Builder: Pressed Steel
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30518
Diagram: 512
Dec-60 | New to | 81D (Reading) | |
May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
June-87 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) | |
02/09/93 | To departmental stock | SA |
55030 - original number
977866 - from 02/09/93 (departmental stock)
Sandite / Route Learner From 9/93 to ?. Carried set number 960013
p/e 31/03/73 - Dual AWS fitted
Jul-75 - WR AWS removed
p/e 08/10/77 - Leyland engines fitted
55030 | 56281 | Noted 22nd October 1971 | |||||||
51354 | 59506 | 55030 | Noted 22/07/72 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
L130 | 55030 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||||
L130 | 55030 | Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area2 | |||||||
L409 | 55030 | 59496 | 51386 | Noted 14/06/1977 - Oxford Station2 | |||||
L130 | 55030 | 56284 | Noted 06/08/77 - at Slough, set number L284 on 562841 | ||||||
L130 | 55030 | Noted 06/10/1977 - Oxford Reading area2 | |||||||
L130 | 55030 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||||
L130 | 55030 | Noted 28/08/1979 - At Ealing Broadway2 | |||||||
L130 | 55030 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||||
L130 | 55030 | Noted circa 04/19823 | |||||||
L130 | 55030 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||||
L130 | 55030 | Noted circa 08/19833 | |||||||
L130 | 55030 | Noted circa 09/19833 | |||||||
L130 | 55030 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||||
L130 | 55030 | Noted circa 04/19863 | |||||||
55030 | 54289 | Noted circa 06/19863 | |||||||
L130 | 55030 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||||
L130 | 55030 | Listed at OO - Aug-87 | |||||||
L130 | 55030 | Noted 21/12/19873 | |||||||
L130 | 55030 | Noted circa 03/19893 | |||||||
L130 | 55030 | Listed at OO - 15/05/89 | |||||||
L130 | 55030 | Listed at OO - 21/01/91 | |||||||
L130 | 55030 | Noted 01/04/91 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||||
55027 | 55030 | Noted 09/04/92 - on 13:47 Paddington - Reading4 | |||||||
55028 | 59514 | 55030 | Noted 14/04/92 - on 07:39 Slough - Paddington4 | ||||||
L130 | 55030 | Listed at OO - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | |||||||
L130 | 55030 | Listed at OO - 12/08/92 | |||||||
55030 | 59496 | 51386 | Noted circa 09/19923 | ||||||
L130 | 55030 | Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX | |||||||
960013 | 977866 | Noted 31/03/96 - at Norwich1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Shayne Lewis
3: Eddie Knorn
4: David Bellamy
Pressed Steel bubble car 55030 with DTS 56287 at Windsor and Eton Central, circa early 1970s. Graham Clark.
The very first railway photo I took, not good quality but included through pure nostalgia. 55030 is seen at Drayton Green in August 1971. Ian Buck.
Single DMU car W55030 seen at Oxford thought to be around 1971-3. Brian Daniels.
W55030 in Oxford station, thought to be taken around 1971-3. Brian Daniels.
No details came with this slide showing W55030. As the destination blind suggests this appears to be Twyford station, probably on a Henley-on-Thames service circa early 1970s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 121 "bubble car" W55030 in Ealing Broadway station with the 09:33 (SO) from Greenford on 17 November 1973. Robert Thomas.
Class 121 W55030 approaching Paddington on 1 April 1974. It looks like it is standing in for a suburban set power car, the centre car to the left is 59481 or 59491. Phil Bevan.
Class 121 DMU set L130 - W55030 - at Southall, date unknown. The destination blind shows Ealing Broadway, both the driver and tail lamp seen are at this end, so it may be changing platforms before departure. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Single railcar 55030 at West Ealing on the Greenford shuttle, 28th August 1979.. David Scott.
All aboard. Two passengers climb - although the old lady might struggle - into Class 121 "bubble" W55030 in Ealing Broadway station circa early 1980s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Single "Bubble" car, class 121 DMU, W55030, (L130) and Driving Trailer Second, Class 149, W56285, (L285) at Maidenhead, 4th August 1981. Paul James.
Seen on the GW Brentford branch near Southall is 55030. Ian Buck.
Heading off of the GW Brenfrord branch 55030 is seen arriving at Southall. Ian Buck.
55030 is seen passing under the Piccadilly Line on the GW Brentford branch. Ian Buck.
Class 121 Pressed Steel DMUs DMBS 55030 + DTS 56280 Oxford 29-1-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Sometime in 1985 55030 is seen arriving at Bourne End from Marlow. Ian Buck.
A dramatically smoky departure for a one car train! L130 / 55030 on a Greenford to Paddington leaves Ealing Broadway in 1984. Ian Docwra.
Class 121 DMU W55030 on the Windsor shuttle with a driver trailer, sits in the bay at Slough station. February 1985. Paul James.
55030 at Reading on 15th April 1986. Gazza Prescott.
Class 121 unit No. W55030 terminates at Ealing Broadway working a service from Greenford on 6 June 1987. Brian Creasey.
A bubble in a very different environment with L130, class 121 single car 55030, approaching Acton with a London Paddington to Greenford train in the late afternoon of 19 September 1989. The building work would soon obscure the view of the bridge over the North London Line and much of the capital's infrastructure. Peter Tandy.
Pressed Steel Class 121 DMBS 55030, BR Derby Class 115 TCL 59764, DMBS 51671 and Class 108 54499 outside Doncaster Works on 31 March 1990. Dave Warby.
Class 121 single-unit 55030, carrying the set number L130, at South Tottenham on 30 April 1990 on a Gospel Oak-Barking service. Lewis Bevan.
Class 121 Pressed Steel bubble car 55030 leads a Class 116/101 hybrid set on the approach to Southall station circa 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.
55030 after arriving at Greenford on the 13:57 from Ealing Broadway, 7/8/92. Gazza Prescott.
Two Class 121s on a local working (possibly route learning) to Salisbury at Wyle on 18 April 1994. 55030 at the front carries the name 'Bill' in the centre cab window. Walter Burt.
Departmental unit 977866 (ex DMU 55030) up the Exe Valley on 5 May 1994. Keith Miller.
ADB977866 Maidenhead 21/10/97. Sparegang.
Class 121 977866 at Acton Yard on 7-8-98. Ian Cuthbertson.
Looking quite faded, sandite 977866 (ex-55030) at Aylesbury on 25th August 2003. Robert Frise.
Stabled at the sidings at Aylesbury station on 31 October 2003 is sandite / route learner 977866. It also still carries it original number of 55030. S Gaskell.
977866 in the siding next to Aylesbury station January 2007. Fred Clark.
977866 stabled at Aylesbury on 3 March 2007. John Grey Turner.
Pressed Steel Class 121 Railcar, Unit No.960 013, Car No.977866 (ex-W55030) in BR Network South East livery of Network Rail in sandite service at Aylesbury, 10/3/08. Hugh Llewelyn.
Former Class 121 No. 55030, now 977866 unit Class 960 No. 960013 is stabled at Aylesbury on 18 April 2009. Brian Creasey.
977866 Aylesbury on July 27, 2009. Nigel Walls.
Pressed Steel DTS W56287 with bubble 55030 at Windsor & Eton circa early 1970s. Graham Clark.
W56285 and W55030 at Slough on April 2nd, 1977. Rex Holt.
Pressed Steel DMUs on Southall shed, 11 May 1986. Left to right are 54287, 55030 and L422. Chris McKee.
Southall shed on 11 May 1986 has 55022 + 54287, 55030 and L422 on road 6. Chris McKee.
Class 121 W55034 on Southall depot, 11 May 1986. To the right are 55022, 54287, 55030 and L422. Chris McKee.
Class 121 Pressed Steel single car DMUs 977859 (55025) and 977866 (55030), recently made departmentals, still in NSE livery - Salisbury 6-8-94 or thereabouts. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
Class 121 Pressed Steel single car DMUs 977859 (55025) and 977866 (55030), recently made departmentals, still in NSE livery - Salisbury 6-8-94 or thereabouts. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
975042, 977873, 977866 and 977858 stabled at Aylesbury on 25/8/03. Robert Frise.