Vehicle 55010 / 975310
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
| 2w/e 31/05/58 | New to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| 21/05/72 | Transferred to | 55B (York) | |
| w/e 08/07/72 | Withdrawn from | 55B (York) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | YK | |
| Jun-74 | To departmental stock | LN (Lincoln) | |
| by Mar-81 | Stored U. | LN (Lincoln) | |
| circa Jul-82 | Withdrawn |
Notes
28/04/73 - at Neville Hill open day
15/06/74 - seen at Doncaster
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
55010 - original number
975310 - from Jun-74 (departmental stock)
Department Use as TDB975310
Route Learner From 7/74 to 8/82.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| TY055 | 55010 | Listed at Tyseley - circa Dec-69 | |||||||
| TY055 | 55010 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 |
Images:
13th June 1958
Just a few weeks old, W55010 is standing in for a Derby suburban power car on the 8.00am Leamington Spa (G) - Birmingham Moor Street just south of Acocks Green on June 13, 1958. Michael Mensing.
25th May 1963
Set number: 108
GRCW double-ender W55010 is seen on Chipping Campden Bank on 25 May 1963, Worcester Shrub Hill on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.
13th June 1966
Set number: 108
The 6.35pm Gloucester (C) - Leamington seen at Hatton on 13 June 1966, formed of GRC&W single car M55010 with a GUV in tow. Michael Mensing.
February 1972
Set number: TY055
"The biggest unstaffed halt in Britain" Snow Hill in 1972 was a massive car park, the only piece of railway was the remnant Birmingham - Wolverhampton service. Here in February '72 Class 122 Gloucester R.C & W built single car unit (set TY055, presumably M55010) waits to depart for Wolverhampton Low Level. Geoff Dowling.
3rd March 1972
Set number: TY055
I think my father was photographing these services in conjunction with the closure of Birmingham Snow Hill. In this one two Tyseley single car DMU's are seen in Snow Hill, one is waiting to leave on the 16.58 to Langley Green (TY055, right, presumably 55010) and the other has arrived at 16.57 from Wolverhampton. Date is 3rd March 1972. The KDH Archive.
3rd March 1972
Set number: TY055
I think my father was photographing these services in conjunction with the closure of Birmingham Snow Hill. In this one a Tyseley single car DMU (TY055, presumably 55010) is seen about to depart on the 18.17 Langley Green To Birmingham Snow Hill. Date is 3rd March 1972. The KDH Archive.
3rd March 1972
Set number: TY055
I think my father was photographing these services in conjunction with the closure of Birmingham Snow Hill. In this one a Tyseley single car DMU (TY055, presumably 55010) is seen leaving Langley Green on the 17.19 service. Date is 3rd March 1972. The KDH Archive.
3rd March 1972
Set number: TY055
I think my father was photographing these services in conjunction with the closure of Birmingham Snow Hill. In this one a Tyseley single car DMU TY055 (presumably 55010) is seen waiting to depart Langley Green on the 17.19 service to Snow Hill. Date is 3rd March 1972. The KDH Archive.
3rd March 1972
Set number: TY055
I think my father was photographing these services in conjunction with the closure of Birmingham Snow Hill. In this one a Tyseley single car DMU TY055 (presumably 55010) is seen in Snow Hill waiting to leave on the 16.58 to Langley Green. The KDH Archive.
1975
TDB975310 (ex-55010) at Skegness in 1975. Peter (LEYTR).
1975
TDB975310 (formerly 55010) at Skegness in 1975. Peter (LEYTR).
February 1975
Set number: TY055
A lone Class 122 (set TY055, presumably M55010) is about to leave Birmingham Snow Hill in February 1972. At this time Snow Hill was a gigantic car park with just this one bay operating an infrequent service to Wolverhampton Low Level. The route is fairly similar to that taken by the Midland Metro, the Wolverhampton end is now street running to a new terminus at St Georges. Geoff Dowling.
13th June 1976
Route learning car TBD975310 on shed at Doncaster MPD on 13 June 1976 during a Durham University Railway Society visit. Nigel Menzies.
Unknown date
Set number: TY055
A GRC&W single car DMU in Wolverhampton Low Level station in the early 1970s. The set number TY055 in the cab window means it should be M55010. Graham Clark.
17th September 1977
Gloucester TDB975310 at Doncaster on 17 September 1977. Originally Class 122 unit M55010. Phil Bevan.
15th December 1977
A number of the Class 122 "Bubble Cars" were converted for departmental use. TDB975310 was one such example, being renumbered from 55010 in 1972. It is seen here in an unusual khaki-coloured livery at Doncaster on 15th December 1977. The unit was eventually scrapped in June 1984. The photograph was taken on a Kodak Instamatic 25 camera and is scanned from a Kodak 126 negative. Syd Young.
28th May 1978
TDB975310 - a Gloucester RC&W Class 122 'Bubble Car' in olive drab departmental livery at York depot on Sunday 28th May 1978. This 'Bubble Car', converted to a Route Learning Vehicle, was originally M55010. Taken with my basic Kodak Instamatic using 126 cartridge film. Chris McKee.
20th July 1980
Drab-olive liveried 975310 seen at Lincoln depot on 20/7/80. Chris Lings.
28th February 1982
In faded BR departmental olive drab livery, withdrawn Gloucester RC&W Class 122 single unit TDB975310 was stood at Lincoln TMD on an overcast Winter afternoon on February 28th 1982. On the left is former Southern Railway 6-wheel Milk Tank ADS4456 which was in departmental use as a waste coolant tanker and labelled 'Not to be used for Milk'. Martyn Hilbert.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 8th August 1964
A GRC&W DTS (unknown) and bubble car (55010) form the 3.20pm Leamington Spa (General)- Stratford-upon-Avon on the 8th August 1964, seen near Bearley. Michael Mensing.
Date: 3rd March 1972
Set number: TY527
I think my father was photographing these services in conjunction with the closure of Birmingham Snow Hill. In this one a Tyseley single car DMU (TY055, presumably 55010) is seen about to depart on the 18.17 Langley Green To Birmingham Snow Hill whilst a Kidderminster service arrives (TY527, presumably 50119). Date is 3rd March 1972. The KDH Archive.
Date: 3rd March 1972
Set number: TY527
I think my father was photographing these services in conjunction with the closure of Birmingham Snow Hill. In this one a Tyseley single car DMU (TY527, presumably 55010) is seen about to depart on the 18.17 Langley Green To Birmingham Snow Hill whilst a Kidderminster service (TY527, presumably 50119) passes in the other direction. The KDH Archive.