Set TY054
These formations have been noted:
| 55009 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 |
circa 1971
An oval-buffered GRC&W single-car DMU entering Swan Village station circa 1971. Displaying set number TY054, it is presumably M55009. Graham Clark.
circa 1971
Tyseley set TY054, a GRC&W 'double-ender' which based on the set number is presumably M55009, after arrival at Swan Village station circa 1971. Graham Clark.
circa 1971
A GRC&W bubble car at Swan Village station circa 1971, probably on a Birmingham Snow Hill to Wolverhampton Low Level service. It is displaying set number TY054 and so is presumably M55009. Graham Clark.
circa 1971
With one oval and one 'cut' buffer, a GRC&W single car DMU is seen in the original Redditch station circa 1971. It is presumably M55009 based on the set number TY054. Graham Clark.
circa 1971
Two GRC&W bubble cars in Birmingham Snow Hill circa 1971. On the left is set TY054 - presumably M55009 - with Stratford-Upon-Avon on the destination blind, on the right is set TY056 - presumably M55012 - with Oldbury And Langley Green on the destination blind. Graham Clark.
November 1971
An oval-buffered GRC&W bubble car in Birmingham Snow Hill station in November 1971. Carrying set number TY054, this is presumably M55009. Mel Smith.
25th July 1972
Class 122 M55009 New Street 25 July 1972. This is most unusual as it has a correct destination blind but is working on it’s own and not strengthening another set. There can’t have been a diagram for a single unit to work a timetabled train into New Street surely and I’ve never seen this happen before. Possibly a working to Moor Street from Stratford that was diverted for some reason. The line from Wolverhampton Low Level to Snow Hill closed in March 1972 so it can't have been a diversion from that either. I don’t think it’s an ECS from Tyseley as there seems to be a member of the public leaning out behind the guard. Alistair Ness.
29th July 1972
Class 122 'Bubble Car' M55009 seen with a busy drivers compartment and Birmingham New Street on the destination blind at Barnt Green on 29 July 1972. A Tyseley vehicle since new, it's first allocation change would be several weeks later when it moved to Bletchley. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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