Vehicle 55990
Class 128
Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Parcels Van
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None / BR Standard
Engines: Albion 230hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30552
Diagram: 644
Allocations
| 30/01/60 | New to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 4w/e 02/11/68 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
| 4w/e 31/10/71 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
| Apr-82 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
Images:
20th June 1965
DMPV M55990 with a tail load on a down working near Harlington (Midland Main Line), 20th June 1965. Michael Mensing.
circa 1968
In this scene, taken by Peter Shoesmith, Gloucester RC&W Motor Parcels Van M55990 is standing in the bay Platform at Wolverhampton Station. A class 119 is arriving with a train for Shrewsbury and an 08 has a maroon BG in the parcels sidings. At this time Wolverhampton Station was dominated by the flour and provender mill, appropriately owned by J.N. Miller. The Mill closed in 1981 but flour Milling at the site ended in 1959. The mill suffered a fire in 2008 and was demolished. The transparency is on Dixon's finest Prinzcolor film and Peter unfortunately caught the sun full onto the DMU, I have managed to get some detail back in Photoshop but it still looks odd. Undated, the livery on the 119 suggests circa 1968 / 1969. Copyright Geoff Dowling & John Whitehouse; all rights reserved. Geoff Dowling and John Whitehouse Collection.
14th July 1972
A Class 128 parcel unit, thought to be M55990, on Newton Heath depot on 14 July 1972. Alistair Ness.
Unknown date
The two distinctly different cab fronts of Gloucester Class 128 (non-gangwayed) Motor Parcels Van (MPMV or DMPV) M55990 at Manchester Piccadilly - c.1970. 53A Models of Hull Collection.
Unknown date
The two distinctly different cab fronts of Gloucester Class 128 (non-gangwayed) Motor Parcels Van (MPMV or DMPV) M55990 at Manchester Piccadilly - c.1970. 53A Models of Hull Collection.
19th May 1973
On Saturday 19 May 1973 at 17:05. Gloucester RCW Motor Parcels Van No M55990 is seen at Newton Heath depot, with another of the type behind. Mr Deltic.
circa 1977
Class 128 DMPV M55990 entering Manchester Victoria circa 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Unknown date
Class 128 M55990 in Manchester Piccadilly, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Unknown date
Gloucester RC&W DMPV (or MPMV as noted on the vehicle) M55990 is seen in the centre road at Shrewsbury. No date, but probably while the vehicle was allocated to Chester between the end of 1968 and October 1971. Graham Clark.
30th July 1977
Class 128 MPMV 55990 stands at platform 10 at Manchester Piccadilly on 30/7/1977. Stephen Burdett.
1978
Class 128 parcels car M55990 at Manchester Piccadilly in 1978. Malcolm Clements.
circa 1978
Gloucester RC&W Class 128 Motor Parcels Van (MPV) M55990 at Manchester Piccadilly, circa late 1970s. The Albion engine 230hp Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. parcels units were supplied in 1960 to the WR and LMR, those supplied to the LMR having no gangway connection. To the left can be seen the rear end of a Class 100 DMBS. Gordon Edgar Collection.
1978
55990 seen at Stockport on the back of a Buxton train in 1978. Malcolm Clements.
1978
Class 128 parcels car M55990 at Manchester Piccadilly in 1978. Malcolm Clements.
1978
Class 128 parcels car M55990 at Manchester Piccadilly in 1978. Malcolm Clements.
1978
Class 128 parcels car M55990 at Manchester Piccadilly in 1978. Malcolm Clements.
August 1978
M55990 with a tail load at Manchester Victoria in August 1978. Graeme Phillips Collection.
18th March 1979
A worn-looking Gloucester Class 128 MPV, M55990 was ticking over between duties, stood against the block in platform 6 at Manchester Piccadilly on March 18th 1979. On the right of this scene, in platform 5, is the front end of a refurbished Class 108, and also a Nestle Chocolate machine - these red/white vending machines were a familiar sight across the BR station network in the 1970's & 1980's. Martyn Hilbert.
21st April 1979
Piccadilly Parcels. Not the sharpest of images by a long way, but a reasonably interesting one. One of the four LMR Gloucester Class 128 Motor Parcels Vans, M55990, trundles out of Manchester Piccadilly on 21st April 1979. It was withdrawn from service almost exactly three years later. Syd Young.
10th September 1979
A three-car Class 104 with a Class 128 Gloucester Motor Parcels Van M55990 at the rear, make a smoky departure from Manchester Piccadilly as they head towards Buxton on September 10th 1979. Martyn Hilbert.
3rd February 1980
With damage evident to the lower left cab corner, 55990 is seen at NH on 3/2/80. Jerry Glover.
1st August 1980
M55990 at Buxton on 01/08/80. John Carter.
14th February 1981
Class 128 M55990 Manchester Victoria 14 Feb 1981. Happy memories. Happy Valentine's Day! Alistair Ness.
26th February 1981
Diesel Mulitiple single parcels 55990 at Manchester Piccadilly - 26 February 1981. This image was produced by cleaning up a very scratched negative in Lightbox. Lewis Bevan.