BR 55025 Class 121 DMBS (later Departmental 'Bubble Car') built 1962

BR 55025 Class 121 DMBS (later Departmental 'Bubble Car') built 1962

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Additional Notes Withdrawn from use as Network Rail departmental diesel 'Bubble Car' video survey unit and route learner unit. 3/09: moved to Tyseley.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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