Class 121 DMU images
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May 1989
Set: L123
Class 121 55023 waits in the bay at Greenford, May 1989. Alistair Ness.
circa May 1989
Set: L135
Route learner 975659 in Bristol Bath Road circa May 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.
2nd May 1989
Set: T133
The towpath of the Stratford-upon-Avon was a good spot to photograph a short train on a sunny evening such as that of 2 May 1989 when the Midline bubble 55033 (T133) was coupled to a class 114 to work the 18.13 to Leamington Spa. This view has now gone in common with many others throughout the country thanks to completely uncontrolled growth of lineside vegeation. The semaphore signals (one complete with a pigeon on the arm!) and the Victorian hospital were still extant at the time but were not to last much longer. Peter Tandy.
30th May 1989
Set: T134
Looking a bit lost in Worcestershire countryside, class 121 single unit 55034 is seen here between Stoke Works Junction and Bromsgrove on 30 May 1989 while working a Worcester Shrub Hill to Birmingham New Street service. These were the only trains serving Bromsgrove at the time, a far cry from 2023 when there is a 4 train per hour pattern with electric units catering for the increase in passenger numbers fueled by extensive housing development. Peter Tandy.
31st May 1989
Set: T133
This is one of my favourite shots of 55033 after it was repainted into Midline livery. It was taken on 31 May 1989 while working the two-hourly shuttles between Leamington Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon and is seen with driver Wilson in charge passing Stratford East signal box where the line crosses the Stratford Canal. Peter Tandy.
3rd June 1989
Set: T134
On 3 June 1989 55034 is photographed on the Birmingham to Worcester service from a road bridge south of Bromsgrove station near Stoke Prior. This is a decent location with good views available in both directions and with a shot still available of a train in the down goods loop in 2021 thanks to some much needed clearance of some vegetatiom from the lineside. Peter Tandy.
3rd June 1989
A Class 121 at Paddington on 3 June 1989. Nigel Menzies.
3rd June 1989
A Class 121 in London Paddington on 3 June 1989. Nigel Menzies.
July 1989
Set: T134
55034 calls into Bromsgrove in July 1989. Michael Mensing.
July 1989
Set: T134
Class 121 "bubble car" 55034 is seen in Bromsgrove station in July 1989. Michael Mensing.
9th July 1989
Sandite Class 121 trailer TDB977486 in the sidings at the west end of Cardiff Canton TMD on 09-07-1989. AndrewHA.
15th July 1989
Set: T133
One of Tyseley depot's odder combinations photographed at Northfield in Birmingham on 15 July 1989. Four-car sets were often used on the Cross City services between Four Oaks and Redditch and it seems that the depot was really struggling to find enough sets to go around as this formation was made up of class 121 single unit 55033 (in Midline livery), a 2 car class 108 and and class 121 single car 55032. In retrospect I should have stayed on for the return but moved to the other side of Birmingham to photograph some freight on the Leamington Spa line. Peter Tandy.
27th July 1989
Set: T134
This was the scene just to the south of Bromsgrove station on 27 July 1989 taken from the bridge known to most local photographers as "Garringtons". At the time the station had a single platorm on the up side meaning that the few trains that called there had to cross over to collect passengers. A single unit, on this occasion 55034, was the usual accomodation for the modest number of passengers on the Birmingham to Worcester services that called here: a situation that had been the case for a number of years. Prominent in the picture are the Lickey Bankers, 37071 + 37032, waiting either for a freight that needed a shove up the 1/37 of the incline or an ailing locomotive or unit needing assistance. The view here in 2021 has changed almost beyond belief with electrification of the line, a new 4 platform station, the removal of the oil terminal and the inevitable construction of multiple housing estates. Peter Tandy.
circa August 1989
Set: L123
Pressed Steel bubble car 55023 on the rear of a Class 117 departing from Southall circa August 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa August 1989
Set: T132
Tyseley based class 121 "Bubble Car" 55032 seen arriving into the bay platform at Stourbridge Junction from Stourbridge town in the summer of 1989. Bob Belcher.
circa August 1989
Set: T132
A view from the cab of class 121 55032 as it sits in the bay platform at Stourbridge Junction in the summer of 1989 awaiting its next short trip down the hill to Stourbridge Town. Bob Belcher.
16th August 1989
Set: L128
55028 at Greenford, 16/8/89. Gazza Prescott.
24th August 1989
Set: L128
55022 at Paddington with a Greenford service on 24/8/89. Sparegang.
28th August 1989
Set: L211
Class 121 DTS 54287 is part of set L211 with the unique Class 101 DMBC 53155 when seen at Didcot on the 16:03 Didcot - Oxford, 28/8/89. Hamish Stevenson.
29th August 1989
Set: T134
Class 121 55034, set number T134, is seen departing Nuneaton for Stafford on 29.08.1989. Today these services are provided by a 4 car Class 350 working from Crewe to Euston. Andy Cole.