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Sc55002 is seen stabled at Haymarket on the 14th July 1984. To it's left is 55000. Hamish Stevenson.
Sc55011 sits in front of Sc55000 and Sc55002 at Haymarket on 14/7/84. Hamish Stevenson.
The two-hourly shuttles between Stratford-upon-Avon and Leamington Spa were worked by single-unit DMUs for many years. Now and again a pair would turn up as is seen here when 55012 + 55009 formed the 08.12 to Leamington on 25 July 1984 seen at Stratford-upon-Avon. This picture as taken as I stood on the WW2 air-raid shelter which was a large diameter concrete pipe buried in the ground and reinforced with a couple of feet of earth on top. Peter Tandy.
55009 + 55012 formed the 08.12 to Leamington on 25 July 1984 seen at Stratford-upon-Avon. The trailing car 55009 was one of the few remaining in the all-over blue livery. The background has completely changed in the intervening years. The football ground just visible to the left is now a Morrisons supermarket, the warehouses and chimney stacks above the train have gone although the office block, probably the ugliest building in the town, is still extant and Stratford East Signal box has been demolished. Peter Tandy.
Long before the Stourbridge branch went over to flywheel electric units the mainstay of operations were the Tyseley allocated class 122 'Bubble Cars'. Here all over blue liveried 55009 sits at the terminus of Stourbridge Town before departure back up the hill to Stourbridge Junction with the 16.11 service on August 11, 1984. The crew keen to avoid the summer heat on the train are seen chatting in the station waiting shelter. Adrian Nicholls.
In the British Rail era the short Stourbridge Junction to Stourbridge Town branch was worked for many years by single car class 122 DMUs. Here Tyseley based set TS053 (car no.55009) is seen exchanging passengers before forming train 2H66 the 15.59 to Stourbridge Town on 11/08/84. Unlike today where each trip is allocated a unique train number back in 1984 every train on the branch ran as 2H66. Adrian Nicholls.
Tyseley set TS553 is formed 55000 + 59606 + 53878 when seen stabled in the bay at Leamington Spa on 4 October 1984, the 122 standing in for the regular 116 DMBS. The RTC Park Royal DMU 975089 + 975090 can also be seen passing through the station. Nicholas T Smith.
Trains from Stratford-upon-Avon waited in the up platform at Leamington for a path to let them run south out of the station before crossing over to return ready for their next trip. On 8 October 1984 the lights have been changed from white to red and as soon as the class 116 T608 has left for Birmingham Moor Street 55002 will be able to take its place in the down platform. Peter Tandy.
The GRC&W class 122 single units were often to be found on the Stratford-upon-Avon to Leamington Spa shuttles. On 8 October 1984 55002 with unequal length exhaust pipes was on these duties and is seen here arriving at Leamington with the 10.12 from Stratford. The GWR signal box was replaced within a few years with a new solid-state facility on the other side of line and this was subsequently closed when control moved to the West Midlands Signalling Centre near Saltley in Birmingham. Peter Tandy.
ADB 977177 'SANDRA' at Ardlui on 15/10/84. Sandra was not a womans name but was derived from one of 977177s duties as a 'SAN'-DITE unit to apply SANDITE GEL to assist with Adhesion. On this occasion it was on test on the West Highland Line, neither it or any SANDITE trains were normally used on the West Highland Line. This unit also ran in the summer months as a 'Q' Train which basically ran around the Glasgow suburban network full of BT Police to apprehend unsuspecting trespassers, Spannerman37025.
This was my first transparency of diesel units and was taken at Leamington Spa on 20 October 1984. The train is the 09.50 Stratford-upon-Avon to Leamington Spa formed of 55009+55012. The leading unit was repainted into the blue and grey carried by 55012 within a few weeks of the date of this photograph. Peter Tandy.
M55005 at Stockport on the Stalybridge service on 19 November 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 122 route learner TDB975227 in Carlisle station. Undated. Andrew McConnell.
GRC&W route learning vehicle DB975042 at Carlisle sometime in 1985. David Rhodes.
Class 122 M55000 at Stourbridge Town in 1985. Robert28194.
Grabbed from a passing train - 977223 (the former 55007) - is seen on Haymarket depot, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 122 55005 on Longsight depot on the night of 10 January 1985. Chris Thorp.
Departmental class 122 DMU TDB975540, set L102, hurries through Maidenhead station on the Up Main towards London. February 1985. Paul James.
975042 (ex-55019) seen at Manchester Victoria on the 9th February 1985. Paul Moxon.
TDB975227 and GUV, at Crewe during the re-modelling of the station, 19/4/85. Paul Moxon.