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Vehicle 56280 / 54280


Class 121

Builder: Pressed Steel
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30519
Diagram: 513

Allocations

Sep-60 New to 81C (Southall)
Jul-64 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
Nov-64 Transferred to 81C (Southall)
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
Jun-87 Transferred to OO (Old Oak Common)
p/e 02/03/91 Sector Change to OO (Old Oak Common) NXXZ
26/03/91 Withdrawn from OO (Old Oak Common) NXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56280 - original number
54280 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Jul-70 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 03/03/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51367 59519 51409 56280 Noted 14/02/72 - at Royal Oak1
50987 56280 Noted 24/02/76 - in Liverpool Exchange2
L280 56280 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
L280 56280 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L280 56280 Noted 17/09/1978 - Reading3
56280 51337 59489 51379 Noted circa 01/19794
L280 56280 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L280 56280 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
55034 54280 Noted circa 01/19844
L280 54280 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
51343 51385 54280 Noted circa 07/19854
54280 51052 59282 51080 Noted circa 11/19854
51350 59502 51392 54280 Noted circa 02/19864
L280 54280 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
55031 54280 Noted 26/08/19864
L129 55029 54280 Noted 21/04/87 - at Royal Oak, 54280 carried set number L2801
L280 54280 Listed at OO - Aug-87
53155 51443 54280 Noted 12/09/19874
51849 54280 Noted circa 03/19894
51891 59656 51849 54280 Noted circa 04/19894
L280 54280 Listed at OO - 15/05/89

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

Images:

Class 121 DMU at Windsor &amp; Eton Central

1973

Set number: 280

56280 after arrival at Windsor and Eton Central in 1973. John Law.

Class 121 DMU at Cookham

May 1980

Class 121 driving trailer at Cookham on the Marlow branch in May 1980. Ian Buck.

Class 121 DMU at London Paddington

September 1982

Pressed Steel DTS W56280 working with W55031 arriving at Paddington on a service from Greenford, 09/82. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 121 DMU at Bourne End

1985

Sometime in 1985 class 121 driving trailer 56280 is working the Marlow Donkey at Bourne End. Ian Buck.

Class 121 DMU at Banbury

25th January 1986

Set number: L280

This was taken at Banbury on 25 January 1986. At the time, there was no fence obscuring the view from the trackside just to the south of platforms and no-one seemed to mind if one stood there to take pictures. It was, of course, the ideal spot on a sunny Saturday afternoon when there was quite a variety of movements, both unit and locomotive hauled. This shot shows trailer 54280 and a single unit "bubble car" leaving the main line platform at Banbury on their way to Oxford as an all stations stopping service. Peter Tandy.

Class 121 DMU at Oxford

14th April 1987

Set number: L280

L280 (54280) + L403 (51336 + 59488 + 51378), in that order, seen at Oxford on the 14th April 1987. S Gaskell.

Class 121 DMU at Aylesbury

8th April 1989

Set number: L280

Class 121 Driving Trailer 54280 coupled to a native Class 115 Motor Car forming the Princes Risborough Shuttle on 8th April 1989. The far 2 cars were berthed in the platform, they included a Met-Camm vehicle. AndrewHA.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: September 1982

Pressed Steel Class 121 "bubble car" W55031 working with DTS W56280 seen at Paddington on Greenford duties in September 1982. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 29th January 1983

Set number: L130

Class 121 Pressed Steel DMUs DMBS 55030 + DTS 56280 Oxford 29-1-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 30th January 1987

Set number: L122

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.

DMU

Date: 20th February 1988

A freshly painted 55992 at Reading MPD in Saturday 20 February, 1988. Behind is Class 121 DTS 54280. Mel Holley.

DMU

Date: 15th March 1988

Set number: L127

Class 121 bubble 55027 hauls DTS 54280 through Ealing Broadway on 15/3/88. Malcolm Clements.

DMU

Date: 17th August 1988

Set number: L417

Apparently fitted with a replacement cab from a Class 116 DMU. Class 117 DMS 51396 leads another RG allocated hybrid formation - running as set L417 - through Iver Station whilst forming the 0935 Reading - Paddington service ... 51396+54280+51354. 17th August 1988. Nigel Mack.