Vehicle 56295
Class 122
Builder: GRC&W
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30420
Diagram: 538
Allocations
| 2w/e 12/07/58 | New to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| 2w/e 02/11/74 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
| w/e 18/03/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 22/11/82 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Notes
01/05/59 - Following a steam derailment at Slough the following formations were noted on "all-stations" trains from Paddington to Reading: W55016/56295, W55017/56294/55014, W51135/51148/55018.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 55015 | 56295 | Noted 4th July 1958 - at Southall | |||||||
| 55016 | 56295 | Noted 01/05/59 | |||||||
| 56293 | 56295 | 56296 | Noted 29/09/1968 - at Tyseley Open Day, apparently spare 1 | ||||||
| 56293 | 56295 | 56296 | Noted 28/09/1969 - at Tyseley Open Day, in same siding as previous year 1 | ||||||
| 50393 | 56295 | Noted 19752 | |||||||
| 56295 | Noted 08/06/75 - on Bletchley depot, loose vehicle3 | ||||||||
| 55009 | 56295 | Noted 27/07/1975 - Seen at Watford Junction2 | |||||||
| 56295 | Noted 26/08/77 - on Bletchley depot, loose vehicle3 | ||||||||
| 55004 | 56295 | Noted 01/07/1978 - on Tyseley depot 1 | |||||||
| 56295 | Noted 12/08/1979 - in Swindon Works 1 | ||||||||
| 50314 | 56295 | 50327 | Noted 02/09/1979 - Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 55004 | 56295 | Noted 28/10/1979 - in Swindon Works 1 | |||||||
| 55004 | 56295 | Noted 15/06/1980 - on Tyseley depot 1 | |||||||
| TS556 | 50863 | 56295 | 50916 | Noted 15/06/1980 - passing Curzon Street1 | |||||
| 56295 | 56296 | Noted 13/02/1983 - spare cars on Tyseley depot 1 |
Formation Sources
1: Martin Lumley
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Gerald Brown
Images:
20th September 1961
56295 and 55018 at Hatton with the 11.20am Leamington Spa (General) - Stratford-upon-Avon on the 20th September 1961. Michael Mensing.
12th April 1962
W56295 with a GRC&W bubble car and a Swindon Cross-Country set behind, seen in Birmingham Moor Street with the 5.15pm to Henley-in-Arden service on the 12th April 1962. Michael Mensing.
circa 1975
A GRC&W suburban driver trailer 56295 working with Cravens DMBS 50393 at St Albans Abbey circa 1975. Walter Burt.
circa 1982
Withdrawn Class 122 Driving Trailer M56295 dumped at Bristol TM, with some glass missing from the vehicle. Circa 1982. Robert Tarling.
27th May 1983
Withdrawn Class 122 Gloucester RCW DTS 56295 awaits it's fate at Tyseley on 27-5-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 20th September 1961
W55018 and W56295 at Claverdon with the 12:40pm Stratford-upon-Avon to Leamington Spa (General), 20th September 1961. Michael Mensing.