Class 121 DMU images identified by Set No.
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T132
circa August 1989
55032
A view from the cab of class 121 55032 as it sits in the bay platform at Stourbridge Junction in the summer of 1989 awaiting its next short trip down the hill to Stourbridge Town. Bob Belcher.
T133
May 1988
55033
I was mildly surprised to see the "Midline Bubble" on the main line from Derby to Birmingham in May 1988 when it was photographed approaching Water Orton. Mechanical DMUs were not common on this line at the time with Sprinters having taken over most services. The destination board said that the unit was "Not in Service" but wasn't able to find out where it had been but assumed that it was going to Tyseley LMD. The relatively new M42 and part of the long-gone Hams Hall Power station can be seen in the background of this picture. Peter Tandy.
17th January 1989
55033
Class 121 55033 (set T133) leads a suburban set out of Worcester Shrub Hill shed on 17 January 1989. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
17th January 1989
55033
A three-car suburban set (with two DMBSs) and Class 121 55033 (T133) heads away from Worcester Shrub Hill on 17 January 1989. Taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
4th February 1989
55033
Class 121 55033, set number T133, is seen at Tyseley in Midline livery up on jacks while its bogies are repaired. Andy Cole.
10th April 1989
55033
Midline liveried Class 121 55033 in Tyseley depot on 10 April 1989. The vehicle has sustained some damage to the cab corner and had a replacement cab door fitted. David Mant.
30th April 1989
55033
Class 121 55033, set number T133, is seen stabled at Saltley on 30.04.1989. DMU's were rarely seen on Saltley. Andy Cole.
2nd May 1989
55033
The towpath of the Stratford-upon-Avon was a good spot to photograph a short train on a sunny evening such as that of 2 May 1989 when the Midline bubble 55033 (T133) was coupled to a class 114 to work the 18.13 to Leamington Spa. This view has now gone in common with many others throughout the country thanks to completely uncontrolled growth of lineside vegeation. The semaphore signals (one complete with a pigeon on the arm!) and the Victorian hospital were still extant at the time but were not to last much longer. Peter Tandy.
31st May 1989
55033
This is one of my favourite shots of 55033 after it was repainted into Midline livery. It was taken on 31 May 1989 while working the two-hourly shuttles between Leamington Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon and is seen with driver Wilson in charge passing Stratford East signal box where the line crosses the Stratford Canal. Peter Tandy.
15th July 1989
55033
One of Tyseley depot's odder combinations photographed at Northfield in Birmingham on 15 July 1989. Four-car sets were often used on the Cross City services between Four Oaks and Redditch and it seems that the depot was really struggling to find enough sets to go around as this formation was made up of class 121 single unit 55033 (in Midline livery), a 2 car class 108 and and class 121 single car 55032. In retrospect I should have stayed on for the return but moved to the other side of Birmingham to photograph some freight on the Leamington Spa line. Peter Tandy.
T134
24th January 1988
55034
Class 121 55034, set number T134 is seen stabled at Tyseley on 24.01.1988. Andy Cole.
30th May 1989
55034
Looking a bit lost in Worcestershire countryside, class 121 single unit 55034 is seen here between Stoke Works Junction and Bromsgrove on 30 May 1989 while working a Worcester Shrub Hill to Birmingham New Street service. These were the only trains serving Bromsgrove at the time, a far cry from 2023 when there is a 4 train per hour pattern with electric units catering for the increase in passenger numbers fueled by extensive housing development. Peter Tandy.
3rd June 1989
55034
On 3 June 1989 55034 is photographed on the Birmingham to Worcester service from a road bridge south of Bromsgrove station near Stoke Prior. This is a decent location with good views available in both directions and with a shot still available of a train in the down goods loop in 2021 thanks to some much needed clearance of some vegetatiom from the lineside. Peter Tandy.
July 1989
55034
55034 calls into Bromsgrove in July 1989. Michael Mensing.
July 1989
55034
Class 121 "bubble car" 55034 is seen in Bromsgrove station in July 1989. Michael Mensing.
27th July 1989
55034
This was the scene just to the south of Bromsgrove station on 27 July 1989 taken from the bridge known to most local photographers as "Garringtons". At the time the station had a single platorm on the up side meaning that the few trains that called there had to cross over to collect passengers. A single unit, on this occasion 55034, was the usual accomodation for the modest number of passengers on the Birmingham to Worcester services that called here: a situation that had been the case for a number of years. Prominent in the picture are the Lickey Bankers, 37071 + 37032, waiting either for a freight that needed a shove up the 1/37 of the incline or an ailing locomotive or unit needing assistance. The view here in 2021 has changed almost beyond belief with electrification of the line, a new 4 platform station, the removal of the oil terminal and the inevitable construction of multiple housing estates. Peter Tandy.
29th August 1989
55034
Class 121 55034, set number T134, is seen departing Nuneaton for Stafford on 29.08.1989. Today these services are provided by a 4 car Class 350 working from Crewe to Euston. Andy Cole.
29th August 1989
55034
Class 121 55034, set number T134, is seen approaching Nuneaton with a service from Stafford on 29.08.1989. Andy Cole.
TS032
21st June 1986
55032
55032 previously allocated to Canton and now transferred to Tyseley finds itself on Stourbridge Town shuttle services as it approaches Stourbridge Junction, 21/6/1986. Note the Welsh Dragon in the cab. Stephen Burdett.
TS034
4th October 1987
55034
M55034 seen at Tyseley during an open day on the 4th October 1987. Malcolm Clements.