55030 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||||
55030 | Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area1 | |||||||
55030 | 56284 | Noted 06/08/77 - at Slough, set number L284 on 562842 | ||||||
55030 | Noted 06/10/1977 - Oxford Reading area1 | |||||||
55030 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||||
55030 | Noted 28/08/1979 - At Ealing Broadway1 | |||||||
55030 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||||
55030 | Noted circa 04/19823 | |||||||
55030 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||||
55030 | Noted circa 08/19833 | |||||||
55030 | Noted circa 09/19833 | |||||||
55030 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||||
55030 | Noted circa 04/19863 | |||||||
55030 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||||
55030 | Listed at OO - Aug-87 | |||||||
55030 | Noted 21/12/19873 | |||||||
55030 | Noted circa 03/19893 | |||||||
55030 | Listed at OO - 15/05/89 | |||||||
55030 | Listed at OO - 21/01/91 | |||||||
55030 | Noted 01/04/91 - at Royal Oak2 | |||||||
55030 | Listed at OO - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | |||||||
55030 | Listed at OO - 12/08/92 | |||||||
55030 | Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX |
Formation Sources
1: Shayne Lewis
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
W55030 in Oxford station, thought to be taken around 1971-3. Brian Daniels.
Single DMU car W55030 seen at Oxford thought to be around 1971-3. Brian Daniels.
No details came with this slide showing W55030. As the destination blind suggests this appears to be Twyford station, probably on a Henley-on-Thames service circa early 1970s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 121 "bubble car" W55030 in Ealing Broadway station with the 09:33 (SO) from Greenford on 17 November 1973. Robert Thomas.
Class 121 DMU set L130 - W55030 - at Southall, date unknown. The destination blind shows Ealing Broadway, both the driver and tail lamp seen are at this end, so it may be changing platforms before departure. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Single railcar 55030 at West Ealing on the Greenford shuttle, 28th August 1979.. David Scott.
All aboard. Two passengers climb - although the old lady might struggle - into Class 121 "bubble" W55030 in Ealing Broadway station circa early 1980s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Single "Bubble" car, class 121 DMU, W55030, (L130) and Driving Trailer Second, Class 149, W56285, (L285) at Maidenhead, 4th August 1981. Paul James.
55030 is seen passing under the Piccadilly Line on the GW Brentford branch. Ian Buck.
Seen on the GW Brentford branch near Southall is 55030. Ian Buck.
Heading off of the GW Brenfrord branch 55030 is seen arriving at Southall. Ian Buck.
Class 121 Pressed Steel DMUs DMBS 55030 + DTS 56280 Oxford 29-1-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Sometime in 1985 55030 is seen arriving at Bourne End from Marlow. Ian Buck.
A dramatically smoky departure for a one car train! L130 / 55030 on a Greenford to Paddington leaves Ealing Broadway in 1984. Ian Docwra.
Class 121 DMU W55030 on the Windsor shuttle with a driver trailer, sits in the bay at Slough station. February 1985. Paul James.
55030 at Reading on 15th April 1986. Gazza Prescott.
Class 121 unit No. W55030 terminates at Ealing Broadway working a service from Greenford on 6 June 1987. Brian Creasey.
A bubble in a very different environment with L130, class 121 single car 55030, approaching Acton with a London Paddington to Greenford train in the late afternoon of 19 September 1989. The building work would soon obscure the view of the bridge over the North London Line and much of the capital's infrastructure. Peter Tandy.
Pressed Steel Class 121 DMBS 55030, BR Derby Class 115 TCL 59764, DMBS 51671 and Class 108 54499 outside Doncaster Works on 31 March 1990. Dave Warby.
Class 121 single-unit 55030, carrying the set number L130, at South Tottenham on 30 April 1990 on a Gospel Oak-Barking service. Lewis Bevan.
Class 121 Pressed Steel bubble car 55030 leads a Class 116/101 hybrid set on the approach to Southall station circa 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Two Class 121s on a local working (possibly route learning) to Salisbury at Wyle on 18 April 1994. 55030 at the front carries the name 'Bill' in the centre cab window. Walter Burt.
Departmental unit 977866 (ex DMU 55030) up the Exe Valley on 5 May 1994. Keith Miller.
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