10937 British Rail Class 121 DMU No W55028
by Colin Hunt
Title
10937 British Rail Class 121 DMU No W55028
Artist
Colin Hunt
Medium
Photograph - Photograph - Photo Painting
Description
British Rail Class 121 DMU No W55028 at Swanage station.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Sixteen Class 121 single-car, double-ended driving motor vehicles were built from 1960, numbered 55020-55035. These were supplemented by ten single-ended trailer vehicles, numbered 56280-56289 (later renumbered 54280-54289). They have a top speed of 70 mph, with slam-doors, and vacuum brakes. The driving motor vehicles were nicknamed "Bubble cars" by some enthusiasts (a nickname now endorsed by current operator Chiltern Railways).
The Class 121 is Britain's longest serving DMU, having been in service for 56 years as of 2016.
Recently sold by South West Trains to Swanage Railway, it was used as a departmental route-learning unit. Currently in B.R "Heritage" green with "D.M.U Whiskers" livery after a major overhaul was undertaken after its arrival. Currently at Eastleigh under overhaul to allow eventual use on the mainline connection to Wareham.
The Swanage Railway is now a heritage railway, originally a branch line from near Wareham, Dorset to Swanage opened in 1885. The independent company which built it was amalgamated with the larger London and South Western Railway in 1886.
The passenger service was withdrawn in 1972, leaving a residual freight service over part of the line handling mineral traffic.
After the passenger closure, a heritage railway group revived part of the line; it too used the name Swanage Railway and now operates a 6-mile (9.7 km) line which follows the route of the former line from Norden, via Corfe Castle, Harman's Cross and Herston Halt to Swanage.
This artwork has been featured within the following groups:
Images That Excite You (27th August 2018)
Digital Art and Photography For A Simple Imagination (1st September 2018)
Pin Me - Daily (4th September 2018)
Contemporary (4th September 2018)
10 Plus (9th September 2018)
Your Very Best Photography (25th September 2018)
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December 28th, 2016
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Colin Hunt
Many thanks to Frozen in Time Fine Art Photography for featuring this artwork in the group "Your Very Best Photography".
Colin Hunt
Many thanks to Swedish Attitude Design for featuring this artwork in the group "Digital Art and Photography For A Simple Imagination".
Colin Hunt
Many thanks to John M Bailey for featuring this artwork in the group "Images That Excite You".
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