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977873 in Derby Etches Park on January 13, 2013. David Page.
55032 at Cardiff Queen Street on January 13th, 2013. Alex Drennan.
55032 at Cardiff Bay on January 18th, 2013. Alex Drennan.
960014 having a break at Nottingham during traincrew route learning runs in early 2013. The unit was used specifically for learning diversionary routes whilst Nottingham station was closed for resignalling and refurbishment. Trevor Parkin.
On February 2nd 2013 55032 is seen in Cardiff Queen Street station. Alex Drennan.
55032 in Cardiff Queen Street station on February 2, 2013. Alex Drennan.
Class 121 55020, set number 121020, is seen in Chiltern Railways livery departing Tyseley Carriage Siding on route learning duties, 06.02.2013. Andy Cole.
55032 in Cardiff Queen Street station with the Cardiff Bay shuttle on February 6th, 2013. Alex Drennan.
55020 at Crewe on 22 February 2013, believed to be there for route learning. John Grey Turner.
Class 121 55034 at Aylesbury depot on 22 September 2013. Curly42.
Class 121 bubble 55020 at Aylesbury depot on 22 September 2013. Curly42.
Chiltern Railways unit number 960014 at Aylesbury on 26 September 2013. Lewis Bevan.
Single car Class 121 bubble unit 55034 in BR Green passing through Bescot on 12 January 2014, working 5Z22 1317 Nuneaton – Tyseley (1633a), possibly a road learner for during the forthcoming Proof House works in February when numerous diversions would use the Sutton Park line instead. Image by Richard Hickman. Simon Barnes Collection.
Three class 121 single diesel units, "bubble cars", were set for transfer from Tyseley Steam Trust to Aylesbury on Tuesday 4 February 2014. I have always had a soft spot for these as it was in one of them that I had my first-ever rail trip when a youngster when being taken by my father to Leamington Spa on an early spotting trip. I didn't know which units were being moved and was pleased when the multi-coloured cavalcade (55034, 55032 and 977873) came around the curve from Hatton North Junction. The train, 5A00, left Tyseley 51 minutes late but after being able to miss out a scheduled stop in Dorridge loop was only 18 minutes down when I pressed the shutter. The sun was fully out at the scheduled passing time of 5A00, went behind some thick cloud for a few minutes around the actual passing time and, naturally, was fully out again by the time I drove out of Hatton station's car park. Peter Tandy.
170 502 contrasts with 977859 (960011) at Tyseley on Tuesday 3rd June 2014. Colin Brooks.
Route Learning Unit 977859 'PANDORA', Pressed Steel Class 121 (ex-55025) at Tyseley on 16 April 2015. Dave Warby.
Route learning bubble 977873 stabled at Aylesbury on 10 June 2015. Tony Watson.
Chiltern Railways bubble car 55020 stabled on Aylesbury Depot on 10 June 2015. Tony Watson.
I was just in the process of grinding some beans for my coffee on 16 September 2015 when a friend 'phoned urging me to get over to the Hatton area as soon as possible because 960014 (977873) and 55020 were heading north from Aylesbury to Tyseley and were already near Fenny Compton. Having always been a fan of single car DMMUs I grabbed my camera bag and drove over to the 3 arch bridge in Dark Lane, Hatton. As soon as opened the car door I heard a train coming and just had time to take my camera from its bag and grab a rather unsatisfactory shot without checking any camera settings and without noticing that it was set to manual focus after taking some astronomical photographs a few nights ago. The shot is just about acceptable as it shows the rare sight of two "bubbles" in the Down Goods Loop. Peter Tandy.
The single car DMMUs running as 5T00 from Aylesbury to Tyseley on 16 September 2015 weren't booked to stand in Hatton DGL but rather to wait for their path north in platform 3. Through early running it had to routed along the loop because a train from Stratford-upon-Avon, 1H47, had no choice but to use that platform for the scheduled station stop. After the Stratford train had gone south and 3 trains had gone north 960014 + 55020 were allowed to leave the loop and resume their journey. It was a bit of a shame given the sunny conditions that they were routed through the branch platform but it was fortunate that some trees cast a complete shadow over the line thus avoiding an unpleasant shot in contre-jour. This is far from being 960014's first trip along here; I photographed it in the area on at least 3 previous occasions including on 23 June 2008 when it was running a timing trial before WSMR started locomotive-hauled operations. Peter Tandy.