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Vehicle 55992


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: 30551
Diagram: 643

Allocations

Feb-60 New to 81C (Southall)
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
Jun-87 Transferred to OO (Old Oak Common)
27/11/88 Transferred to CA (Cambridge) RPXN
p/e 30/11/90 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
Nov-90 Withdrawn

Notes

31st October 1987 - Seen in Vic Berry's yard, Leicester

Modifications

circa Jul-70 - Dual AWS fitted
3w/e 21/06/75 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50819 55992 Noted 07/03/70 - at Royal Oak1
55992 50915 Noted 13/08/70 - in Reading area1
55992 50915 Noted 11/02/71 - at Royal Oak1
50862 55992 Noted 22/07/72 - at Reading1
50862 55992 Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington2
50872 55992 Noted 29/10/73 - at Reading3
55031 56281 55992 Noted 30/04/75 - on Old Oak Common depot, set number only on 550311
50862 55992 Noted 01/05/1976 - at Reading, operating with through wired GUV 865724
55992 Noted circa 11/19855
55992 Noted 23/11/1985 - at Paddington6
55992 Noted circa 04/19865
55992 Noted 25/02/1987 - at Old Oak Common6
55992 Noted circa 04/19885

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 128 DMU at Spring Road

29th September 1960

GRC&W parcels car W55992 passes Spring Road with a down parcels working on the North Warwickshire line at 4.13pm on 29 September 1960. Michael Mensing.

Class 128 DMU at Southall shed

Unknown date

Parcels DMPV W55992 seen at the west end of Southall Shed. Date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 128 DMU at Scrubs Lane

17th March 1962

GRC&W DMPV W55992 seen at Scrubs Lane on 17 March 1962. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 128 DMU at Southall

circa 1965

Gloucester Carriage & Wagon Company Class 128 parcels railcar W55992 heading westbound through Southall station circa 1965. Gordon Edgar Collection.

Class 128 DMU at London Paddington

July 1967

An interesting formation - Gloucester RC & W Co. Motor Parcels Van (later Class 128) No.W55992, with split headcodes, in Rail Blue and yellow gangway door coupled to BR (Derby) Class 130 Motor Parcels Van (converted from a Class 116/1 Motor Second from a 3-car suburban set) No.W50915, also in BR green, and three parcels vans (GUV's) approaching Paddington, 07/67. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 128 DMU at Reading

circa 1969

Set number: 343

Gloucester Class 128 Pacels railcar W55992 working with (almost out of picture to the right) Derby Class 130 Parcels car W50915 (formerly high density "Suburban" Class 116 DMS) at Reading - c.1969. 53A Models of Hull Collection.

Class 128 DMU at Reading

28th March 1971

Set number: 345

Class 128 W55992 is working with early Class 116 parcel conversion 50915 at Reading on the 28th March 1971. Note the set number on the 128. David Mant.

Class 128 DMU at London Paddington

Unknown date

Class 128 W55992 London Paddington, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 128 DMU at Paddington

January 1977

55992 is seen at Paddington in January 1977, working with a parcels 116 and a wagon. Robert Frise Collection.

Class 128 DMU at Reading

Unknown date

Class 128 parcels car W55992 approaches Reading from the Paddington direction. Date unknown. The KDH Archive.

Class 128 DMU at Slough

Unknown date

Set number: 345

One of the Western Region hybrid 128/130 sets (number 345) formed of W55992 and either 50819 or 50862, with two 'Fruit D' vans in tow. This appears to be Slough, date unknown. Graham Clark.

Class 128 DMU at London Paddington

22nd September 1977

Class 128 W55992 at Paddington on 22 September 1977. Phil Bevan.

Class 128 DMU at Iver

1st March 1979

Class 128 GRC&W parcel car W55992 is caught at Iver on 1 March 1979. George Woods.

Class 128 DMU at Reading

March 1979

Single Parcel Unit 55992 running on the down slow line near Reading in March 1979. Taken from a class 50 cab running at Line Speed to Paddington. Karel 1999.

Class 128 DMU at London Paddington

22nd March 1979

Class 128 DMPV W55992 in Paddington on 22 March 1979. Brian Daniels.

Class 128 DMU at Reading

29th November 1979

Class 128 DMPV W55992 in Reading station on 29 November 1979. Brian Daniels.

Class 128 DMU at Reading

29th November 1979

Class 128 DMPV W55992 seen at Reading on 29 November 1979. Brian Daniels.

Class 128 DMU at near Langley

January 1983

Class 128 DMPVs 55992 (right) and 55991 (left) seen near Langley in January 1984. Andrew Malloy.

Class 128 DMU at Ealing Broadway

Unknown date

DMPV 55992 at Ealing Broadway, date unknown. John Grey Turner.

Class 128 DMU at London Paddington

1983

A Class 128 DMPV (almost certainly 55992) and a Class 121 DMBS arrive at London Paddington in 1983. John Law.

Class 128 DMU at Royal Oak

Unknown date

A Class 128 (believed to be 55992) stuck on the back of a Class 117 at Royal Oak. Date unknown. Stuart Pearce.

Class 128 DMU at Taplow

19th February 1983

Class 128 W55992 parcels unit tails a class 117 unit away from Taplow towards Maidenhead on a stopping service from Paddington to Reading, Saturday 19th February 1983. Iain Reid.

Class 128 DMU at Paddington

16th September 1983

Parcels DMU W55992 is seen at Paddington on September 16, 1983. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 128 DMU at London Paddington

9th February 1984

Class 128 parcel car 55992 at Paddington on 9 February 1984. Andrew Malloy.

Class 128 DMU at Acton Mainline

30th July 1984

Diesel Motor Luggage Van no.W55992 leaves a trail of exhaust as it heads towards the capital on the up relief at Acton Mainline station. The unit is working parcels train 4A50 the 15.30 West Drayton to London Paddington. Adrian Nicholls.

Class 128 DMU at Reading

11th December 1985

Gloucester RC&W Co MPV 55992 at Reading on the 11th December 1985. 54A South Dock.

Class 128 DMU at Paddington

14th December 1985

55992 on the rear of a suburban set departing from Paddington at 15:31 on 14/12/85. Paul Moxon.

Class 128 DMU at Southall depot

March 1986

Class 128 W55992 and Class 121 Southall March 1986. I was living in Heston a couple of miles away at this time and took this photo one Saturday afternoon. Alistair Ness.

Class 128 DMU at Southall depot

March 1986

Class 128 W55982 Southall March 1986. I was living in Heston a couple of miles away at this time and took this photo one Saturday afternoon. Alistair Ness.

Class 128 DMU at Reading

10th April 1986

55992 seen sitting in Reading at 17:55 on 10/4/86. Paul Moxon.

Class 128 DMU at London Paddington

16th May 1986

W55991 in Paddington Station London on 16th May 1986. Keith Long.

Class 128 DMU at London Paddington

5th July 1986

Gloucester RCW Class 128 DPMV W55992 in Paddington on 5 July 1986. Dave Warby.

Class 128 DMU at Reading

30th January 1987

It was possible to see various parcel units around Reading in 1987 including class 128 single units. This beauty which I photographed on 30 January 1987 is 55992 in gloriously tatty rail blue arriving from the London direction on an unknown working. Peter Tandy.

Class 128 DMU at Ealing Broadway

30th June 1987

A Class 128 parcel unit at Ealing Broadway on 30th June 1987. It is thought to be 55992 (the WR only had two it this time, 91 and 92, only 92 had two wipers at this end on this date!). 55025 is on the left. Jonathan Hazan.

Class 128 DMU at Acton Main Line

1st July 1987

Together forever .... Rumoured to be withdrawn from traffic fairly soon, one of OC's allocation of two Class 128 DPUs (diesel parcels units) W55992 rumbles along the up relief line at Poplar Jn, Acton, heading for Paddington ...... Inseparable since being introduced in 1960 both W55991+W55992 have been allocated to the London Division of the Western Region for over 27 years. Firstly at Southall, then Reading and now, for the last month, Old Oak Common. Both were transferred away to Cambridge 18 months later, with 55991 being withdrawn from there on 5/11/90, whilst 55992 was transferred, on paper at least, to Chester on 30/11/90 and immediately withdrawn ..... Both were later scrapped at M.C. Metals Ltd, Springburn, Glasgow ...... 1st July 1987. Nigel Mack.

Class 128 DMU at London Paddington

1st October 1987

Sitting at the stops in platform 10 of London Paddington station on October 1, 1987 is 55992 coupled to a suburban set. Malcolm Clements.

Class 128 DMU at London Paddington

1st October 1987

55992 sits in London Paddington station coupled to a suburban set on October 1st, 1987. Malcolm Clements.

Class 128 DMU at West Drayton

1st October 1987

Parcels car 55992 approaches West Drayton station on October 1st, 1987. Note the vehicle number on the cab front. Malcolm Clements.

Class 128 DMU at Vic Berrys

14th October 1987

W55992 in Vic Berry's Yard at Leicester on the 14th October 1987. Note the vehicle number on the cab front. Malcolm Clements.

Class 128 DMU at Vic Berrys

20th December 1987

Class 128 Gloucester built single car parcels DMU 55992, one of only ten built, seen inside Vic Berrys scrapyard on 20th December 1987. Located in the old goods yard at Braunston Gate, Leicester, which was built by the Great Central Railway in the 1890's. This unit would come out again to run again in service as it was here for asbestos removal, the last of the class were withdrawn 1991. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 128 DMU at Reading MPD

20th February 1988

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

Class 128 DMU at Reading

24th February 1988

Class 128 DMPV 55992 in ex-works condition in Reading station on the 24th February 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 128 DMU at Reading

25th February 1988

Class 128 parcels car 55992 in Reading station on February 25, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 128 DMU at London Paddington

Unknown date

Freshly painted Class 128 55992 in platform 11 of London Paddington, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 128 DMU at Paddington

2nd March 1988

55992 in Post Office red at Paddington on the 2nd March 1988. Malcolm Clements.

Class 128 DMU at Ealing Broadway

15th March 1988

55992 in Ealing Broadway station on March 15, 1988. Malcolm Clements.

Class 128 DMU at Southall

April 1988

Class 128 DMPV 55992 in Royal Mail red livery at Southall in April 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 128 DMU at Southall

April 1988

Class 128 DMPV 55992 in Royal Mail red livery at Southall in April 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 128 DMU at Reading

18th April 1988

55992 in Reading a Station awaiting its return trip to London Paddington on 18th April 1988. AndrewHA.

Class 128 DMU at Reading

18th April 1988

55992 approaches Reading on a dull 18th April 1988. AndrewHA.

Class 128 DMU at London Paddington

May 1988

DMPV 55992 in London Paddington in 1992. Image by Tony Martens. John Law Collection.

Class 128 DMU at between Acton and Reading

16th May 1988

Class 128 DPU 55992 seen from a passing train, somewhere between Acton and Reading, on 16 May 1988. Paul James.

Class 128 DMU at Reading

circa August 1988

Gloucester RC&W class 128 single car parcels unit 55992 stands at the platform in Reading one evening in the summer of 1988. Bob Belcher.

Class 128 DMU at Vic Berrys

30th October 1988

55992 at Vic Berrys, Leicester 30-10-88 (its 2nd visit for asbestos removal). Kevin Dowd.

Class 128 DMU at Vic Berrys

2nd November 1988

The cab of a Class 128 at Vic Berry's on 2/11/88, thought to be 55992. Michael Kaye 55A.

Class 128 DMU at Vic Berrys

2nd November 1988

2nd November 1988, and Class 128 55992 had entered Vic Berrys for asbestos removal. Michael Kaye 55A.

Class 128 DMU at Inverness

6th March 1991

Class 128 parcel vans 55992 and 55995 at Inverness on 06/03/91 after withdrawal. Roddy MacPhee.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa 1967

A GRC&W parcel car (55991 or 55992) in early blue livery with only a yellow gangway cover at Oxford circa 1967. It is paired with a Derby suburban DMBS still in green - likely to 50819 or 50862 which had their seats removed for parcel traffic - and there are two vans in tow. Doug Nicholls.

DMU

Date: circa 1969

Set number: 343

50915 paired with 55992 at Reading - circa 1969 (photographer's approximate date). Both cars carry set No 343. © 53A Models of Hull Collection.

DMU

Date: 10th August 1982

A Class 128 DMPV in Paddington station on 10 August 1982. The Western Region had two of these at the time, 55991 and 55992. Tony Watson.

DMU

Date: December 1983

Two Gloucester Motor Parcels Vans (55991 + 55992) at Maidenhead in December 1992. Tony Watson.

DMU

Date: January 1984

Class 128 DMPVs 55991 (closest) and 55992 seen near Langley in January 1984. Andrew Malloy.

DMU

Date: March 1986

Set number: L122

Class 121 W55022 + another and Class 128 W55992 at Southall March 1986. I was living in Heston a couple of miles away at this time and took this photo one Saturday afternoon. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: 19th January 1987

55991 & 55992 stayed loyal to their spiritual home of Reading DMU Depot. They were always to be seen trundling Up and Down the Great Western main line from Paddington to Reading.They are seen there after some seasonal snow at Reading Station on 19th January 1987 AndrewHA.