Vehicle 55013 / 975998
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
| 4w/e 12/07/58 | New to | 81C (Southall) | |
| by Jun-61 | Transferred to | 83D (Laira) | |
| by Jun-63 | On loan to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| Aug-63 | Transferred to | 88M (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| May-64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| w/e 04/05/68 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 2w/e 08/03/69 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 01/11/69 | To Parcels Sector at | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 64B (Haymarket) | - Leith Central closed |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HA | |
| 4w/e 01/11/80 | Stored U. | ||
| 21/12/80 | To departmental stock | YK (York) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
55013 - original number
975998 - from 5w/e 31/01/81 (departmental stock) - Based at YK, number never carried
Department Use as TDB975998
Route Learner From 12/80 to 1982.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| LA103 | 55013 | Listed at - Apr-61 | |||||||
| 55013 | Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket, blanked windows, attached to passenger set1 | ||||||||
| 55013 | Noted 28/08/74 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||||
| 3 | 55013 | Noted 28/08/74 - at Dunfermline1 | |||||||
| 55013 | Noted 07/08/1978 - Stirling2 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
Images:
June 1958
An official image (GRC&W negative 5421/2) showing single car W55013 in June 1958. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
June 1958
An official image (GRC&W negative 5421/3) showing the interior of new single car W55013 in June 1958. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
June 1958
An official image (GRC&W negative 5421/5) showing the driver's compartment of single car W55013 in June 1958. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
June 1958
An official image (GRC&W negative 5421/1) showing single car W55013 in June 1958. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
circa mid-1958
A Derby Works image (negative 58/255) showing the front saloon of GRC&W 'bubble car' 55013 circa mid-1958. British Railways.
circa mid-1958
A Derby Works image (negative 58/254) showing the front saloon of GRC&W 'bubble car' 55013 circa mid-1958. British Railways.
circa mid-1958
A Derby Works image (negative 58/253) showing the brake compartment of GRC&W 'bubble car' 55013 circa mid-1958. British Railways.
circa mid-1958
A Derby Works image (negative 58/252) showing the interior of GRC&W 'bubble car' 55013 circa mid-1958. This is looking towards the brake end. British Railways.
circa August 1963
GRC&W bubble car W55013 at Clevedon circa late August 1963. RJE Bayliff Collection.
circa August 1963
GRC&W bubble car W55013 at Clevedon circa late August 1963. RJE Bayliff Collection.
Unknown date
A Class 122, taken at 5pm one February evening at Bristol Temple Meads. The year supplied with the image was 1973, but given the livery it will be a few years earlier. The station signage on the right is in the post-1965 style (black rail alphabet text on white). For most of the late 1960s Bristol had just 55013 allocated, and the low position of the flash in the cab window matches other images of the vehicle from that period, so it is presumed to be that vehicle. It would move to Scotland in Spring 1968. Adrian Vaughan.
Unknown date
Three GRC&W Bubble Cars in Kilmarnock station, circa 1968/9. The nearest 55013 is still in green, the middle vehicle 55000 is in the early blue livery with small yellow panel, the furthest 55011 is in blue with full yellow ends. Stuart Rankin.
May 1971
Set number: 013
Class 131 parcel unit Sc55013 attached to the rear of a three-car Met-Camm unit at Kirkcaldy in May 1971. You don't often see shots taken looking in this direction. Most people photographed looking north with the bay platform behind the DMU or towards the signal box. My father came from Kirkcaldy so as a wee boy I was always dragged over from Edinburgh on Saturday mornings to see my gran and let-loose to visit the station. I have a full set of signs from here in my railwayana collection - a totem, a cast iron seatback, a directional sign with a left pointing arrow and the signal box name board. Alistair Ness.
4th September 1971
Diesel Parcels car SC55013 being unloaded at Perth Station - 4/9/71. David Christie.
31st March 1979
Parcel vehicle Sc55013 on Haymarket depot on 31/03/79. John Carter.
14th April 1979
Class 131 (converted Class 122) parcel unit Sc55013 sits on Haymarket depot on 14 April 1979. On the left is Class 116 DMBS 50090. Ian Charles.
3rd July 1979
"Bubble car" 55013 in parcels service - note the whited-out windows - leads a class 101 triple past the Cowlairs junctions, and Eastfield depot on the right, on the 19.48 Edinburgh to Glasgow Queen St on 3.7.79. The single unit was technically a class 131 in this guise. Leonard Rogers.
27th October 1979
Class 131 parcel conversion SC55013 on Dundee depot on 27 October 1979. Brian Daniels.
26th July 1980
With a number that looks more silver/grey than white SC55013 is seen on Haymarket Depot on 26 July 1980. Behind is another parcel car, SC55015, while on the right is Class 101 centre car SC59047. Rob Paterson.
6th February 1981
SC55013 at York on the 6th February 1981. It is fitted with Leyland engines. 53A Models of Hull Collection.
16th May 1981
Class 131 parcels conversion SC55013 at York depot on 16/5/81. Chris Lings.
5th December 1981
Class 131 parcels conversion SC55013 seen at York on 5/12/81. Malcolm Clements.
5th December 1981
Class 131 parcels conversion SC55013 is seen at York. Malcolm Clements.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa 1969
Three Class 122 bubbles in three liveries in the bay platforms at Kilmarnock, circa 1969. At the time they were used on services to Ayr. 55011 is closest, the green unit on the left is 55013, behind is 55000 carrying blue livery with a small yellow panel. Stuart Rankin.
Date: circa 1971
A blue Met-Camm three-car set leads a Class 131 parcels car (probably 55013 or 55014) and a BG at Grangemouth Junction, Falkirk. Date unknown. Walter Burt.
Date: June 1972
GRC&W vehicles on Haymarket depot in June 1972. The Class 122 "bubble" is one of the three parcel vehicles (55013/4/5) - note the lack of door handles on the former passenger doors and the double doors in the center. A Class 100 is on the left. Alistair Ness.