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22nd October 1988
Vehicle: 55029 Set: 129
Bubbles on the Acton Main Line, closest is 55029 with a Paddington - Greenford service, October 22nd 1988. Colin Brooks.
8th August 2008
Vehicle: 977873 Set: 960014
Class 121 DMU W977873 at Acton Main line route learning on 8-8-08. Ian Cuthbertson.
1st July 1987
Vehicle: 55992
Together forever .... Rumoured to be withdrawn from traffic fairly soon, one of OC's allocation of two Class 128 DPUs (diesel parcels units) W55992 rumbles along the up relief line at Poplar Jn, Acton, heading for Paddington ...... Inseparable since being introduced in 1960 both W55991+W55992 have been allocated to the London Division of the Western Region for over 27 years. Firstly at Southall, then Reading and now, for the last month, Old Oak Common. Both were transferred away to Cambridge 18 months later, with 55991 being withdrawn from there on 5/11/90, whilst 55992 was transferred, on paper at least, to Chester on 30/11/90 and immediately withdrawn ..... Both were later scrapped at M.C. Metals Ltd, Springburn, Glasgow ...... 1st July 1987. Nigel Mack.
1987
A two-car Class 104 DMU in Acton Main Line station circa Spring 1987. Brian Ward.
11th April 1981
Vehicle: 51346 Set: L411
Class 117 DMU set L411 (51346 + 59498 + 51388) pass Acton Main Line station on the 13:29 Paddington-Reading service on 11 April 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.
29th May 1987
Vehicle: 54280 Set: L280
By the time this picture was taken on 29 May 1987 only 8 of the original 10 Class 121 Driving Trailers remained in service. Here W54280 (L280) leads Pressed Steel Class 117 unit L417, formed of 51354 + 59506 + 51396 away from Acton Main Line whilst in charge of the 0916 Slough - Paddington service. Acton Yard is located just the other side of the bridge and the tracks to the right of the train are the up and down Poplars which connect the WR with the LMR at Acton Wells Jn. Delivered new to Southall (81C) in September 1960, W56280 was to spend its entire, almost 31 year life allocated to the Western Region. With spells at Southall, Reading and latterly Old Oak Common it was officially withdrawn on 26th March 1991 and scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam. Nigel Mack.
20th May 1987
Vehicle: 55030 Set: L130
The 0916 Slough - Paddington stopping service accelerates away from the station stop at Acton Main Line formed of a Pressed Steel Class 121 single car W55030 leading a Class 117 3 Car set W51337 + W59489 + W51379 (L404) on 20 May 1987. Nigel Mack.
1st July 1987
Vehicle: 53540
As far as i know DMBS 53540 was one of only two Class 104 vehicles in the London area to carry Blue and Grey livery, 53477 being the other. Here, relatively fresh from works, it leads Class 117 vehicles W59497 + W51387 past Poplar Jn, just to the east of Acton Main Line, as the 0841 Reading - Paddington service whilst standing in for a non available W51345 in set L410 on 1st July 1987. Notice the lack of roof vents on this vehicle, a sure sign that it was asbestos stripped, possibly on its last overhaul at Derby Litchurch Lane during May 1987, the same time it was painted into Blue and Grey. The filthy enamel sign next to the cab, and no doubt the other affixed to the retaining wall slightly further down, reminded drivers to keep engine noise to a minimum as a hospital was located in the grounds above the brick wall. However it was closed in the early 1980s. Nigel Mack.
circa 1987
Vehicle: 51355 Set: 418
Class 117 DMU set 418 (presumably 51355 + 59507 + 51397) in Acton Main Line station, circa 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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