Vehicle 55005
Class 122
Builder: GRC&W
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30419
Diagram: 539
Allocations
| May-58 | New to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| 30/06/68 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| Oct-68 | Transferred to | 60A (Inverness) | |
| Jan-69 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| Mar-72 | Transferred to | 65A (Eastfield) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ED | |
| 4w/e 27/09/75 | Transferred to | IS (Inverness) | |
| 5w/e 03/02/79 | Transferred to | HN (Hamilton) | |
| 2w/e 30/06/79 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| Mar-81 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| circa 1984 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) | |
| 12/05/85 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 19/01/86 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| Sep-87 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | - also noted as 1/2/88 |
| 11/06/92 | Sector Change to | LA (Laira) RFXZ | |
| 30/10/92 | Sector Change to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | |
| 10/11/92 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX |
Notes
06/08/81 - M55005 was noted working the Watford - St Albans service.
Modifications
Dec-88 - AWS fitted
Disposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 55005 | 56297 | Noted 27/05/70 - at Glasgow Central1 | |||||||
| 55005 | 56297 | Noted 11/09/71 - on Hamilton depot1 | |||||||
| 05 | 55005 | 56297 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | ||||||
| 51243 | 59303 | 55005 | Noted 24/06/78 - at Inverness1 | ||||||
| TS056 | 55005 | Noted circa 08/1981 - operating Watford to St Albans branch2 | |||||||
| TS054 | 55005 | Noted circa 10/19812 | |||||||
| 50830 | 59332 | 55005 | Noted circa 09/19822 | ||||||
| TS410 | 55005 | 59125 | 50331 | Noted circa 01/19832 | |||||
| TS054 | 55005 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||||
| TS054 | 55005 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||||
| TS547 | 55005 | 59368 | 53910 | Noted circa 09/19832 | |||||
| TS543 | 55005 | 59439 | 53114 | Noted circa 10/19832 | |||||
| 55005 | Noted circa 03/19842 | ||||||||
| 55005 | Noted 19/08/85 - on 08:17 Stalybridge - Stockport3 | ||||||||
| TS055 | 55005 | New set number at TS - 2w/e 14/05/86 | |||||||
| TS055 | 55005 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||||
| TS055 | 55005 | Noted circa 06/19862 | |||||||
| T055 | 55005 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||||
| P105 | 55005 | Formed at LA 2w/e 13/03/88 | |||||||
| P105 | 55005 | Listed at LA - 08/08/88 | |||||||
| P105 | 55005 | Listed at LA - 15/05/89 | |||||||
| P105 | 55005 | Listed at LA - Jul-91 | |||||||
| P105 | 55005 | Listed at LA - Aug-91 | |||||||
| P105 | 55005 | Listed at LA - Dec-91 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: David Bellamy
Images:
4th April 1964
Set number: 103
A GRC&W 'double-ender' approaches Great Bridge with the 4.58pm Birmingham Snow Hill - Dudley service on 4 April 1964. The set number in the cab window is not too clear but could be 103 and thus 55005. Michael Mensing.
12th July 1966
GRC&W bubble car M55005 leads a Derby suburban set on the 5.05pm Birmingham Snow Hill - Stratford-upon-Avon service passing over Lapworth Troughs at Rowington on July 12, 1966. Michael Mensing.
Unknown date
There were no details on the rear of this print, the Class 122 has SC prefix and looks like it could be 55005, probably during its time at Inverness in the mid-1970s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
April 1977
SC55005 in Inverness station in April 1977. Alan Rintoul.
1978
Class 122 55005 in Dundee station in 1978, thought to be on route-learning duties. John Law.
7th October 1978
Class 122 Sc55005 sits in Inverness on 7/10/78, where it was based for a period of just over three years. Beside is Swindon Class 120 Cross-Country set 301, presumably with 51787 at the front. Stephen Burdett.
1979
SC55005 is seen through the trees in Edinburgh Waverly in 1979. Malcolm Clements.
26th May 1980
Class 122 railcar Sc55005 waits at platform 16 at Edinburgh Waverley with a local service on 26th May 1980. Bruce Galloway.
8th September 1981
Lichfield City 8/9/1981. A selection of Tyseley's finest units make up a Cross City service laying over at Lichfield City. Closest is a hybrid with a class 122 (55005) standing in for a 116 DMS. On the rear is a 116 unit in refurbished WMPTE livery. It has a thin white stripe running down the centre of the blue line, meaning it was probably the set specially decorated for the royal wedding earlier in the year. Stephen Burdett.
22nd November 1981
Class 122 55005 is seen stabled outside the factory at Tyseley on 22.11.1981. Transferred from Dundee earlier in the year, it still carries a 'SC' prefix to the number. Andy Cole.
19th November 1984
M55005 at Stockport on the Stalybridge service on 19 November 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.
10th January 1985
Class 122 55005 on Longsight depot on the night of 10 January 1985. Chris Thorp.
27th February 1986
Class 122 M55005, a Class 104 and a Class 108 in Buxton station on 27 February 1986. An image from the Jim Freebury Railway Slide Collection. David Page.
14th March 1986
A GRCW bubble car with Pressed Steel type exhausts, M55005 is seen in the bay platform at Stockport Edgeley, awaiting departure on a shuttle service to Stalybridge, 14/3/86. Malcolm Clements.
1st July 1986
Set number: TS055
During the evening of 1 July 1986 I saw 55005, 55034 and 55000 leave Stratford-upon-Avon with the 18.30 to Birmingham Moor Street. I often used to spend half-an-hour around the station and signal box in those days and knew all the staff who were happy to let me stand at the side of the track for my photographs. That wouldn't happen today... Peter Tandy.
summer 1986
Set number: TS055
A rural-looking scene taken from the Down Goods Loop looking over the Stratford-upon-Avon canal as class 122 single unit 55005 leaves Stratford with the 08.12 to Leamington Spa in the summer of 1986. The tall upper quadrant signal in the left controlled the train's exit from platform 2 while the lower quadrant semaphore had just been cleared to let a 3 coach class 116 enter platform 1. Peter Tandy.
Unknown date
Set number: 105
Bubbles 55005 and 55003 on Laira depot, date unknown. Robert Frise Collection.
24th January 1988
Set number: TS055
Class 122 55005, set number T055, is seen stabled at Tyseley Carriage sidings from the exhaust end on 24.01.1988. Andy Cole.
Unknown date
M55005 in Vic Berrys yard in Leicester for asbestos stripping, circa late 1987 / early 1988. Malcolm Clements.
Unknown date
M55005 in Vic Berrys yard in Leicester for asbestos stripping, circa late 1987 / early 1988. Malcolm Clements.
4th March 1988
Set number: TS055
M55005 is seen at Vic Berry's next to 55991 on 4/3/88. Malcolm Clements.
circa mid-1988
M55005 in Vic Berrys yard in Leicester after asbestos stripping, circa mid-1988. Malcolm Clements.
19th June 1988
Set number: TS055
DMU vehicles 53963, 51220 and 55005 in Doncaster Works on 19 June 1988. On the latter the bottom two lines read Refurbished V.B.C. Leicester 16-5-88, noting that work had been done at Vic Berry's. Keith Miller.
22nd October 1988
This is class 122 single-unit DMU 55005 at St Ives station on 22 October 1988 having just arrived as the 15.10 from St.Erth. Lewis Bevan.
22nd October 1988
St Ives station on 22 October 1988, with Class 122 single unit 55005 having arrived as the 15.10 from St Erth. Lewis Bevan.
25th April 1989
Class 122 "bubble car" 55005 waiting departure from Penzance with the 16:00 to Truro on 25th April 1989. Keith Long.
25th April 1989
Set number: 105
55005 waiting departure from Penzance with the 1600 to Truro. 43181 has just arrived with a train from London Paddington. 25th April 1989. Keith Long.
25th April 1989
Set number: 105
Class 122 No 55005 waiting departure from Penzance with the 1600 to Truro 43181 has just arrived with a train from London Paddington. 25th April 1989. Keith Long.
26th April 1989
55005 departing from Cardis Bay with the 1359 Penzance to St Ives on 26 April 1989. Keith Long.
26th April 1989
Set number: 105
Class 122 No 55005 approaching Cardis Bay with the 1359 Penzance to St Ives 26th April 1989. Keith Long.
26th April 1989
55005 approaching Cardis Bay with the 1359 Penzance to St Ives on 26 April 1989. Keith Long.
9th June 1989
M55005 stabled at Laira on the 9th June 1989. Hamish Stevenson.
1st July 1989
Set number: 105
DMUs 55012 (partially seen on left), 55005, 55009 and 51530 stabled at Laira depot on 1 July 1989. Keith Miller.
15th June 1990
Set number: 105
55005 at Liskeard with a working to Looe. Jonathan Watson.
5th July 1990
Set number: 105
Bubble car 55005 seen near Saltash on the 5th July 1990. Nicholas Youngman.
19th July 1990
Set number: 105
Class 122 55005, set number 105, is seen at Exeter St Davids in BR blue and grey livery on 19.07.1990. Andy Cole.
20th July 1990
Set number: 105
Two GWC&W bubbles form an Exeter Central bound train at Dawlish on 20 July 1990. Walter Burt.
15th September 1990
Set number: 105
55005 plus two. The Class 122 leads a 108/101 hybrid departing Penzance as the 11:45 Penzanze - St Ives on Saturday 15 September 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Unknown date
Set number: 105
Gloucester bubble with Pressed Steel bubble exhausts. 55005 is seen at Newquay. Date unknown. Tom Clift.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 13th May 1987
Set number: 083
Pressed Steel Suburban Single Car Class 121 DMU 55033 in Midline livery heads a Dorridge train while Gloucester Class 122 Single Car 55005 arrives with a Leamington train on the adjacent platform at Birmingham Moor Street on 13 May 1987. At the time single cars were being added to 3-car sets to raise the power to weight ratio. Moor St terminus closed in September 1987 when the adjacent through platforms to Birmingham Snow Hill were opened. It lay derelict until 2003 when Chiltern Railways reopened two of the original three platforms and renovated the original booking hall to supplement capacity when the Bull Ring development opened. The building under construction is the Pavillions Shopping Centre which was recently rebuilt as the largest Primark store in Europe. Chris Morrison.
Date: unknown
Set number: P103
Gloucester bubble car 55003 at Laira beside 55005, date unknown. It was allocated there 1987 to 1993. Robert Frise Collection.
Date: 27th March 1988
Vic Berry’s scrap yard at Leicester on 27 March 1988 with Class 122 55005 and Class 128 parcels unit 55991. Keith Miller.
Date: 3rd April 1988
55991 makes indentification easy with the number on the front, and also unusually on the centre of the vehicle. At Vic Berry's on 3/4/88. Behind in 55005. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 25th August 1989
Set number: 871
Three vehicles, three different types. Plymouth Laira sets P871 (53256 + 53659) & P103 (55005) at Dawlish with 2C41, the 10:02 Paignton - Exeter Central, on 25/8/89. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1st June 1990
Set number: 106
A pair Class 122 Single Units, 55006 & 55005 were running in tandem, arriving at Starcross whilst forming the 17.07 Plymouth to Honiton all-stations service on June 1st 1990. This was the period following the migration of the Class 142 Skipper fleet to the North, with various still operational first generation DMU sets being drafted in to the West Country, prior to the arrival of Class 150/2 Sprinter units. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 11th September 1992
Set number: 122112
Class 122 DMUs 55012 and 55005 with 08663 at Laira on 11 September 1992. Keith Miller.