Class 121 Pressed Steel Single / 2-car DMUs
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55020
Set Number: 121020
9th September 2012
A varied line-up alongside the Chiltern Railways Depot at Aylesbury on September 9th 2012. Left to right was, former Class 117 Sandite unit 960301, the depot shunter 'Lesley' a Ruston & Hornsby 0-6-0 that was built in 1963, Chiltern Class 122 single units 55020 (121020) & W55034 (034), and some 165s. Martyn Hilbert.
975659
Set Number: L135
1st March 1989
Route Learner ADB975659, set L135, at Bristol Temple Meads on 1 March 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.
55027
Set Number: L127
16th March 1998
One of three Class 121 "bubble cars" still in service at the time, L127, or vehicle 55027, pauses outside Colchester shed on 16 March 1998. As the destination blind suggests, this vehicle, and sisters 55029 and 55031, could be found working between Marks Tey and Sudbury - the only unelectrified branch in the area. By the following year the three units had transferred from Ilford to Bletchley for use on the Marston Vale line to Bedford.
After withdrawal from passenger service, 55027 was converted to departmental use, and then as one of two emergency vehicles for the Severn Tunnel. Chris Boon.
55029
Set Number: L129
27th July 1996
Network South East Class 121 "bubble cars" L129 (vehicle 55029) and L127 (vehicle 55027) approach Ridgmont with a Bletchley-bound service on 27 July 1996. Chris Boon.
54289
Set Number: 289
late 1987
Class 121 vehicles 54289 and 55020 depart head away from Maidenhead station with a service to Reading in late 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.