Railcar50 - a celebration of 50 years of British Railways' First Generation DMUs.

Vehicles

We managed to have 21 vehicles on site, with 16 visiting, which must be a record for any preserved gala. One other was planned, Chiltern Sandite bubble 977858 (in maroon) but it failed at Aylesbury the day before.

The original line up changed in the weeks leading up to the event. Class 122 55006 was a replacement for GWR Railcar No. 22 from Didcot, the rail move of which was cancelled when our sponsor withdrew. Class 101 692 was a replacement for Class 109 Wickham from Llangollen which withdrew as we couldn't guarantee they'd make any money from the event. 

Click on vehicle number for further information on the vehicles, or on the home railway to find about more about where they came from.

Visitors:

  Year Class Number Type Home Railway Livery Duties Reason
1 1954 Derby Lightweight M79018 DMBS Midland Railway Centre Green, no whiskers Static display at Bewdley The oldest vehicle, and the only one that is 50 this year! HLF restoration just completed.
2 1955 Derby Lightweight M79612/ DB975008 DTC Midland Railway Centre Departmental Static display at Bewdley An extreme example of a vehicle before restoration!
3 1956 Derby Heavyweight Class 114 E56006 DTC Midland Railway Centre Green, no whiskers In traffic Oldest Blue Square / Modernisation Plan vehicle. Relaunch into traffic
4 1957 BRCW Class 104 M50455 DMBS Churnet Valley Railway Green, whiskers In traffic Beautiful restoration!
5 1957 BRCW Class 104 M50517 DMC Churnet Valley Railway Green, whiskers In traffic Beautiful restoration!
6 1957 Met-Camm Class 101 53170 DMC Midland Railway Centre Strathclyde blue In traffic Celebrity unit
7 1956 Met-Camm Class 101 53253 DMBS Midland Railway Centre Strathclyde blue In traffic Celebrity Unit
8 1958 Met-Camm Class 101 E56358 DTC East Anglian Railway Museum Rail Blue In traffic Type representative, livery
9 1958 Met-Camm Class 101 E51213 DMBS East Anglian Railway Museum Rail Blue In traffic Type representative, livery
10 1958 AC Cars railbus W79978 - Colne Valley Railway Green, whiskers Kidderminster yard Railbus representative
11 1958 Derby Class 116 W51131 DMBS Battlefield Railway Blue / Grey In traffic Type representative, livery
12 1958 GRCW Class 122 Bubble Car W55006 DMBS Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Green, yellow panel In traffic Representative, livery
13 1959 Swindon Inter-City Class 126 Sc59404 TCK Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway Green Static display at Bewdley Type representative
14 1959 Derby Class 127 M55976 / M51625 DPV / DMBS Midland Railway Centre Green, whiskers Static display at Bewdley 'Tapered' Restoration
15 1960 BRCW Class 118 W51321 DMS Battlefield Railway Blue / Grey In traffic Type representative, livery
16 1960 Pressed Steel Class 121 Bubble Car 55020 DMBS Chiltern Railways Chiltern Blue In traffic Sat / Sun Representative, livery

Home vehicles:

  Year Class Number Type Home Railway Livery Duties
17 1958 Class 108 Derby Lightweight E56208 DTC Severn Valley Railway Green, whiskers In traffic
18 1958 Class 108 Derby Lightweight NE59250 TBS Severn Valley Railway Green In traffic
19 1960 Class 108 Derby Lightweight M51935 DMBS Severn Valley Railway Green, whiskers In traffic
20 1960 Class 108 Derby Lightweight M51941 DMC Severn Valley Railway Green, whiskers In traffic
21 1961 Class 108 Derby Lightweight E52064 DMC Severn Valley Railway Green, whiskers In traffic