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Set 083

These formations have been noted:

55033 Noted circa 06/19871
55033 Noted 04/07/87 - at Norwich strengthening B471 + TS616 on a Birmingham NS - Norwich service2
55033 Noted 17/07/19871

Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Gerald Brown

Class 121 DMU at Tyseley

15th November 1986

Class 121 55033, set number TS083, is seen at Tyseley on 15.11.1986 soon after its repaint into Midline livery. Andy Cole.

Class 121 DMU at Leamington Spa

24th January 1987

Class 121, single car DMU, 55033, in "Midline" livery, at Leamington Spa station. January 1987. Not 100% sure, but I believe the date to be 24th January 1987. Paul James.

Class 121 DMU at Stourbridge Town

May 1987

55033 approaching Stourbridge Town from Stourbridge Junction in May 1987. It can be clearly seen that this was a double track at one time although latterly run as 2 separate routes for the goods yard and passenger station. Stephen Burdett.

Class 121 DMU at Stourbridge Town

May 1987

In the 1980s it was decided to brand the local rail network Midline. It was short lived but class 121 bubble car 55033 was given an unique livery and is seen here leaving Stourbridge Town for Stourbridge Junction in May 1987. It in fact was working the branch on the last day of these units on it in 1992. Stephen Burdett.

Class 121 DMU at Birmingham Moor Street

13th May 1987

Pressed Steel Suburban Single Car Class 121 DMU 55033 in Midline livery heads a Dorridge train while Gloucester Class 122 Single Car 55005 arrives with a Leamington train on the adjacent platform at Birmingham Moor Street on 13 May 1987. At the time single cars were being added to 3-car sets to raise the power to weight ratio. Moor St terminus closed in September 1987 when the adjacent through platforms to Birmingham Snow Hill were opened. It lay derelict until 2003 when Chiltern Railways reopened two of the original three platforms and renovated the original booking hall to supplement capacity when the Bull Ring development opened. The building under construction is the Pavillions Shopping Centre which was recently rebuilt as the largest Primark store in Europe. Chris Morrison.

Class 121 DMU at Tyseley

7th June 1987

Class 121 55033 is seen stabled outside the Factory at Tyseley on 07.06.1987. Andy Cole.

Class 121 DMU at Birmingham New Street

24th July 1987

Midline-liveried Pressed Steel-built Class 121 number 55033, seen in the bowels of Birmingham New Street, about to take weary commuters home to Blake Street. Taken on July 24, 1987. Mike Dean.

Class 121 DMU at Tyseley

4th October 1987

55033 inside Tyseley during an open day on 4/10/87. Malcolm Clements.

Class 121 DMU at Tyseley

4th October 1987

55033 inside Tyseley depot during the open day on October 4th, 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.


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