british rail class 122

The British Rail Class 122 diesel multiple units were built by Gloucester RC&W in 1958.

Description

Twenty single-car driving motor vehicles, called "Bubble Cars", were built, numbered 55000-55019. These were supplemented by ten trailer vehicles, numbered 56290-299 (later renumbered 54290-299).

Parcels Use

Three Scottish Region cars (55013-55015) were converted to carry parcels traffic and were reclassified Class 131, though the vehicles themselves were not renumbered.

Current Operations

Upon privatisation of Britain's railways, the Class 122 fleet has been withdrawn from normal service. However several units were operated by EWS and Network Rail (previously Railtrack) in departmental service, reclassified as Class 960. These are listed below:

olspan=2\|Vehicle No.	align=left rowspan=2\|Livery	align=left rowspan=2\|Operator	align=left rowspan=2\|Use	align=left rowspan=2\|Status
epartmenal No.	Former No.
lign=center\|01	align=center\|975023	align=center\|55001	BR Blue	Railtrack	Sandite/Route-learning unit	Sold for preservation in 1995
lign=center\|122012	align=center\|977941	align=center\|55012	Load-Haul	EWS	Route-learning unit	Stored in 2002
lign=center\|960015	align=center\|975042	align=center\|55019	NR Yellow	Network Rail	Sandite unit	In traffic

Preservation

"Bubble Cars" have proved popular for preservation on heritage railways.

lign=left\|Unit No.	align=left\|Vehicle Type	align=left\|Location	align=left\|Comments
5000	122100	DMBS	South Devon Railway	Regional Railways livery.
5001	01	DMBS	Northampton & Lamport Railway	Used as sandite unit after retirement from normal service
5003	P103	DMBS	Mid-Hants Railway	First preserved DMU to gain main line certification
5005	P105	DMBS	Battlefield Railway	align=left\|-
5006	P106	DMBS	Ecclesbourne Valley Railway	align=left\|-
5009	P109	DMBS	Mid Norfolk Railway	align=left\|-

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