Vehicle 999507

Elliot / Wickham Railbus

Builder: Wickham
Layout: Railbus
Length: 38ft
Coupling Code: None
Coupling Type: None
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: unknown
Diagram: unknown

Allocations

Department Use as DB / RDV999507

"Elliot" Track recording car From 3/59 to ?.

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Images:

28th May 1960

The Wickham/Elliot track recording coach DB999507 seen at Neasden on 28 May 1960. Stuart Mackay Collection.

28th September 1964

Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 44804 (17A) heads homeward with an unfitted coal train, whilst heading in the opposite (south-westerly) direction at Burton-on-Trent is Wickham's "Elliot Track Recording Coach" DB999507 - 28/09/1964. The 5MT was withdrawn from BR service in March 1968 and was scrappred by Draper's of Hull in June that year. After use by the RTC at Derby, the Wickham's car survives (as the sole example of that company's railbus production), and after a nomadic existence since preservation can now be found in regular passenger carrying use on the Lavender Line near Uckfield, East Sussex. Please do not share or post elsewhere without permission of the copyright holder(s). © 2018 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned by me from the original 35mm monochrome negative; photographed by David Yaldren. 53A Models of Hull Collection.

Unknown date

This was an image of the APT components in the foreground but I am adding it because of Wickham/Elliot railbus RDB999507 behind. Note the emblem above the closest marker lamp and the wiper on the side window to the right. Taken at the Derby RTC, date unknown - it is in RTC red/blue livery but predates having the 'Laboratory 20' text on the bodyside. Stuart Mackay Collection.

24th September 1977

Wickham departmental railbus 999507 seen at the Derby Technical Centre on 24/9/77. Chris Lings.

22nd April 1986

999507 Laboratory 20 the former 'Elliott Track Recording Coach' in Derby station on 22nd April 1986. Keith Long.

7th June 1986

Vehicles at Derby RTC on 7-6-86 include a 'Mag-Lev' experimental vehicle, the former Elliot Track Recording Wickham railbus DB999507 'Laboratory 20' and Cravens Sandite 977048. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

4th September 1986

Wickham's railbus Laboratory 20 999507 at Tapton Junction, Chesterfield on the 4th September 1986 working from Eggington to Carlisle. Kevin Law.

6th September 1986

The Wickham / Elliot railbus 999507 stabled at Carlisle on 6 September 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

1st October 1991

999507 was built by Wickham as the Elliot Track Recording Vehicle. It's seen at Old Dalby on the 1st Oct 1991. Ian McDonald.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 26th June 1972

The Elliot/Wickham track recording railbus 999507 seen at the Derby Railway Technical Centre on June 26, 1972. Taken from a passing train, also visible are a test frame used to develop the design of the APT, a Blue Circle Cement Presflo wagon, and a Class 50 cab on the left. Tom Burnham.