| 55025 | Formation change - RG - 11/05/86 - Formed from P125 | |||||||
| 55025 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||||
| 55025 | Listed at OO - Aug-87 | |||||||
| 55025 | Noted circa 11/19871 | |||||||
| 55025 | Noted 11/06/19881 | |||||||
| 55025 | Noted 05/10/1988 - Bicester Town with 07.59 to Oxford, when Bicester Town was just local branch2 | |||||||
| 55025 | Listed at OO - 15/05/89 | |||||||
| 55025 | Noted 18/09/1990 - at Paddington3 | |||||||
| 55025 | Noted circa 12/19901 | |||||||
| 55025 | Listed at OO - 21/01/91 | |||||||
| 55025 | Noted 10/05/1991 - Oxford with Class 101 2-car set2 | |||||||
| 55025 | 59487 | 51377 | Noted 03/10/91 - on 11:10 Reading - Paddington (set L402 with temporary DMBS) | |||||
| 55025 | Listed at OO - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | |||||||
| 55025 | Noted 25/07/1992 - Oxford with another Class 121 as 2-car set2 | |||||||
| 55025 | Listed at OO - 12/08/92 | |||||||
| 55025 | Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX | |||||||
| 977859 | Noted circa 09/19931 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Alan N Walker
3: Martin Lumley
Class 121 vehicle 55025 (set P125) is seen at Landlooe Bridge, between Causeland and St Keyne) while on Looe - Liskeard duties in November 1976. Roger Geach.
55025 on a main line stopping service at Reading on the 28th February 1987. Ian Buck.
A nice clean class 121 (L125 / 55025) at Ealing Broadway on 30th June 1987 with a Greenford service. There used to be a short siding between the down slow and up fast lines where the train would turn round. Jonathan Hazan.
55025 at Ealing Broadway, on the Greenford shuttle service, June 30, 1987. A Class 128 DMPV can be seen approaching in the distance. Jonathan Hazan.
Class 121 55025 in Paddington station with a Greenford service on 24 September 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 121 55025 (set L125) on a Greenford - Paddington arrives at Ealing Broadway (10XX) on Saturday 22nd October 1988. Colin Brooks.
55025 has arrived at the recently reopened Bicester Town from Oxford on the 5th November 1988. Ian Buck.
55025 seen at Oxford on the 5th November 1988. Ian Buck.
Class 121 Pressed Steel single car DMU 55025 in Paddington with the Greenford shuttle on 23-11-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
55025 sits in Paddington station on the 16th March 1989. Hamish Stevenson.
Second version NSE liveried L125 moving away from West Ealing station with a Paddington to Greenford service. 10 August 1990. Alistair Fyffe.
Two Class 121 Pressed Steel bubble cars, 55025 + 55031, in Southall station, circa 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A six-car DMU formation departs from Maidenhead on 8 February 1991 formed of (furthest to closest) Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51332 + 59484 + 51374), a two-car Class 101, and Class 121 55025. Andrew Malloy.
Part side view of L125 standing at the buffer stops in Paddington station in company with Red Stripe Intercity liveried 43171. Lack of sharpness of this image is due to it being taken hand held in late evening. 13 July 1991. Alistair Fyffe.
The GWR station at Westbourne Park dated from 1871, the remaining main line platforms closing on 13 March 1992. Greenford-bound NSE 'Bubble Car' L125 calls on 31 July 1991. Kevin Lane.
55025 with 59487 + 51377 at Slough, 3/10/91, working the 11:10 Reading - Paddington. Sparegang.
Class 121 55025 sits nest to 47523 (arrived with 1V96, 12.18 ex-Manchester Piccadilly) in Paddington station on 16 November 1991. Dave Warby.
977859 (ex-55025) seen at Salisbury in 1994. John Law.
Former passenger car 55025 (withdrawn August 1993), now departmental 977859, is seen stabled at Salisbury on 28 May 1994. Behind is presumably 977866, the pair carried Bill (977866) and Ben (977859) names in the centre cab windows. Tony Walmsley.
Pressed Steel single car 977859, ex-55025, at Salisbury Tuesday 21 June 1994. David Russon.
Pressed Steel single cars 977859 and 977866 at Salisbury on Tuesday 21 June 1994. David Russon.
Class 121 Pressed Steel single car DMUs 977859 (55025) and 977866 (55030), recently made departmentals, still in NSE livery - Salisbury 6-8-94 or thereabouts. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
Class 121 Pressed Steel single car DMUs 977859 (55025) and 977866 (55030), recently made departmentals, still in NSE livery - Salisbury 6-8-94 or thereabouts. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
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