Set B132
These formations have been noted:
| 55032 | Noted 03/09/74 - in Bristol Temple Meads1 | |||||||
| 55032 | Listed at BR - 01/05/1976 | |||||||
| 55032 | Listed at BR - 31st December 1977 | |||||||
| 55032 | Listed at BR - 03/03/80 | |||||||
| 55032 | Noted 03/04/1982 - BLS Bristol & Gloucestershire Railtour C812 and 55032 | |||||||
| 55032 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
16th August 1972
Severn Beach station on August 16 1972, and a diesel railcar (W55032, set no B132) awaits departure with the 16.08 to Bristol Temple Meads. It looks as if the GWR-style nameboard has just been removed, but some GWR platform benches survive. Tom Burnham.
16th August 1972
Railcar W55032 (set B132) awaits departure from Bristol Temple Meads on 16 August 1972 with the 15.18 to Severn Beach. Tom Burnham.
November 1974
W55032 in the Bridport platform at Maiden Newton in November 1974. Stuart Mackay Collection.
21st January 1975
Pressed Steel Class 121 vehicle W55032 in the Bridport platform at Maiden Newton on 21 January 1975. Doug Nicholls.
21st January 1975
Pressed Steel Class 121 vehicle W55032 in Bridport station on 21 January 1975. Doug Nicholls.
21st January 1975
Pressed Steel Class 121 vehicle W55032 in Bridport station ready for the journey back to Maiden Newton on 21 January 1975. Doug Nicholls.
21st January 1975
Pressed Steel Class 121 vehicle W55032 in Bridport station on 21 January 1975. Doug Nicholls.
3rd April 1975
3rd of April 1975 at Taunton and with a Western in the background Pressed Steel single car DMU W55032 is showing special in the destination box. The KDH Archive.
16th June 1976
Pressed Steel 'Bubble car' railcar No W55032 (Set B132) at Severn Beach on Wednesday 16 June 1976. I used to call these 1-DOOMs as I thought any branch that was worked by these was 'doomed'. Fortunately that proved not to be the case for this particular branch. Mr Deltic.
4th July 1976
W55032 in Bath Spa station on the 4th July, 1976. Arnie Furniss.
Unknown date
Class 121 W55032 at Bristol Temple Meads, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Unknown date
Taken in the late 1970s 55032 leaves Bristol Temple Meads for Severn Beach. Ian Buck.
Unknown date
On a day in the late 1970s 55032 arrives at Avonmouth. Ian Buck.
2nd September 1979
"Bubble Car" W55032 leaves Westbury on 2nd September 1979 with a service for Bristol. Semaphores are still in use at the east end of the station and the depot, seen in the background, is healthily stocked with classes 08, 37, 47 and 50. Syd Young.
August 1980
Pressed Steel Class 121 railcar Set No.B132, Car No.W55032 (even though set is one car!) in Rail Blue with all-yellow front ends at Severn Beach awaiting to depart to Bristol Temple Meads, 08/80. Hugh Llewelyn.
August 1980
Pressed Steel Class 121 railcar Set No.B132, Car No.W55032 at Bristol Temple Meads while on Severn Beach duties, 08/80. Hugh Llewelyn.
August 1980
Pressed Steel Class 121 set No.B132, Car No.W55032 in Rail Blue with all-yellow front ends at Severn Beach awaiting to depart for Bristol (Temple Meads), 08/80. Hugh Llewelyn.
August 1980
Pressed Steel Class 121 set No.B132, Car No.W55032 in Rail Blue with all-yellow front ends at Severn Beach awaiting to depart for Bristol (Temple Meads), 08/80. Hugh Llewelyn.
August 1980
Pressed Steel Class 121 railcar Set No.B132, Car No.W55032 (even though set is one car!) in Rail Blue with all-yellow front ends at Severn Beach awaiting to depart for Bristol (Temple Meads), 08/80. Hugh Llewelyn.
12th February 1981
55032 in platform 8 of Bristol Temple Meads on 12 February 1981. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
28th March 1981
W55032 waits at Severn Beach to return to Bristol Temple Meads on 28th March 1981. Murray Liston.
3rd December 1981
A snowy scene at Stapleton Road with 55032 on the 3rd December 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
1982
Class 121 W55032 in Bristol Temple Meads, presumably on a Severn Beach working sometime in 1982. Mark Etstall.
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