BR (WR) Class 122 W55000

The first filming for 2009 begins on the South Devon Railway, were the first train services on the line were hauled by British Railways first generation DMU 'Bubble car' Class 122 W55000. Filmed on the most scenic spots on the line. The weather wasn't as good as predicted as it had rained for most of the day.

This Single multiple unit was built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company in 1958, and spent much of its working life in the West Country on rural branchlines such as the Exeter to Exmouth branch (which I recall seeing during the early 90's) Withdrawn in 1993 after 35 years of BR ownership. This loco is now part of the South Devon Railway diesel fleet.

W55000 carries the Regional Railways livery which it carried during the late 80's and early 90's and is the only and last diesel to carry the Regional Railways livery, as it is soon to be in BR green livery. So this is probally the last chapter of Regional Railways history.

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• Devon
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• DMU
• Class
• 122
• W55000
• bubble
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• Regional
• Railways

[class37fan]

nice vid, you going to the 40th

[GreatWestern175]

Yes.

[JBTEvans]

Nice video there Ryan, nice to see the SDR capture the atmosphere of an early 60s branch too.

[GreatWestern175]

Cheers Josh, it was pretty tricky to get to these spots as there was still some ice on the roads as I was cycling and rain later in the day.

[hstman14]

I must say, how enjoyable! Great little machines, good noise and well captured. A good start to 2009 Ryan.

[GreatWestern175]

Cheers Liam, I like these bubble cars, they're pretty fun to film, although tricky when in rain.

[Skoda130]

errerertert

[moxon2311]

Great Video!!

Really MUST get a shot of this unit at some point!!

[timsimmk]

Great sound! Love the purr of the diesels.

[MG06ZT]

Great vid, I remember that when it had a spell at Tyseley.

[baz15god]

hi mate, dont get me wrong its a good video, however the 122 is NOT going green as far as I know, having spent most of the winter fixing the loco and restoring the regional railways livery.

[lydhammanor]

great video the SDR has to be one of the best out of the 3 lines in devon rating 5

[JBTEvans]

Yeah I bet there was ice. I take my hat off to you for cycling on it!