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1st March 1990
Vehicle: 55022 Set: L122
L122 (55022) seen on the Acton main line in pre-electrification days. It is working the Paddington - Greenford shuttle on the 1st March 1990. 54A South Dock.
31st August 1996
Vehicle: 51332 Set: L700
Owing to electrification works the line between Willesden Junction and Richmond was worked on 31st August 1996 by class 117. Here 51332 of set L700 (and presumably 51374) enters Acton Central. Ian Buck.
3rd January 1981
Vehicle: 55029 Set: L129
Class 121 Pressed Steel DMU 55029 (set L129) and DTS trailer, Acton Main Line with Down local 3-1-81. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
22nd October 1988
Vehicle: 55029 Set: 129
Bubbles on the Acton Main Line, closest is 55029 with a Paddington - Greenford service, October 22nd 1988. Colin Brooks.
8th August 2008
Vehicle: 977873 Set: 960014
Class 121 DMU W977873 at Acton Main line route learning on 8-8-08. Ian Cuthbertson.
7th August 1998
Vehicle: 977866 Set: 960013
Class 121 977866 at Acton Yard on 7-8-98. Ian Cuthbertson.
22nd January 1983
Vehicle: 51335 Set: L402
Pressed Steel unit L402 (51335/59487/51377) is seen at Acton Cutting on January 22, 1983 from a railtour held on signals while crossing the GW main line. These dmus were the mainstay of suburban services in and out of London Paddington for many years. Jeremy Chapter.
30th July 1984
Vehicle: 55992
Diesel Motor Luggage Van no.W55992 leaves a trail of exhaust as it heads towards the capital on the up relief at Acton Mainline station. The unit is working parcels train 4A50 the 15.30 West Drayton to London Paddington. Adrian Nicholls.
16th May 1988
Vehicle: 55992
Class 128 DPU 55992 seen from a passing train, somewhere between Acton and Reading, on 16 May 1988. Paul James.
12th September 1970
Vehicle: 56287 Set: 287
A Pressed Steel formation - a Class 117 with a Class 121 DTS on the front (which seems to be W56287) is seen at Acton Cutting, near Acton Main Line, on 12 September 1970. Taken from the London Terminals Railtour as it crossed the Great Western Mainline from Paddington to the West. George Woods.
1st July 1987
Vehicle: 55992
Together forever .... Rumoured to be withdrawn from traffic fairly soon, one of OC's allocation of two Class 128 DPUs (diesel parcels units) W55992 rumbles along the up relief line at Poplar Jn, Acton, heading for Paddington ...... Inseparable since being introduced in 1960 both W55991+W55992 have been allocated to the London Division of the Western Region for over 27 years. Firstly at Southall, then Reading and now, for the last month, Old Oak Common. Both were transferred away to Cambridge 18 months later, with 55991 being withdrawn from there on 5/11/90, whilst 55992 was transferred, on paper at least, to Chester on 30/11/90 and immediately withdrawn ..... Both were later scrapped at M.C. Metals Ltd, Springburn, Glasgow ...... 1st July 1987. Nigel Mack.
1987
A two-car Class 104 DMU in Acton Main Line station circa Spring 1987. Brian Ward.
11th April 1981
Vehicle: 51346 Set: L411
Class 117 DMU set L411 (51346 + 59498 + 51388) pass Acton Main Line station on the 13:29 Paddington-Reading service on 11 April 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.
15th February 1988
Vehicle: 51498 Set: 835
Class 101 DMU set 835 (presumably 51498 + 59526 + 51432) at Acton with the 10:03 Paddington - Maidenhead on 15 February 1988. The centre car is the only one of the three to have an orange cantrail stripe which is emphasising its lack of a full length rainstrip. There is another Met-Camm to the right with a suburban centre car, in the distance between the two is a Class 119 DMBC and two Met-Camm sidings. Stuart Mackay Collection.
19th September 1989
Vehicle: 51362 Set: L424
At Acton on 19 September 1989 class 117 L424 (51362 + 59514 + 51404) passes with a Paddington to Reading local service. This wasn't the nicest place to stand with 4 very busy lanes of traffic behind the camera and probably isn't somewhere I'd go in 2023 given the OHLE catenary and less than riveting traction using the lines. Peter Tandy.
19th September 1989
Vehicle: 55030 Set: L130
A bubble in a very different environment with L130, class 121 single car 55030, approaching Acton with a London Paddington to Greenford train in the late afternoon of 19 September 1989. The building work would soon obscure the view of the bridge over the North London Line and much of the capital's infrastructure. Peter Tandy.
29th May 1987
Vehicle: 54280 Set: L280
By the time this picture was taken on 29 May 1987 only 8 of the original 10 Class 121 Driving Trailers remained in service. Here W54280 (L280) leads Pressed Steel Class 117 unit L417, formed of 51354 + 59506 + 51396 away from Acton Main Line whilst in charge of the 0916 Slough - Paddington service. Acton Yard is located just the other side of the bridge and the tracks to the right of the train are the up and down Poplars which connect the WR with the LMR at Acton Wells Jn. Delivered new to Southall (81C) in September 1960, W56280 was to spend its entire, almost 31 year life allocated to the Western Region. With spells at Southall, Reading and latterly Old Oak Common it was officially withdrawn on 26th March 1991 and scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam. Nigel Mack.
20th May 1987
Vehicle: 55030 Set: L130
The 0916 Slough - Paddington stopping service accelerates away from the station stop at Acton Main Line formed of a Pressed Steel Class 121 single car W55030 leading a Class 117 3 Car set W51337 + W59489 + W51379 (L404) on 20 May 1987. Nigel Mack.
1st July 1987
Vehicle: 53540
As far as i know DMBS 53540 was one of only two Class 104 vehicles in the London area to carry Blue and Grey livery, 53477 being the other. Here, relatively fresh from works, it leads Class 117 vehicles W59497 + W51387 past Poplar Jn, just to the east of Acton Main Line, as the 0841 Reading - Paddington service whilst standing in for a non available W51345 in set L410 on 1st July 1987. Notice the lack of roof vents on this vehicle, a sure sign that it was asbestos stripped, possibly on its last overhaul at Derby Litchurch Lane during May 1987, the same time it was painted into Blue and Grey. The filthy enamel sign next to the cab, and no doubt the other affixed to the retaining wall slightly further down, reminded drivers to keep engine noise to a minimum as a hospital was located in the grounds above the brick wall. However it was closed in the early 1980s. Nigel Mack.
circa 1987
Vehicle: 51355 Set: 418
Class 117 DMU set 418 (presumably 51355 + 59507 + 51397) in Acton Main Line station, circa 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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