BR 55025 Class 121 DMBS (later Departmental 'Bubble Car') built 1962
| BR 55025 Class 121 DMBS (later Departmental 'Bubble Car') built 1962 |
Present Location | Honeybourne | County Location | Worcestershire | Designed For | BR | Built by | Pressed Steel | Diagram number | 512 | Lot number | 30518 | Type | DMBS | First Number | 55025 | Later Numbers | W55025; 977859; set no 960011, nicknamed Pandora | Present Number | 960011 Pandora | Current Livery | Railtrack - blue and green | Gauge | 4ft 8 1/2in | Wheel Arrangement | 4-w bogies | Additional Notes | Withdrawn from use as Network Rail departmental diesel 'Bubble Car' video survey unit and route learner unit. 3/09: moved to Tyseley. By 10/13: for sale. By 06/16: moved to Quinton Rail Technology Centre, Long Marston; and by 11/16: initial restoration work under way. It is hoped that the vehicle will eventually be used by the North Somerset Railway, currently negotiating to acquire and re-open the line between Radstock and Frome. 03/18: confirmed still on site at Long Marston. 06/21: moved from Quinton Rail Technology Centre to a private site at Honeybourne Airfield Industrial Estate, near Evesham - confirmed still there 04/22. | Owner | DPR Carriage Group | Grid Reference | SP 153459 | Rarity | n/a | Storage | Secure Open | Operating | No | Photo Date | 28/11/2016 | Photo by | David Hancox | At Risk | No | Date Record Last Updated | 12/04/2022 |
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