Class 129 DMUs in Departmental Use
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975385
1979
975385 seen 'behind the bike shed' at the Derby RTC in 1979. Malcolm Clements.
1979
975385 (ex-55997) at the Derby RTC in 1979. Malcolm Clements.
February 1979
Three Class 129 Motor Parcel Vans were built by Cravens of Sheffield in 1958. All were withdrawn from service in 1973 but one, M55997 survived as a research vehicle at the Railway Technical Centre at Derby renumbered RDB975385 - Laboratory 9. The car became a test bed for Hydrostatic Drive in 1980, but was withdrawn for a second time in 1984 and scrapped at Vic Berrys Yard, Leicester. The car was at Doncaster Works in February 1979. Martyn Hilbert.
circa September 1980
A publicity image of Cravens single-car RDB975385, circa September 1980. It has had one B4 bogie fitted with a hydrostatic drive, later on it would gain a second. British Rail.
circa September 1980
A publicity image of Cravens single-car RDB975385, probably circa September 1980, showing the bogie fitted with the experimental drive. It was not the only DMU to have B4 bogies, the Class 123s were fitted with them and as was one Class 120 buffet car. British Rail.
7th September 1980
A publicity image of Cravens single-car RDB975385 on the Old Dalby test track on 7the September 1980 after the former parcel vehicle began to be used for hydraulic transmission tests. The hydrostatic drive gained it the name 'Hydra'. British Rail.
July 1986
Class 129 975385 (ex-55997) "Hydra" at Vic Berrys, Leicester, with a 3-car blue/grey Class 104 (right to left 53510 + 59210 + 53565), in early July 1986. Ian Francis.
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