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Vehicle 56296


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)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
May-73Depot code changeTS
Jul-75 Stored
w/e 11/10/75 Reinstated TS (Tyseley)
22/11/82 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


55016 56296 Noted 8th July 1958 - at Southall
55017 56296 Noted 01/04/69 - at Tyseley1
50854 56296 50907 Noted 20/12/77 - at Nottingham2
50854 56296 50907 Noted 04/01/78
TS404 50766 56296 51110 Listed at TS - circa Sep-78
TS403 50786 56296 50325 Listed at TS - 12/08/79 - 50325 was running int TS406 in place of fire-damaged 50326

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown

Images:

Class 122 DMU at Bentley Heath

25th August 1959

GRC&W DTS W56296 is attached to the front of two Class 116 sets on the 4.25pm Wellington - Lapworth service seen approaching Bentley Heath crossing on the 25th August 1959. Michael Mensing.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 2nd August 1978

Set number: TS404

A hybrid dmu set, with the set number TS404, waits between duties at Leicester station on 2 August 1978. The individual car numbers are: 51110 - Class 100 DMBS; 56296 - Class 122 DTS; 50766 - Class 105 DMBS. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: circa 1982

Withdrawn Class 122 Driving Trailer M56295 (or 56296?) dumped at Bristol TM, with some glass missing from the vehicle. Circa 1982. Robert Tarling.