Diesel Railcars

Class 121 Diesel Railcar

W55033 is a class 121 vehicle which was built by Pressed Steel Limited in 1960. It was delivered new to Bristol Bath Road depot and worked on branch lines in the West Country. It also worked from Plymouth, Cardiff and Tyseley from where it was withdrawn from BR service in 1994. The vehicle is notable as it was part of the last train on the Maiden Newton to Bridport line in Dorset in 1975 and was painted in a unique "Midline" livery by Tyseley Depot, Birmingham in 1986. W55033 arrived at the Colne Valley Railway in 1995 and was loaned to the East Kent Light Railway for nine months in 1996/7.

W56287 is a class 121 trailer vehicle also built by Pressed Steel limited in 1960. It was brought to Colne valley from Mangapps Farm Railway in 2002, where it had been in preservation for several years.

Class 141 Diesel Railcar

This was BR’s attempt at replacing the 1950s diesel railcars in traffic with a lightweight version and using Leyland National bus technology.

It was assembled at Derby in 1984 (the bodies were made at Leyland’s Workington factory) and it was delivered in a Green and White livery for use on Leeds local services.

It was rebuilt in 1988 and repainted in the red and white livery it still carries. It was withdrawn in 1996 and came to the Colne Valley in 2004.