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A number of the Class 122 "Bubble Cars" were converted for departmental use. TDB975310 was one such example, being renumbered from 55010 in 1972. It is seen here in an unusual khaki-coloured livery at Doncaster on 15th December 1977. The unit was eventually scrapped in June 1984. The photograph was taken on a Kodak Instamatic 25 camera and is scanned from a Kodak 126 negative. Syd Young.
Class 122 55005 in Dundee station in 1978, thought to be on route-learning duties. John Law.
SC56299 is seen awaiting it's fate, stripped of all re-useable parts at Glasgow Works. Malcolm Clements.
55018 looking very sorry for itself at Swindon Works, 19th January 1978. Neil Cannon.
1958 built Class 122 DMBS SC55015 entered service in 1958 and was converted to a Class 131 MPV during September 1971. In this image taken on the 22nd September 1978 she is stabled for the weekend at Haymarket MPD, Edinburgh attached to a 3 Car Class 101 DMU. The 'Parcels Use Only' branding is visible but not readable low down on the far left bodyside of the vehicle. Following use as a driver training vehicle from September 1983 until July 1989 she was withdrawn from service and scrapped at MC Metals, Glasgow during July 1990. Bob Woolnough.
SC55000 is substituting for a Class 116 power car in this formation through Princes St Gardens, circa 1978. Malcolm Clements.
SC55000 is working as part of a Class 116 set passing through Princes Street Gardens circa 1978. Malcolm Clements.
A publicity image (Central Photographic Unit negative W8378-4) showing many DMUs on Tyseley depot on 20 April 1978. In the foreground is a Class 122 - the windscreen wiper on the centre cab window shows that this is a route learner and appears to be 975042. British Rail.
Sc55002 is in the loco-hauled formation on the overnight service from Glasgow Queen Street (where pictured) to Inverness, on May 3rd 1978. In ex-works condition (with GG logo) it had just been transferred from Hamilton to Inverness. Arnie Furniss.
Class 131 parcels car SC55015 sits in Eastfield depot on May 18th, 1978. Under its number is written 'PARCELS TRAFFIC ONLY'. A Met-Camm vehicle is behind the Class 26. Rex Holt.
Parcels bubble Sc55015 in Eastfield depot on May 18th, 1978. Rex Holt.
Stourbridge Town station plays host to the usual Tyseley single car unit which is waiting to depart, in a cloud of smoke, for Stourbridge Junction. The splendid range of buildings will shortly be demolished as will the bridge framing this shot taken by by Peter Shoesmith on 19/05/1978. Geoff Dowling and John Whitehouse Collection.
TDB975310 - a Gloucester RC&W Class 122 'Bubble Car' in olive drab departmental livery at York depot on Sunday 28th May 1978. This 'Bubble Car', converted to a Route Learning Vehicle, was originally M55010. Taken with my basic Kodak Instamatic using 126 cartridge film. Chris McKee.
A Class 122 in Stourbridge Town station on 29/5/78. It was decided to demolish this lovely old station and replace it with a bus shelter. A new platform is being constructed and the line will be shortened! Stephen Burdett.
Bubble car 55009 is seen at Warrington Bank Quay on May 30th, 1978. Fitted with oval buffers, it was allocated to Tyseley at this time. Rex Holt.
Preston - Southport railway line trackbed, Whitehouse (triangular) Junction (west end) immediately east of the WCML (on which is seen a Class 122), Tuesday 30 May 1978. Ian 10B.
Class 122 'Bubble Car' 55003 at the soon to be demolished Stourbridge Town on 01/06/78. Steve Jones.
Class 122 M55012 sits in Stourbridge Town station in June 1978, facing the buffers it had crashed through the previous year. Michael Mensing.
Class 122 55011 on the rear of a Class 120. Passing the site of Schoolhill station on the outskirts of Aberdeen, heading for Inverness, June 1978. Mike Cooper.
A view across the traverser inside BREL Glasgow Works on the 3rd June 1978 finds Class 122 DMSL SC55007 undergoing refurbishment in between an unknown Class 107 and a Class 101 driving car. An Ayrshire based Class 126 DMSL driving vehicle is on the far right of the image. Bob Woolnough.