Vehicle 56286 / 54286 / 977466
Class 121
Builder: Pressed Steel
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30519
Diagram: 513
Allocations
| Feb-61 | New to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Apr-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 16/05/85 | Stored S. | SZ (Southall) | |
| 19/12/86 | To departmental stock | OC (Old Oak Common) | - Sandite vehicle |
| 1987 | Depot code change | OO | |
| Oct-87 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| by 04/11/89 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56286 - original number
54286 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977466 - from Oct-86 (departmental stock)
Department Use as TDB977466
Sandite From 10/86 to 1996.
Modifications
p/e 09/06/73 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 18/01/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MRJ Philips Ltd, on location at Laira depot
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51304 | 59471 | 51319 | 56286 | Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1 | |||||
| L286 | 56286 | Noted 30/08/74 - at Slough, partner unrecorded2 | |||||||
| L286 | 56286 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||||
| L129 | 55029 | 56286 | Noted 08/09/76 - at Slough, 56286 has set number L2862 | ||||||
| L286 | 56286 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||||
| L286 | 56286 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||||
| L286 | 56286 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||||
| L286 | 54286 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||||
| 286 | 54286 | Listed at WR - Summer 1986 - stored SZ |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
Images:
23rd June 1979
Set number: L286
Pressed Steel vehicles 56286 (L286) and 55024 (L124) leaving Windsor and Eton Central on 23 June 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.
25th September 1982
Set number: L286
Class 121 driver trailer 56286 is working with bubble car 55034 when seen in Didcot station on the 25th September 1982. Jerry Glover.
11th August 1984
Set number: L286
Pressed Steel class 121 driving trailer W54826 and matching power car arrive at Slough from Windsor & Eton Central on 11 August 1984. Jeremy Chapter.
20th July 1991
Sandite vehicle TDB 977466 at Laira TMD on the 20th July 1991. S Gaskell.
15th September 1991
QXV TDB977466 (ex-54286) on Laira TMD, 15-9-91. Kevin Dowd.
15th September 1991
Class 121 977466 is seen at Laira on 15.09.1991 after it had been converted for sandite use. Andy Cole.
15th September 1991
Sandite 977466 (formerly 56286) at Laira during the open day on 15 September 1991. David Mant.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 28th April 1979
Set number: L122
Class 121 W55022 & W56286 Slough 28 April 1979. This pair was working the Windsor and Eton Central branch. Alistair Ness.
Date: 9th July 1984
Set number: L127
Class 121 Pressed Steel DMBS 55027 and DTS 54286 at Windsor & Eton Central with the 20:40 to Slough, 9-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 24th October 1993
Set number: 122112
Class 122 DMU 55012, Class 121 DMU ADB977466 (ex-54286) and Class 122 DMU 55000 with 08 839, 50 030 “Repulse”, 50 029 “Renown” at Laira depot on 24 October 1993. Keith Miller.