Set B101

These formations have been noted:

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown

1971

975023 about to pass Hinksey South signalbox, Oxford in 1971. Adrian Vaughan.

30th May 1972

Seen at Reading, 30/5/72. Through the cab windows you can see the partition to the van has been altered and there is some conventional seating in the van area for the crews that are route learning. David Mant.

13th June 1973

Departmental Class 122 DB975023 at Cardiff Central on 13 June 1973 on route learning duties. Robert Thomas.

1974

975023 is standing at Clink Rd up starter, and the guard is walking back to the box. 1974. Adrian Vaughan.

circa 1974

TDB975023 - a visiting Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited Class 122 Suburban diesel-mechanical railcar seen stabled in my then local shed at Southall. The unit was once W55001 but was transferred to departmental service after early withdrawal in 1969. The B101 code indicates the vehicle was based at Bristol Bath Road. Another "bubble car" sits behind. I would have been on one of my frequent 'after school' visits to Southall footbridge to do a bit of train-spotting. Sometimes I would venture down to the trackside, as in this shot, and even bunk round the shed as on this occasion. At this time, in the early to mid 1970s, Southall shed still had the ambience of an old steam shed, with the old smoke extractors still in place on the roof. Chris McKee.

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