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1st March 1990
Vehicle: 55022 Set: L122
L122 (55022) seen on the Acton main line in pre-electrification days. It is working the Paddington - Greeford shuttle on the 1st March 1990. 54A South Dock.
31st August 1996
Vehicle: 51332 Set: L700
Owing to electrification works the line between Willesden Junction and Richmond was worked on 31st August 1996 by class 117. Here 51332 of set L700 (and presumably 51374) enters Acton Central. Ian Buck.
3rd January 1981
Vehicle: 55029 Set: L129
Class 121 Pressed Steel DMU 55029 (set L129) and DTS trailer, Acton Main Line with Down local 3-1-81. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
22nd October 1988
Vehicle: 55029 Set: L129
Bubbles on the Acton Main Line, closest is 55029 with a Paddington - Greenford service, October 22nd 1988. Colin Brooks.
8th August 2008
Vehicle: 977873 Set: 960014
Class 121 DMU W977873 at Acton Main line route learning on 8-8-08. Ian Cuthbertson.
7th August 1998
Vehicle: 977866 Set: 960013
Class 121 977866 at Acton Yard on 7-8-98. Ian Cuthbertson.
30th July 1984
Vehicle: 55992
Diesel Motor Luggage Van no.W55992 leaves a trail of exhaust as it heads towards the capital on the up relief at Acton Mainline station. The unit is working parcels train 4A50 the 15.30 West Drayton to London Paddington. Adrian Nicholls.
16th May 1988
Vehicle: 55992
Class 128 DPU 55992 seen from a passing train, somewhere between Acton and Reading, on 16 May 1988. Paul James.
12th September 1970
Pressed Steel formation - a Class 121 DTS attached to a Class 117 - near Acton Main Line on 12 September 1970. George Woods.
1st July 1987
Vehicle: 55992
Together forever .... Rumoured to be withdrawn from traffic fairly soon, one of OC's allocation of two Class 128 DPUs (diesel parcels units) W55992 rumbles along the up relief line at Poplar Jn, Acton, heading for Paddington ...... Inseparable since being introduced in 1960 both W55991+W55992 have been allocated to the London Division of the Western Region for over 27 years. Firstly at Southall, then Reading and now, for the last month, Old Oak Common. Both were transferred away to Cambridge 18 months later, with 55991 being withdrawn from there on 5/11/90, whilst 55992 was transferred, on paper at least, to Chester on 30/11/90 and immediately withdrawn ..... Both were later scrapped at M.C. Metals Ltd, Springburn, Glasgow ...... 1st July 1987. Nigel Mack.
12th September 1970
Vehicle: 56287 Set: 287
A Class 117 with a Class 121 DTS on the front (which seems to be W56287) seen at North Acton on 12.9.70 from the London Terminals Railtour as it crossed the Great Western Mainline from Paddington to the West. George Woods.
1987
A two-car Class 104 DMU in Acton Main Line station circa Spring 1987. Brian Ward.
11th April 1981
Vehicle: 51346 Set: L411
Class 117 DMU set L411 (51346 + 59498 + 51388) pass Acton Main Line station on the 13:29 Paddington-Reading service on 11 April 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.
15th February 1988
Vehicle: 51498 Set: 835
Class 101 DMU set 835 (presumably 51498 + 59526 + 51432) at Acton with the 10:03 Paddington - Maidenhead on 15 February 1988. The centre car is the only one of the three to have an orange cantrail stripe which is emphasising its lack of a full length rainstrip. There is another Met-Camm to the right with a suburban centre car, in the distance between the two is a Class 119 DMBC and two Met-Camm sidings. Stuart Mackay Collection.
19th September 1989
Vehicle: 51362 Set: L424
At Acton on 19 September 1989 class 117 L424 (51362 + 59514 + 51404) passes with a Paddington to Reading local service. This wasn't the nicest place to stand with 4 very busy lanes of traffic behind the camera and probably isn't somewhere I'd go in 2023 given the OHLE catenary and less than riveting traction using the lines. Peter Tandy.
19th September 1989
Vehicle: 55030 Set: L130
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.
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