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Set L124

These formations have been noted:

55024			Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
55024			Noted 08/09/76 - at Banbury¹
55024			Noted 22/10/1977 - at Reading Station²
55024			Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
55024			Listed at RG - 03/03/80
55024			Noted circa 04/1982³
55024			Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
55024			Listed at RG - 01/01/85
55024			Noted 03/04/1986³
55024			Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
55024			Noted 21/06/1986 - at Paddington⁴
55024			Listed at OO - Aug-87
55024			Noted circa 07/1989³
55024			Listed at OO - 21/01/91
55024			Noted 01/04/91 - at Royal Oak¹
55024			Noted circa 11/1991³
55024	59498	55029	Noted 17/04/92 - on 11:03 Maidenhead - Paddington
55024			Listed at OO - 12/08/92
55024			Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Shayne Lewis
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton

1977

55024 at West Ealing in 1977. Steve Davies Collection.

30th December 1978

Departing Slough for Windsor 55024 on 30th December 1978. Ian Buck.

8th January 1979

Class 121 W55024 on Southall depot on 8 January 1979. Brian Daniels.

19th October 1979

A nocturnal scene at London Paddington on the evening of October 19th 1979. Class 121 single unit W55024 with its unpowered Driving Trailer Second (DTS) W56281 was stood with a service to Hayes & Harlington. Behind was Class 121 single unit W55027 that had been used on the Ealing Broadway to Greenford shuttle service. Martyn Hilbert.

26th June 1980

Plain blue 55024 pushes it's blue/ grey DTS out of Kings Sutton on 26/6/80. Ian McDonald.

3rd August 1985

55024 arrives at Catlebar Park on the 3rd August 1985. Ian Buck.

10th April 1986

55024 at Reading on a Reading - Paddington service, 10th April 1986. Paul Moxon.

Class 121 DMU at Stoke Edith level crossing

19th April 1986

Pressed Steel Class 121 55024 acts a Tail End Charlie for a 3 car set made up of a 2-car suburban set and itself, with a service for Hereford at Stoke Edith level crossing. 19th April 1986. John Crooks.

circa April 1987

Class 121 bubble car W55024 working as part of a Class 117 set at Southall circa April 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

22nd October 1987

NSE Class 121 L124 (55024) at Woodgrange Park working between Gospel Oak and Barking on 22 October 1987. The services through here are rather better these days! Kevin Lane.

30th October 1987

55024 is standing in for a Class 117 power car, working with 59511 and 51401 when seen departing from Slough on the 30th October 1987. Malcolm Clements.

January 1988

55024 is on the rear of a 3-car 101 / 121 / 121 formation leaving Paddington in January 1988. Mike Cooper.

circa October 1989

L124 (55024) leads Met-Camm set L202 (presumably 51225 + 54372) into Southall in late 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

January 1990

55024 / L124 departs from Ealing Broadway with an Eastbound service in January 1990. John McIntyre.

6th September 1991

55024 at Greenford with the 14:05 London Paddington-Greenford on 6 September 1991. John Carter.

6th September 1991

55024 at Greenford with the 14:05 London Paddington-Greenford on 6 September 1991. John Carter.

17th April 1992

55024 heads a bubble car /117 centre car (59498) / bubble car (55029) formation, arriving at Paddington with the 11:03 from Maidenhead, 17th April 1992. Gazza Prescott.

19th March 1994

977858 (ex-55024) seen at Old Oak Common open day on the 19th March 1994. S Gaskell.

19th March 1994

The Aylesbury depot duck logo under the number of the former 55024, seen at Old Oak Common open day on the 19th March 1994. S Gaskell.

19th March 1994

977858 at Old Oak Common open day, 19th March 1994. Robert Frise.

circa September 1995

977858 in Aylesbury depot circa September 1995. Stuart Mackay Collection.

December 1995

Route Learner / sandite vehicle 977858 at High Wycombe, circa December 1995. Note the cab partition has been removed behind the two leftmost windows to aid route learning. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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