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A class 122 (TY051, presumably M55004) waits to leave Stourbridge Town for one of the worlds great rail journeys to Stourbridge Junction!! 27/2/1976. Stephen Burdett.
Class 122 GRC&W bubble car M55004 at Stratford-upon-Avon, date unknown, possibly early 1970s. The vehicle spent the first 29 years of its 32 year career based at Tyseley. Graham Clark.
Gloucester RC&W Co "bubble car" single unit M55004 standing at Stourbridge Town Station on September 11, 1978. Jeremy Chapter.
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.
Class 122 M55004 stabled in the Cold Store Siding alongside platform 3 at Stratford-upon-Avon on Monday 28 May 1979. David Russon.
Class 122 DMUs M55004 and M55003 in Leamington Spa station on Friday 1 June 1979. David Russon.
Class 122 M55004 part way through attention at Swindon Works on 14 October 1979. Brian Daniels.
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.
Rush hour, Bearley Junction. Single car 55004 calls at Bearley Junction with the 10.00 Leamington - Stratford service on 10/01/1981. The guard does not look happily upon the photographer as he braves the cold air from safety of his luggage compartment, his smart uniform is slightly detracted by a non standard flat cap. Geoff Dowling.
55004 at Willington, date unknown. Ian Francis.
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.
Class 122 55004, set number T054, is seen stabled at Tyseley on 07.12.1985. Andy Cole.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.