55020 Class 121 Driving Motor Brake Second

Home Railway

Bodmin & Wenford Railway

Location History

Bodmin & Wenford Railway Oct 17-Present

Current Location

Bodmin & Wenford Railway

 

 

Current Status

Operational

   

Current Livery

Chiltern Railways Blue

 

 

TRA Designation

4

   

Owner

Private

 

 

Website

bodminrailway.co.uk

   

Record Last Updated

1 January 2021

   

Preservation Modifications
None

Preservation Information
55020 was one of a pair of Class 121 vehicles which were the very last first generation railcars to operate on the mainline, the vehicle not being retired until as late as 2017.

Preserved soon after withdrawal, 55020 was moved to its new home the Bodmin & Wenford Railway in October, fully operational and available for passenger service. It replaced a Class 108 2-car set which the railway had been running for many years.

55020 ran its first trains in preservation passenger service in March 2018, less than a year after carrying its last mainline passengers.

55020 currently operates regularly on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway running off peak and supplimentary services.

Future Plans
To maintain in service.

 

121020 stabled at Bodmin, 7/6/19. Andrew Rothe

   

121020 stands at Boscarne Junction running shuttles to and from Bodmin, 22/9/18. Jamie Dyke

   

121020 out in the damp Cornwall Contryside! 2018. Bodmin & Wenford Railway

   

121020 at Bodmin, newly arrived having just been unloaded from the lorry, 20/10/17. Bodmin & Wenford Railway