975042

Your comments

• Vince

  12 June 2002, 23:02:00

  Does anyone know if these, or the others at Aylesbury are still in use? If so, are they still used for sandite, or just route learning now, with the introduction ( ! ) of the MPVs?

• Simon Bendall

  13 June 2002, 01:22:28

  975042, 977723 and 977858 are still operational and used for sandite and route learning as required. Also see use as Aylesbury depot shunters on occasions. Obviously they see most use in the autumn, the two pictured above have not moved for some months. 977722 is just used for spares. Despite what RAIL says, Aylesbury has never had an allocation of MPVs and AFAIK has only had two visits since they were introduced. Last time I asked a Chiltern bod, he said there were no plans to replace the bubbles.

• Tom Walker

  9 February 2004, 21:27:32

  note the differences between this unit and the one behind it. One is a class 121, the other a 122.

• Colin Burnikell

  12 April 2004, 21:10:10

  Concerning the Railtrack livery worn by the class 121, when was this first introduced?

• Tom Walker

  20 June 2004, 21:18:23

  I believe the answer to that would be 1998, but don't mark my words.

• Colin Burnikell

  10 April 2005, 20:43:23

  Can anybody else confirm the date of 1998 as the introduction of these units in Railtrack livery?

• Tony Rispoli

  23 February 2008, 18:23:06

  Were these fitted with OTMR this year then? Otherwise they could not be used on the main line and the sandite work definitely be done by MPVs