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Class 121 55032, set number T132, is seen stabled at Tyseley. It still retained the Welsh Dragon in this view on 24.01.1988. Andy Cole.
Class 121 55032 (set T132) at Stourbridge Town on 16 January 1989. Taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 121 Pressed Steel single car DMU 55032, set T132, arriving at Stourbridge Junction from Stourbridge Town on 15-3-89. Note the WM logo in the centre of the vehicle. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
Class 121 Pressed Steel single car DMU 55032, set T132, after arrival at Stourbridge Junction from Stourbridge Town on 15-3-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
Class 121 Pressed Steel single car DMU 55032, set T132, after arrival at Stourbridge Town from Stourbridge Junction on 15-3-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
Class 121 Pressed Steel single car DMU 55032, set T132, sitting in Stourbridge Town station on 15-3-89. The accident damage evident to the wall by bus station was thanks to an incident with 55033 on 21-01-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
Class 121 Pressed Steel single car DMU 55032, set T132, at Stourbridge Junction after arrival from Stourbridge Town on 15-3-89. This end (No.1, the non-van end) still carries the Welsh dragon despite being at Tyseley for almost three years. Note the broken wiper, and in the left cab window what seems like the traditional Tyseley black set number board has been turned over and 'Billy the Bubble Car' chalked on. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
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.
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.
I was mildly surprised to see the "Midline Bubble" on the main line from Derby to Birmingham in May 1988 when it was photographed approaching Water Orton. Mechanical DMUs were not common on this line at the time with Sprinters having taken over most services. The destination board said that the unit was "Not in Service" but wasn't able to find out where it had been but assumed that it was going to Tyseley LMD. The relatively new M42 and part of the long-gone Hams Hall Power station can be seen in the background of this picture. Peter Tandy.
Class 121 55033 (set T133) leads a suburban set out of Worcester Shrub Hill shed on 17 January 1989. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A three-car suburban set (with two DMBSs) and Class 121 55033 (T133) heads away from Worcester Shrub Hill on 17 January 1989. Taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 121 55033, set number T133, is seen at Tyseley in Midline livery up on jacks while its bogies are repaired. Andy Cole.
Midline liveried Class 121 55033 in Tyseley depot on 10 April 1989. The vehicle has sustained some damage to the cab corner and had a replacement cab door fitted. David Mant.
Class 121 55033, set number T133, is seen stabled at Saltley on 30.04.1989. DMU's were rarely seen on Saltley. Andy Cole.
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.
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.
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.
The unique "Midline" liveried class 121 55033 is seen on Lickey incline in 1990. Tony Walmsley.
Class 121 55034, set number T134 is seen stabled at Tyseley on 24.01.1988. Andy Cole.