55022 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||||
55022 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||||
55022 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||||
55022 | Noted circa 04/19821 | |||||||
55022 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||||
55022 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||||
55022 | 54283 | Noted 01/06/1985 - on Reading Depot open day shuttle from station (54283 carrying set L283) | ||||||
55022 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||||
55022 | Noted 21/06/1986 - at Old Oak Common2 | |||||||
55022 | Noted 11/04/1987 - at Stratford Depot2 | |||||||
55022 | Listed at OO - Aug-87 | |||||||
55022 | Noted circa 02/19891 | |||||||
55022 | Listed at OO - 15/05/89 | |||||||
55022 | Listed at OO - 21/01/91 | |||||||
55022 | Listed at - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | |||||||
55022 | Listed at - 12/08/92 | |||||||
55022 | Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Robert Chilton
55022 on the Henley Branch in March 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
55022 seen at Shiplake in March 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
55022 heads out of Shiplake in March 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
55022 at Shiplake in March 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
55022 departs from Henley-on-Thames in March 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
55022 departs from Henley-on-Thames in March 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
55022 sitting in Henley-on-Thames station in March 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
55022 at Henley-on-Thames in March 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
55022 on the Henley Branch in March 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
55022 seen on the Henley Branch in March 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
55022 arriving at Henley-on-Thames in March 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
Pressed Steel 2-car dmu set made up of Class 121 railcar L122 (No.W55022) and Class 149 Driving Trailer (designed to work with Class 121 & 122 railcars) No.L281 (W56281) in Rail Blue with all-yellow front ends approaching West Ealing on a service from Greenford, 05/76. Hugh Llewelyn.
Pressed Steel 2-car dmu set made up of Class 121 railcar L122 (No.W55022) & Class 149 Driving Trailer (designed to work with Class 121 & 122 railcars) No.L281 (W56281) in Rail Blue with all-yellow front ends approaching West Ealing on a service from Greenford, 05/76. Hugh Llewelyn.
Class 121 W55022 & W56286 Slough 28 April 1979. This pair was working the Windsor and Eton Central branch. Alistair Ness.
Coupled to a driving trailer 55022 is seen at Windsor & Eton Central on the 13th August 1979. Ian Buck.
Working the Marlow Donkey 55022 arrives at Bourne End on the 11th December 1979. Ian Buck.
55022 on the Marlow Donkey waits to return to Maidenhead from Marlow on the 11th December 1979. Ian Buck.
55022 at West Ealing on the 7th August 1982. Steve Davies Collection.
Pressed Steel 2-car dmu set made up of Class 121 railcar No.L122 (W55022) and Class 149 Driving Trailer (designed to work with Class 121 & 122 railcars) No.L232 (W54283) in Rail Blue & Grey with all-yellow front ends departing Paddington on a service to Henley, coupled to a Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car dmu (cab just visible), 08/84. Hugh Llewelyn.
Class 121 W55022 Southall March 1986. I was living in Heston a couple of miles away at this time and took this photo one Saturday afternoon. Alistair Ness.
Class 121 W55022 + another and Class 128 W55992 at Southall March 1986. I was living in Heston a couple of miles away at this time and took this photo one Saturday afternoon. Alistair Ness.
Southall shed on 11 May 1986 has 55022 + 54287, 55030 and L422 on road 6. Chris McKee.
Taken at Reading on 30 January 1987 was this picture of 55022 leading driving vehicle 54280 towards Reading station. The destination blind said Marlow which gave to where the unit had been working but on this occasion it went straight though Reading towards Didcot. Peter Tandy.
W55022 at Greenford, 21/2/87. Malcolm Clements.
W55022 arriving at Ealing Broadway on the 21st February 1987. Malcolm Clements.
W55022 heading out of Ealing Broadway on the 21st February 1987. Malcolm Clements.
W55022 at Greenford, 21/2/87. Malcolm Clements.
W55022 in the bay platform at Greenford, 21/2/87. Malcolm Clements.
W55022 has the signal to leave Greenford, taken on the 21st February 1987. Malcolm Clements.
W55022 heads away from Greenford, 21/2/87. Malcolm Clements.
W55022 at Ealing Broadway, 21/2/87. Malcolm Clements.
W55022 heads out of Ealing Broadway on the 21st February 1987. Malcolm Clements.
Class 121 bubble car 55022 at Slough in May 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
55022 is at the rear of a 2-car 101 3x 121 formation leaving Paddington in January 1988. Mike Cooper.
On 30 November 1989 55022 is seen heading from Greenford to Paddington taken with a 135mm lens as it rounded the curve towards West Ealing station. This unit survived at least until 2014 as DB977873 used for Sandite operations. I'll wager that the Mk3 Ford Cortina alongside the boarded staff crossing in the background didn't last as long! Peter Tandy.
L122 (55022) seen on the Acton main line in pre-electrification days. It is working the Paddington - Greeford shuttle on the 1st March 1990. 54A South Dock.
Network Southeast liveried Pressed Steel Class 121 single car 55022 (L122) arrives at Castle Bar Park with a Greenford -London Paddington service in April 1990. Chris Morrison.
Class 121 55022, set number L122, is seen approaching Paddington on 04.08.1990. Andy Cole.
Class 121 'bubble car' 55022 working the Greenford shuttle sits next to 47 849 in Paddington station on 13 April 1991. Dave Warby.
55022 coupled to set L413 (on which one engine had failed) at Ealing Broadway, on the 15:52 Paddington - Slough 7/8/92. Gazza Prescott.
A Network South-East 3 coach DMU formed of single unit 55022 (L122) standing in for a DMBS in a suburban set (a Class 117?) made a pleasant change from the by then more usual class 165 Thames Turbo set as it worked the 15.30 Reading to Banbury service on 7 March 1993. The location is one of the best known in the area; a few hundred yards north of Kings Sutton station with the distinctive spire of the church of St Peter and St Paul prominent in the background. Peter Tandy.
Pressed Steel Class 121 bubble car 55022 forms part of a suburban set when seen at Reading on March 30, 1990. John Carter.
977873 (ex-55022) at Reading depot on 26-3-94. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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