977859 | Noted 23/10/01 - at Norwich1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
Pressed Steel sandite/route learner 977859 with Met-Camm set 960995 behind on Longsight Depot, date unknown. Glyn Weigh.
977859 'Pandora', set 960011, at Milford Sidings circa 2000. John Law.
977859 and 56 134 at Boulby, 14/9/00. Image by M. Dowling. John Carter Collection.
977859 at Thornaby, 17/9/00. Image by M. Dowling. John Carter Collection.
977859 at Bletchley TMD, date unknown. It seems to have a matching wagon! Graham Baker.
Set 960011 (997859) passing Manea seen from a signal post. 02.01.01 Nicholas Youngman.
960011 (977859), seen whilst at Skegness during the morning of Friday, February 23rd, 2001. Peter LEYTR.
Video Survey Unit 977859, Reading 22/9/01. Sparegang.
977859 at Littlehampton on 17/5/02. Steve Hodgson.
977859 at Littlehampton on 17/5/02. Steve Hodgson.
977859 at Littlehampton on 17/5/02. Steve Hodgson.
Class 121 977859 PANDORA, set number 960 011, is seen stabled at Saltley on 21.06.2003. It had been converted to a Video Survey Unit. Andy Cole.
Class 121 977859 at Carlisle on 22 July 2003. Nicholas T Smith.
Class 121 977859 at Carlisle on 22 July 2003. Behind is 66 092. Nicholas T Smith.
The Balfour Beatty camera unit 977859 stabled at Aylesbury on the 31st October 2003. It was formerly 55025. S Gaskell.
The exhaust / van end of 977859 in the narrow confines of Aylesbury depot on 12/7/04. Stuart Mackay.
Details of the lettering applied to 977859 in the darkness of Aylesbury depot on 12/7/04. The plated over window on the left has a grille for the generator inside. Stuart Mackay.
977859 inside Aylesbury depot on 12/7/04. Stuart Mackay.
977859 inside Aylesbury depot on 12/7/04. 977858 can also be seen, it was in the depot for body repairs and repaint which were to begin that day. Stuart Mackay.
A close-up of the exhaust end of 977859. Inside Aylesbury depot on 12/7/04. Stuart Mackay.
The exhaust end of 977859 inside Aylesbury depot on 12/7/04. Stuart Mackay.
Balfour Beatty bubble car 977859 inside Aylesbury depot on 13 July 2004. Stuart Mackay.
Balfour Beatty bubble car 977859 inside Aylesbury depot on 13 July 2004. Stuart Mackay.
977859 is seen stabled in the sidings at the NRM, 9/8/05. Stuart Mackay.
977859 'Pandora' stabled at Derby on June 18, 2006. John Carter.
977859 Pandora stabled at Ipswich on 7 February 2007. Brian Daniels.
977859 Pandora stabled at Ipswich on 7 February 2007. Brian Daniels.
977859 'Pandora', set 960011 at Ipswich on 7 February 2007. Brian Daniels.
The single unit DMMU Pandora was booked to visit the South-West on 25 June 2007 and to return to Derby the following day. The latter move was running as 5Z21, the 09.00 from Bristol Barton Hill depot, being routed via Didcot, Reading, Didcot because of a possession at Didcot West Curve to Oxford, Hatton and Birmingham. 960011, formerly 55025, is reported as being an early candidate for withdrawal so even though the light was quite poor I decided to have an attempt at a shot. I think that such a short train always looks better in an identifiable location with some background rather than open countryside and as Hatton station is only about a 12 minute drive from my home, I went there. Here is Pandora some 39 minutes early passing the down platform. Peter Tandy.
I have always liked the single unit DMMUs and here, at Hatton North Junction, is 960011 "Pandora" coming from the north with 2Z21 Derby to Eastleigh spot on time at 12.21 on 4 September 2007. A gang of 3 permanent-way workers is conveniently hidden behind the unit; I don't normally mind track workers in my shots but with such a small train their presence in full orange high-visibility gear would have been a little distracting. Single unit DMMUs were a long-standing feature of the lines between Birmingham, Leamington Spa and Stratford and it was good to see one again, albeit in a very different livery to the blue & grey they carried for much of their working lives. Peter Tandy.
170 502 contrasts with 977859 (960011) at Tyseley on Tuesday 3rd June 2014. Colin Brooks.
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