railcar.co.uk
upload
close

Sign In

Not registered?
Forgot Your Password?

Set L120

These formations have been noted:

55020 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
55020 Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area1
55020 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
55020 Noted 30/07/1978 - RPPR The Merry-Go-Round Railtour L402+55020+L404
55020 Noted 28/08/1979 - At Hayes and Harlington1
55020 Noted 16/02/1980 - At Reading P8 at 05051
55020 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
55020 Noted circa 04/19822
55020 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
55020 Noted 05/11/1983 - Hertfordshire Railtours The Glamorgan Freighter B439+L406+55020
55020 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
55020 Noted 15/09/1985 - Paddington to Old Oak Common open day shuttle B430+55020
55020 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
55020 Noted 21/06/1986 - at Taplow3
55020 Noted 21/06/1986 - at Reading3
55020 Noted 11/04/1987 - at Old Oak Common3
55020 Listed at OO - Aug-87
55020 Listed at OO - 15/05/89
55020 Noted circa 11/19892
55020 Noted circa 12/19902
55020 Listed at OO - 21/01/91

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

Class 121 DMU at Oxford

21st September 1974

Pressed Steel Class 121 DMU W55020 in Oxford station on 21 September 1974. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 121 DMU at Marlow

April 1976

Class 121 W55020 with a trailer car in Marlow station in April 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 121 DMU at Ealing Broadway

23rd July 1976

W55020 arrives into Ealing Broadway on 23 July 1976 carrying Greenford on the destination blind. Nigel Menzies.

Class 121 DMU at Ealing Broadway

23rd July 1976

50 032 and W55020 at Ealing Broadway, 23 July 1976. Nigel Menzies.

Class 121 DMU at Maidenhead

4th June 1977

A Class 121 DMU formed of W55020 + W56287 in Maidenhead station with a service for Marlow on 4 June 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 121 DMU at South Greenford

30th July 1977

55020 calls at South Greenford on 30th July 1977. I was born next to this "station" in the adjacent maternity hospital in 1958 - I have been told W55008 was working the Greenford Loop "push & pull" on this day. Ian Buck.

Class 121 DMU at West Ealing

30th July 1977

On 30th July 1977 55020 leaves the GW main line at West Ealing. Ian Buck.

Class 121 DMU at Castlebar Park

16th October 1978

On 16th October 1978 55020 calls at Castlebar Park Halt on the Greenford loop. Ian Buck.

Class 121 DMU at Marlow

17th February 1979

The "Marlow Donkey" service to Maidenhead has recently arrived at the Buckinghamshire terminus, amid signs of recent snow. This was 17 February 1979. The railcar was built by Pressed Steel in 1960 for the London Area of the Western Region. After a ten-year period in departmental service this vehicle was put back into passenger service by Chiltern Railways in 2002. It was used on Aylesbury to Princes Risborough services until 2017. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 121 DMU at Marlow

17th February 1979

The Maidenhead-Marlow shuttle was formed of Pressed Steel "bubble car" W55020 at Marlow on 17 February 1979. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 121 DMU at Bourne End

17th February 1979

Class 121 diesel railcar W55020 is seen at Bourne End on 17 February 1979 working the Maidenhead to Marlow service. Before May 1970, the line used to continue beyond the station to High Wycombe, but now the station is used for reversal of trains bound for Marlow with only a short length of platform available to clear the junction pointwork, so there is little chance of electrifying the line with existing rolling stock. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 121 DMU at Drayton Green

16th October 1979

Calling at Drayton Green on 16th October 1979 55020 is heading towards Ealing Broadway. Ian Buck.

Class 121 DMU at Iver

2nd January 1980

W55020 at Iver heading for Slough on 2/1/80. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 121 DMU at West Drayton

2nd January 1980

55020 passes by at West Drayton on the 2nd January 1980. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 121 DMU at Brentford Branch

May 1980

On the GWR Brentford branch in May 1980 55020 is seen at "Three Bridges" where road crosses canal crosses rail. Ian Buck.

Class 121 DMU at Brentford Branch

May 1980

Further down the Brentford Branch in May 1980 55020 passes Trumpers Crossing, site of a former halt. Ian Buck.

Class 121 DMU at Southall

May 1980

I have forgotten the day but in May 1980 55020 was working a shuttle service on the GWR Brentford branch. Ian Buck.

Class 121 DMU at Ranelagh Bridge

Unknown date

Class 121 W55020 at Ranelagh Bridge with Greenford on the destination blind. Date unknown, sometime between 1980 and 1985. A Class 117 can be seen in the distance. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 121 DMU at London Paddington

1983

W55020 with an Ealing Broadway service at Paddington in 1983. John Law.

Class 121 DMU at Windsor & Eton Central

19th February 1983

Class 121 single car W55020 (L120) hauling class 121 DTS W56289 (L289) draw to a halt at the single remaining in use platform at Windsor & Eton Central on the shuttle service from Slough, Saturday 19th February 1983 Iain Reid.

Class 121 DMU at Onllwyn

5th November 1983

The seven car Glamorgan Freighter railtour seen at Onllwyn, 5/11/83. Chris Lings.

Class 121 DMU at Swansea East Depot

5th November 1983

55020 at the end of a long formation on the Glamorgan Freighter railtour, 5/11/83. Seen at Swansea East Depot. Chris Lings.

Class 121 DMU at Abernant Colliery

5th November 1983

The headboard for the Glamorgan Freighter railtour gets added to 55020 at Abernant Colliery, 5th November 1983. Chris Lings.

Class 121 DMU at Onllwyn

5th November 1983

55020 at the front of the Glamorgan Freighter railtour seen at Onllwyn, 5/11/83. Chris Lings.

Class 121 DMU at Marlow

December 1983

55020 and trailer in the sparse terminus at Marlow, December 1983. The guard is asking "Are you getting on ?". Tony Watson.

Class 121 DMU at Maidenhead

December 1983

The Marlow branch train at Maidenhead in December 1983 formed of 55020 and a trailer. Tony Watson.

Class 121 DMU at Doncaster Works

3rd October 1987

Having just lost its GWR livery, 55020 is seen in Doncaster Works during the open day on Saturday 3rd October 1987. AndrewHA.

Class 121 DMU at Doncaster Works

3rd October 1987

55020 at Doncaster Works Open Day on 3/10/87, freshly repainted from GWR chocolate and cream into NSE colours. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 121 DMU at Reading

November 1987

A pair of single unit Bubble Cars on the Bedwyn shuttles seen at Reading in November 1987. Network South East liveried 55020 is at the western end and blue / grey 55023 at the eastern end. Murray Liston.

Class 121 DMU at Ruscombe

circa November 1988

Class 121 55020 working with a Class 117 DMU and Paddington on the destination blind seen at Ruscombe, near Twyford. The slide process date is November 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 121 DMU at London Paddington

circa 1989

Pressed Steel bubble car 55020 in Paddington circa 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 121 DMU at West Ealing

29th November 1989

I believe that the Greenford branch was the last in the London area to use single car DMUs on a diagrammed basis. This picture shows 55020 (L120) taking the switch from the down relief line line to the branch at West Ealing on 29 November 1989. The diminutive vehicle looks a bit dwarfed by the large 1960s office block complete with huge communications dish. Peter Tandy.

Class 121 DMU at London Paddington

19th February 1990

Class 121 bubble car 55020 departs from Paddington with a Greeford service on 19 February 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.


Do you have any images of the set you can add?

                                                                                                                                                                             


➤