsequently poured with rain - 55028 heads out of Paddington on 19/4/90 on the 17.05 to Greenford. Leonard Rogers.

Class 121 DMU at Iver

17th December 1990

Set number: L128

Class 121 DMBS 55028 with Class 101 54385 and 51443 arriving at Iver station with an unidentified up working on 17 December 1990. Dave Warby.

Class 121 DMU at Paddington

13th April 1991

Set number: L128

55028 and 55031 awaits departure from Paddington on the 06:05 to Greenford, 13th April 1991. Gazza Prescott.

Class 121 DMU at Banbury

March 1992

Set number: L128

55028 enters Banbury at the head of an Oxford bound train in March 1992. Ian Buck.

Class 121 DMU at Ealing Broadway

7th August 1992

55028 working with 59678 + 51342 as part of L407 on the 12:52 Paddington - Slough, seen at Ealing Broadway on the 7th August 1992. Gazza Prescott.

Class 121 DMU at West Drayton

2nd October 1992

Set number: 128

55028 working with 101 set L200 (54081 + 51215) on the 12:52 Paddington - Slough, seen arriving at West Drayton, 2/10/92. Gazza Prescott.

Class 121 DMU at Moreton

16th November 1998

Set number: 960012

977860 - set number 960 012 - is seen at Moreton on 16 November 1998. Brian Daniels.

Class 121 DMU at Gerards Cross

17th October 1999

Set number: 960012

Class 121 977860 (ex-55028), set number 960012, is seen at Gerards Cross on sandite duty on 17.10.1999. Andy Cole.

Class 121 DMU at Gerards Cross

17th October 1999

Set number: 960012

Class 121 977860, set number 960 012, is seen at Gerards Cross on route learning duty, 17.10.1999. Andy Cole.

Class 121 DMU at Aylesbury

6th August 2000

Set number: 960012

Class 121 977860, set number 960 012, is seen stabled at Aylesbury on 06.08.2000. It was converted from 55028 to a sandite car. Andy Cole.

Inside a Class 121 DMU

September 2001

Set number: 960012

The drivers sandite controls, No.1 cab of 977860. Taken at Butterley in September 2001. Note there were two different type of sandite that that could be applied: standard sandite and s4 sandite. Stuart Mackay.

Class 121 DMU at Butterley yard

September 2001

Set number: 960012

Departmental DMUs. 977860 in the yard at Butterley in September 2001 beside 975010 before entering the carriage shed for repairs and a repaint. Work has already begun, a window has been removed mid-way along the bodyside beside the steps. Stuart Mackay.

Class 121 DMU at Butterley Carriage Shed

September 2001

Set number: 960012

The van area of 977860, reduced in size for its sandite / route-learning use. Taken in September 2001 at Butterley. Stuart Mackay.

Inside a Class 121 DMU

September 2001

Set number: 960012

The generator inside 977860, taken at Butterley in September 2001. Stuart Mackay.

Class 121 DMU at Butterley

September 2001

Set number: 960012

977860 No.1 end (opposite end from the van) cab, taken at Butterley in September 2001. Stuart Mackay.

Inside a Class 121 DMU

September 2001

Set number: 960012

The revised seating in 977860 for route learning. The partition is new too, behind is the sandite tanks. Taken at Butterley in September 2001. Stuart Mackay.

Inside a Class 121 DMU

September 2001

Set number: 960012

The cab bulkhead in 977860, adapted for better visibility for route learning. Note the all-important kettle and toastie maker, possibly due to the generator on the vehicle. Taken at Butterley in September 2001. Stuart Mackay.

Inside a Class 121 DMU

September 2001

Set number: 960012

The Sandite hoppers inside 977860. It's Sandite days had ended, they would soon be removed. Taken at Butterley in September 2001. Stuart Mackay.

Class 121 DMU at Butterley yard

September 2001

Set number: 960012

977860 in the yard at Butterley awaiting entrance to the carriage shed for repairs, September 2001. Stuart Mackay.

Class 121 DMU at Butterley Carriage Shed

September 2001

Set number: 960012

Pressed Steel bubble 977860 visited the Midland Railway Centre in late 2001 for bodywork repairs and a repaint for Balfour Beatty Rail. It is seen here after arrival about to be shunted into the yard at Butterley in early September. Stuart Mackay.

Class 121 DMU at Midland Railway Butterley

16th September 2001

977960 outside the C&W shed at Midland Railway Butterley on 16/9/01. Steve Hodgson. Steve Hodgson.

Class 121 DMU at Butterley

20th December 2001

977860 having emerging from the C&W shed at Midland Railway Butterley in the fading light after its conversion for Balfour Beatty Rail, 20/12/01. Stuart Mackay.

Class 121 DMU at Arlesford

13th May 2005

Set number: 960012

The South West Train route learning vehicle 977860 (ex 55028) seen at Alresford on the Mid-Hants with 55003 on 13/5/05. Ian McDonald.

Class 121 DMU at Salisbury

5th April 2006

Set number: 960012

977860 at Salisbury on the 5th April 2006. Steve White.

Class 121 DMU at Salisbury

5th April 2006

Set number: 960012

977860 at Salisbury on the 5th April 2006. Steve White.

Class 121 DMU at Salisbury

5th April 2006

Set number: 960012

977860 at Salisbury on the 5th April 2006. Steve White.

Class 121 DMU at Salisbury

5th April 2006

Set number: 960012

977860 at Salisbury on the 5th April 2006. Steve White.

Class 121 DMU at Woking

13th April 2006

Set number: 960012

South West Trains route learning DMU 960012 / 977860 at Woking on 13 April 2006. Tony Watson.

Class 121 DMU at Salisbury

16th October 2006

Set number: 960012

977860 stabled at Salisbury on the 16th October 2006. Philip Wagstaff.

Class 121 DMU at Salisbury

20th January 2007

Set number: 960012

SWT route-learner 977860, ex-55028, at Salisbury on 20 January 2007. David Mant.

Detail of a Class 121 DMU

20th January 2007

Set number: 960012

The John Cameron nameplate on SWT route learner 977860 at Salisbury on 20 January 2007. David Mant.

Detail of a Class 121 DMU

20th January 2007

Set number: 960012

Front end detail on SWT route-learner 977860 at Salisbury on 20 January 2007. David Mant.

Class 121 DMU at Salisbury

20th January 2007

Set number: 960012

SWT route-learner 977860, ex-55028, at Salisbury on 20 January 2007. David Mant.

Class 121 DMU at Salisbury

7th February 2007

In South West Trains livery 977860, originally 55028, is seen stabled at Salisbury on 7 February 2007. Robert Thomas.

Class 121 DMU at Yeovil Pen Mill

24th April 2008

Set number: 960012

977860 at Yeovil Pen Mill on April 24, 2008. Nigel Walls.

Class 121 DMU at Yeovil Pen Mill

24th April 2008

Set number: 960012

977860 Yeovil Pen Mill on April 24, 2008. Nigel Walls.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 26th July 1980

Set number: L129

55029 and 55028 are seen at Southall on the 26th July 1980. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 1981

Set number: L287

Pressed Steel Class 121 vehicles W56287 and W55028 seen at Oxford in 1981. Kevin Farrow.

DMU

Date: 22nd June 1985

Set number: L420

The BLS "The Cotswold Lion" railtour at Long Marston, formed 51358, 59510 51400 and bubble 55028. 22/6/85. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 9th June 1990

Set number: L594

Class 119 DMU set L594 is formed of 51104 + 59435 with Class 121 55028 standing in for the regular DMBC when seen at Royal Oak on 9 June 1990. Sparegang.

DMU

Date: 13th April 1991

Set number: L131

55031 and 55028 wait to depart Paddington on the 06:36 to Greenford, sitting beside Class 117 set L421 on 13/4/91. Note the unofficial name 'Rachel'. Gazza Prescott.

DMU

Date: 13th April 1991

Set number: L131

55031 and 55028 at West Ealing with the 06:36 Paddington to Greenford, 13/4/91. Gazza Prescott.

DMU

Date: 30th January 1992

51221 unusually paired with 55028 arriving at Banbury. Phil Bidwell.

DMU

Date: 30th January 1992

51221 with 55028 arriving at Banbury. Phil Bidwell.

DMU

Date: 2nd February 1999

Set number: 121027

55027 with 55031 at Bletchley on the 11:50 to Bedford, 2/2/99. After displacement by 150 units 55027 became departmental 977860. Sparegang.

DMU

Date: 28th October 1999

Set number: L128

966012, ex 55028, sits at Aylesbury Depot on the 28th October 1999. Ian Buck.