Vehicle 55007 / 977223
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
| May-58 | New to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| w/e 06/07/68 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| Mar-72 | Transferred to | 65A (Eastfield) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ED | |
| w/e 07/10/78 | Transferred to | IS (Inverness) | |
| Jul-79 | Transferred to | AB (Aberdeen Ferryhill) | |
| Jan-80 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 01/03/82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| circa Mar-84 | To departmental stock | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 1989 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) |
Notes
Jul-66 - M55007 noted in July 1966 with seating removed and working parcels traffic between Leamington and Birmingham.
9th December 1983 - Seen carrying unit no. 407 and 'Tayway' branding on no.1 cab end. Coupled to 101 TS + DMS.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
55007 - original number
977223 - from circ Mar-84 (departmental stock)
Department Use as TDB977223
Driver Training / Route Learner / Sandite From 12/83 to 1989.
Disposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 55007 | 56299 | Noted 15/08/70 - on Hamilton depot1 | |||||||
| 55007 | 56299 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Polmadie1 | |||||||
| 07 | 55007 | 56299 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | ||||||
| 55007 | 56299 | Noted 06/04/72 - at Eastfield1 | |||||||
| 184 | 55007 | 59562 | 51534 | Noted 26/08/74 - on Eastfield depot (set number on 51534)2 | |||||
| 55007 | Noted 25/08/75 - on Eastfield depot2 | ||||||||
| 55007 | 56291 | Noted 05/09/76 - at Stirling2 | |||||||
| 55007 | 59554 | 51531 | Noted 17/12/77 - on 1418 Edinburgh-Dunblane | ||||||
| 169 | 50853 | 59367 | 55007 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - non-gangwayed set | |||||
| 178 | 55007 | Formed at IS Oct-78 | |||||||
| 178 | 55007 | Noted 16/04/1979 - BLS Waterloo & Buchan Railtour | |||||||
| 55007 | Noted circa 09/19793 | ||||||||
| 55007 | 59525 | 53269 | Noted circa 11/19833 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
16th March 1964
Set number: 105
W55007 with a matching GRC&W driver trailer leads a Swindon Cross-Country set on the 7.30am Leamington Spa (G) - Birmingham Snow Hill service seen at Solihill on March 16, 1964. The front of the set number in the window is unclear - perhaps 105. Michael Mensing.
13th June 1964
Set number: 105
M55007 seen a mile east of Bromyard with the 5.15pm Bromyard - Worcester Shrub Hill service on 13 June 1964. Michael Mensing.
13th June 1964
Set number: 105
M55007 with a Bromyard - Worcester Shrub Hill service seen east of Bromyard on 13 June 1964. Michael Mensing.
7th August 1964
Set number: 105
A DMU with whiskers is waiting to leave Bromyard on the 17.15 service to Worcester Shrub Hill on the 7th of August 1964. The branch closed on 6th September 1964. The set number in the cab window could possibly read 105, which would mean this is 55007. The KDH Archive.
July 1965
Set number: 105
GRC&W 'double-ender' M55007 at Winchcombe in July 1965. It still retains its whiskers, many of the type had a yellow panel by this date. Michael Mensing.
15th April 1972
Bubble at SC55007 Eastfield on 15 April 1972. The vehicle number uses three inch high numerals rather than the more standard four inch, and there is a set number that seems to have an E prefix, possibly 'E13'. John Grey Turner.
3rd June 1978
Hamilton, Glasgow based Class 122 DMBS SC55007 is inside BREL Glasgow Works on the 3rd June 1978 high up on accommodation bogies undergoing a major refurbishment with the plating around the original 2 panel route indicator clearly visible. Transferred to Departmental service in December 1983 as TDB977223 she was finally scrapped at BREL Glasgow Works during June 1991. Bob Woolnough.
3rd June 1978
A view across the traverser inside BREL Glasgow Works on the 3rd June 1978 finds Class 122 DMSL SC55007 undergoing refurbishment in between an unknown Class 107 and a Class 101 driving car. An Ayrshire based Class 126 DMSL driving vehicle is on the far right of the image. Bob Woolnough.
March 1979
Set number: 178
At Dundee is 55007, one of the Scottish Region's small allocation of class 122s, in March 1979. Ian Buck.
16th April 1979
Set number: 178
55007 is seen at Aberdeen Waterloo Goods Station while the BLS Waterloo & Buchan railtour on the 16th April 1979. Mike Cooper.
16th April 1979
The Branch Line Society (BLS) "Waterloo and Buchan" railtour on 16 April 1979 visited Aberdeen Waterloo where passengers are seen reboarding for the next part of the journey, to Fraserburgh. Jeremy Chapter.
16th April 1979
On Easter Monday 1979, the Branch Line Society ran its "Waterloo and Buchan" railtour from Aberdeen to Waterloo, Maud, Fraserburgh, Strichen and Ellon. Class 122 single railcar SC55007, marked as set 178 on one end, was used. Passenger services were withdrawn here at Ellon in 1965, and freight services has ceased in 1978, although they still operated through to Fraserburgh, with the line closing in October 1979. Jeremy Chapter.
16th April 1979
Set number: 178
55007 with the Branch Line Society (BLS) "Waterloo and Buchan" railtour on 16 April 1979 at a photo stop at Maud station. Jeremy Chapter.
16th April 1979
Set number: 178
The Branch Line Society (BLS) "Waterloo and Buchan" railtour worked by 55007 on 16 April 1979 had a photo stop at Strichen station. The line from Dyce Junction, near Aberdeen to Fraserburgh had closed to passengers in the 1960s but had a freight service until 1979, after which it was closed and lifted. Jeremy Chapter.
16th April 1979
Set number: 178
On Easter Monday 1979 (April 16th), the Branch Line Society ran its "Waterloo and Buchan" railtour from Aberdeen to Waterloo, Maud, Fraserburgh, Strichen and Ellon. Class 122 single railcar SC55007, marked as set 178, was used. It is seen at Aberdeen Waterloo. Jeremy Chapter.
16th April 1979
Set number: 178
55007 in Maud station on the BLS 'Waterloo & Buchan Tour', 16th April 1979. Mike Cooper.
16th April 1979
Set number: 178
The BLS 'Waterloo & Buchan Tour' in Fraseburgh station, formed of 55007, on the 16th April 1979. Mike Cooper.
16th April 1979
Set number: 178
SC55007 sits in Fraserburgh station on the 16th April 1979, while on the BLS 'Waterloo & Buchan Tour'. Mike Cooper.
16th April 1979
Set number: 178
Photo time at Strichen station during a stop for 55007 on the BLS 'Waterloo & Buchan Tour', 16th April 1979. Mike Cooper.
16th April 1979
Set number: 178
55007 in Maud station while on the BLS 'Waterloo & Buchan Tour', 16th April 1979. Mike Cooper.
16th April 1979
Set number: 178
Maud station taken from 55007 while working the BLS 'Waterloo & Buchan Tour' on the 16th April 1979. Mike Cooper.
23rd July 1979
Set number: 178
Freshly painted SC55007 on Aberdeen Ferryhill depot on 23 July 1979. Brian Daniels.
1st September 1979
Class 122 SC55007 on Aberdeen Ferryhill depot on 1 September 1979. Brian Daniels.
27th June 1980
Set number: 178
An uncharacteristically dull 27th June sees GRCW class 122 railcar Sc55007 saunter into Dundee Tay Bridge ready to form 2A24 10.22 local service to Arbroath on 27th June 1980. Bruce Galloway.
26th September 1980
Class 122 SC55007 stabled on Dundee depot on 26 September 1980. Brian Daniels.
23rd May 1981
Set number: 178
Sc55007 at Dundee with the 1.25pm to Arbroath, 23/5/81. It carries a 'Tayway' brand sticker on the front of the cab. Hamish Stevenson.
circa mid-1981
An interesting formation passing through Princes Street Gardens towards Edinburgh Waverley formed of two Class 122 bubbles (55007 and 55011) with a Met-Camm buffet. Circa mid-1981, there is a small 'Tayway' sticker on the cab. Paul Redmond.
14th August 1981
Class 122 bubbles 55007 and 55011 with Met-Camm buffet 59577 in-between pass along the loop at Dundee ready to form the 15:25 to Arbroath on 14 August 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.
summer 1981
Class 122 55007 passes the miniature railway at Arbroath in the Summer of 1981 with an Arbroath - Dundee local service. Mike Cooper.
12th December 1981
Set number: 178
Gloucester RCW class 122 single car Sc55007, forming a 3 car rake with two class 101 cars, arrives at the spartan, and frosty, Balmossie Halt with 2A30 12:29 Dundee to Arbroath. Note the "Tayway" branding on the unit, which I believe was a local initiative to promote travel on the Perth-Dundee-Arbroath corridor in the early 80's. Balmossie Halt was part of the Dundee and Arbroath Joint line, eventually falling under the control of the Caledonian Railway with running rights granted to the rival North British Railway. An LMS era maroon enamel sign can be seen beside the rudimentary waiting room. 12th December 1981. Bruce Galloway.
17th June 1983
Sc55007 with Sc55002 at Perth. Phil Bidwell.
19th November 1983
Set number: 407
SC55007 at Haymarket depot on 19/11/83 with 'Tayway' sticker on cab. Hamish Stevenson.
1984
Set number: 407
This 1984 Haymarket depot view contain sets 407 (presumably Class 122 55007) and Met-Camm set 101317 (possibly 53141). S Saunders.
Unknown date
Grabbed from a passing train - 977223 (the former 55007) - is seen on Haymarket depot, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Unknown date
Set number: 07
Departmental Class 122 977223 (ex-55007) on Haymarket depot. The amount of spotters with notebooks this seems to be an organised group visit. Date unknown, 101321 was painted into Strathclyde colours in 1985 so between them and the withdrawal of 977223 in 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 26th May 1958
Brand new W55006 and W55007 sit in the platform in Leamington Spa station ready to work the 9pm to Stratford-upon-Avon on Whit Monday, May 26th, 1958. Michael Mensing.
Date: 26th May 1958
Brand new W55006 and W55007 in Leamington Spa station ready to work the 9pm to Stratford-upon-Avon on Whit Monday, May 26th, 1958. Michael Mensing.
Date: unknown
An interesting formation passing through Princes Street Gardens towards Edinburgh Waverley formed of two Class 122 bubbles (55011 and 55007) with a Met-Camm buffet. Circa early 1980s, there is a small 'Tayway' sticker on the cab. Paul Redmond.
Date: 10th June 1982
A pair of Class 122 Gloucester Bubble Cars, Sc55002 and Sc55007, approach journey’s end at Carnoustie with the 09:07 service from Dundee, Thursday 10th June 1982. Brian McDevitt.
Date: 1984
Set number: 107425
107425 on Haymarket depot in 1984, presumably with 51985 at the front. On the left is TDB977223. S Saunders.
Date: 27th January 1991
Out of use vehicles at Thornton in Fife on January 27, 1991. Closest is 59794, which wouldn't be officially withdrawn until the end of the year. It had been transferred on paper to Neville Hill but never moved there. At the far end of the line are 53187, 53179, 51453, 59113, 53424, TDB977223 and 59073. Hamish Stevenson.