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Set L129

These formations have been noted:

55029		Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
55029	56286	Noted 08/09/76 - at Slough, 56286 has set number L286¹
55029		Noted 01/06/1977 - Oxford Station²
55029		Noted 20/10/1977 - Oxford Station²
55029		Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
55029		Noted 28/08/1979 - At Maidenhead P5 1611 working with L285 to Marlow²
55029		Listed at RG - 03/03/80
55029		Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
55029		Listed at RG - 01/01/85
55029		Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
55029	54280	Noted 21/04/87 - at Royal Oak, 54280 carried set number L280¹
55029		Noted circa 08/1987³
55029		Listed at OO - Aug-87
55029		Noted circa 12/1987³
55029		Listed at OO - 15/05/89
55029		Listed at OO - 21/01/91
55029		Listed at OO - 12/08/92
55029		Listed at BY - November 1993 - Sector NNDX

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Shayne Lewis
3: Eddie Knorn

7th July 1976

55029 approaches Bourne End from Marlow, 7th July 1976. 54A South Dock.

1977

55029 working with a Class 117 set seen at Twyford in 1977. Steve Davies Collection.

1st March 1979

Keep it in the family - a Pressed Steel Class 121 "bubble car" (which seems to be 55029) stands in for a Pressed Steel Class 117 DMS in this formation seen at Iver on 1 March 1979. George Woods.

circa 1979/1980

Class 121 W55029 standing on for a Class 117 DMBS AT Reading - date unknown, circa 1979/80. Paul Redmond.

27th May 1980

Class 121s W55029 + W56283 (the latter in white / blue stripe livery) in Oxford station on Tuesday 27 May 1980. Banbury (General) is on the destination blind. David Russon.

26th July 1980

55029 and 55028 are seen at Southall on the 26th July 1980. Ian Buck.

1981

Class 121 W55029 and a trailer arrive at Slough in the first half of 1981. Rob Paterson.

3rd January 1981

Class 121 Pressed Steel DMU 55029 (set L129) and DTS trailer, Acton Main Line with Down local 3-1-81. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Unknown date

55029 seen at Ivor. Undated. Robert Frise Collection.

21st June 1983

Class 121 DMU 55029 L129 at Ealing Broadway station on June 21, 1983. Jonathan Hazan.

16th September 1983

Pressed Steel vehicles at Paddington on the 16th September 1983. 55029 is attached to 51356. Hamish Stevenson.

8th April 1986

55029 at Paddington on the 8th April 1986, about to leave on an ECS to Southall. Paul Moxon.

18th November 1987

Class 121 55029 sandwiched between 50 015 'Valiant' and 31466 at Old Oak Common on the evening of 18/11/1987. Robert Chilton.

27th November 1987

55029 is one of the vehicles seen in this formation at Didcot, 27th November 1987. Hamish Stevenson.

20th October 1988

Class 121 55025 (set L125) on a Greenford - Paddington arrives at Ealing Broadway (10XX) on Saturday 22nd October 1988. Colin Brooks.

22nd October 1988

Bubbles on the Acton Main Line, closest is 55029 with a Paddington - Greenford service, October 22nd 1988. Colin Brooks.

circa 1991

Class 104 53540 with Class 121 54289 hybrid DMU set L263 approaches Pressed Steel Class 121 'Bubble Car' 55029 near West Ealing station circa 1991. From the late 1980s, a number of imported DMU sets were to be seen working NSE locals out of Paddington. The strangest arrivals were ex-Manchester Class 104s, one of which is seen here making up a hybrid set of BRC&W Class 104 DMBS 53540 and Pressed Steel Class 121 DTS 54289. The unit is about to pass one of the traditional Greenford branch Class 121 'Bubble Cars' 55029. West Ealing station is in the background. Chris McKee.

9th November 1991

55029 as a 117 power car stand-in, working with 59514 + 51362 (L424). Seen after arriving at Reading on the 19:15 from Paddington, 9/11/91. Gazza Prescott.

circa 1992

55029 in Bedford station on the Bletchley shuttle circa 1992. John Grey Turner.

April 1992

At Clapham Junction together with another class 121 sister 55029 is working the "Kenny Belle" to Kensington Olympia in April 1992. Ian Buck.

25th June 1992

Class 121 55029 leads a Class 117 through Langley station on 25 June 1992. Andrew Malloy.

circa late 1992

55029 is a Class 117 power car stand in, working with 59495 + 51409, on the 12:48 Slough - Paddington at Hayes & Harlington. Undated, circa late 1992. Gazza Prescott.

21st May 1994

An immaculate looking Class 121 single-unit 55029, was coupled to a two-car Class 117 (51401 + 51359) awaiting departure from Bletchley with the 14.50 service to Bedford on May 21st 1994. Martyn Hilbert.

Unknown date

L129 (55029, right) and L131 (55031, left) at Ridgmont, date unknown. John Grey Turner.

Unknown date

L129 (55029) and L131 (55031) at Bletchley, date unknown. John Grey Turner.

21st January 1995

55029 Clapham Junction 21/1/95. Sparegang.

13th February 1995

55029 on the Bletchley service at Bedford on the 13th February 1995. Ian Buck.

October 1995

In October 1995 55029 is seen at Willesden Junction working the West London service to Clapham Junction. A far cry from the level of service seen today! Ian Buck.

circa October 1996

Pressed Steel bubble cars 55029 and 55031 at Bedford circa October 1996. Stuart Mackay Collection.

31st January 1997

Working the Sudbury branch on the 31st December 1997 55029 waits at Marks Tey. Ian Buck.

31st December 1997

For a short time to cover a shortage of "modern" dmus a class 121 was used on the Marks Tey to Sudbury line. 55029 is seen at Sudbury on 31st December 1997. Ian Buck.