Class 122 DMU images identified by Vehicle No.
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55004
12th September 1978
M55004 stands at the original Stourbridge Town station, the site of which is now occupied by the bus station. It appears that work to provide the new platform, a few yards nearer Stourbridge Junction was well under way when this shot was taken on September 12 1978. Jeremy Chapter.
28th May 1979
Set: TY051
Class 122 M55004 stabled in the Cold Store Siding alongside platform 3 at Stratford-upon-Avon on Monday 28 May 1979. David Russon.
1st June 1979
Set: TY051
Class 122 DMUs M55004 and M55003 in Leamington Spa station on Friday 1 June 1979. David Russon.
14th October 1979
Class 122 M55004 part way through attention at Swindon Works on 14 October 1979. Brian Daniels.
30th May 1980
Set: TY051
Class 122 M55004 in Leamington Spa station on Friday 30 May 1980. Stratford-upon-Avon is on the destination blind and M55012 is behind. David Russon.
Unknown Date
55004 at Willington, date unknown. Ian Francis.
20th September 1985
Set: TS054
A class 122/116 combination (55004 is the 122) approaches Langley Green with a Birmingham New Street to Kidderminster service on 20/9/1985. In the foreground is the branch to Oldbury used mainly for chlorine traffic. The station here was once known as Oldbury & Langley Green. Stephen Burdett.
7th December 1985
Set: TS054
Class 122 55004, set number T054, is seen stabled at Tyseley on 07.12.1985. Andy Cole.
5th March 1986
Here is one of my few shots on the Stourbridge town branch, taken on 5 March 1986. It shows 55004 arriving at Stourbridge Junction after a journey of just a couple of minutes from the town station. Another single car unit is just visible behind the signalbox, indicating that the daily changeover was imminent. The size of the signalbox is testament to the area's importance in earlier days, with considerable numbers of freights heading for Brierley Hill and Dudley sites, or to the Handsworth line via Langley Green. Even at this relatively late date a class 25, 25 205 is in position ready to bank freights along the now-closed line to Bescot via Wednesbury. Peter Tandy.
30th April 1986
Set: TS054
It was quite common on the 1980s for a 3 coach DMU to be strengthened with the addition of a single coach unit largely to improve the power-to-weight ratio of the train. On this occasion the leading unit was 55004 (TS054). I photographed it at Hatton North Junction on 30 April 1986 before the junction was upgraded and a tall footbridge erected to carry the public footpath across the line. The boarded crossing was made of old sleepers and was slippery in wet conditions - not great for a line with a lot of quite fast-moving freight! Peter Tandy.
circa April 1987
Set: TS054
The inside of a Class 122 DMU (the last number in the cab sadly obscured!), with the seat cushions and backs removed at the floor washed. Taken on Tyseley Depot, circa 1987. This is thought to be 55004. The vehicle was transferred to Bletchley in April 1987 for Kettering - Corby services and this could be just prior to this. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa April 1987
Set: TS054
The header tank in a Class 122 DMU, the float switch is on the lower left. Taken in an unknown vehicle at Tyseley depot circa 1987. This is thought to be 55004, the vehicle was transferred to Bletchley in April 1987 for Kettering - Corby services and this could be just prior to this. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa April 1987
Set: TS054
Part of the drivers desk in a Class 122 taken at Tyseley depot circa April 1987. The reflection in the window of the set number is TS054, which should be 55004. The vehicle was transferred to Bletchley in April 1987 for Kettering - Corby services and this could be just prior to this. The bubble cars had an extra duplex vacuum gauge, seen to the left of the brake valve, which showed the vacuum on the top side of the vacuum cylinders. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa April 1987
Set: TS054
The emergency valve, lighting control, and heater controls in a Class 122 DMU. Taken at Tyseley depot circa 1987. This is thought to be 55004, the vehicle was transferred to Bletchley in April 1987 for Kettering - Corby services and this could be just prior to this. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa April 1987
Set: TS054
The air/axle panel on a Class 122 DMU, taken at Tyseley depot circa 1987. Above is the buzzer, missing its cover. This is thought to be 55004, the vehicle was transferred to Bletchley in April 1987 for Kettering - Corby services and this could be just prior to this. Stuart Mackay Collection.
13th April 1987
Corby station on 13 April 1987, the day that services were restored after the original Corby station had closed in 1966. Single units 55004/55011 are awaiting a return to Kettering - the restored service comprised only a shuttle service to Kettering, with one or two trains each day being extended back to Bedford. The service was restored on an "experimental basis", but this experiment was deemed a failure, and Corby station closed again on 2 June 1990. It was to be nearly another 19 years before proposals to re-open Corby came to fruition, with East Midlands Trains introducing through trains to St Pancras on 23 February 2009. Lewis Bevan.
16th April 1987
Class 122 single unit M55004 (built by the Gloucester RC & W Co in 1958) at Kettering with the 09.13 service to Corby on 16 April 1987. This was the day that services were restored to Corby after a gap of 21 years, the station having been closed in April 1966 when regular passenger trains over the Oakham-Kettering line were withdrawn. The 1987 re-opening was on an "experimental" basis, and services were withdrawn again as from 2 June 1990. This closure left Corby as, allegedly, the largest town in Europe without a rail service, and, in the ensuing years, there were various proposals for trains to serve Corby once again. But it would be nearly 19 years until East Midlands Trains re-introduced a regular service, including through trains to London, to the town. Lewis Bevan.
16th April 1987
Almost 21 years to the day since Corby station had closed in 1966, rail services were reinstated. Trains shuttled between Kettering and Corby, provided by dmus based at Bletchley and operated by Network SouthEast. Initially there were two Gloucester RCW class 122 "bubble cars" dedicated to the service, embellished with the Corby coat of arms. Here, in the first week of service, M55004 climbs out of Kettering with an afternoon train on 16/4/87. New signals are in place but there are still four tracks, a situation that will change at the end of 1987. The "Jockloper" lasted barely more than three years, though in 2008 a more permanent service again re-connected Corby to the outside world. Mike Dean.
9th May 1987
On May 9, 1987, a month after the passenger service to Corby had been re-instated, Class 122 55004 takes a full load past Corby North box (south of Corby station!) on its way to Kettering and connection with the outside world. Mike Dean.
April 1988
M55004 seen in Bedford station in April 1988. Mike Cooper.