An Arriva Trains Wales Class 150/2 skirts Colwyn Bay on the 8th November 2017 working 1H90, 14:40 Llandudno – Manchester. The seaside town of Colwyn Bay, complete with pier is in the background with the railway flanked by the sea on one side and the busy A55 on the other.
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At the beginning of the 1980s, British Rail had a large fleet of ageing Diesel Multiple Units built to many different designs in the late 1950s and early 1960s and it was decided to commence their replacement with new second generation units, built to modern standards. In 1984 two prototype three car Class 150/0 units, numbered 150001 and 150002 where built, 150001 was fitted with Cummins engines and Voith hydraulic transmission and 150002 was fitted with Perkins (Rolls Royce) engines and Self-Changing Gears mechanical transmission, Following experience with the prototype units the Cummins/Voith configuration was chosen for further construction and fifty two car sets were ordered. Unlike a lot of prototypes 150001 has not met with an early demise and is still in service twenty five years later and is seen here at Stourbridge Junction having just arrived on Birmingham area local working, 30th May 2009. Fate has also been kind to 150002 and after a spell as a prototype for the class 158, being re-geared to a maximum speed of 90 mph and fitted with Cummins engines/Voith transmission and a class 158 interior it has reverted to the same configuration as 150001 and is still in service.
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Recent transfer to First Great Western three car class 150 DMU 150001 waits to depart Basingstoke with 2J36, 13:36 Basingstoke – Reading local service, 30th April 2012.
Unit History
At the beginning of the 1980s, British Rail had a large fleet of ageing Diesel Multiple Units built to various designs in the late 1950s and early 1960s and it was decided to commence their replacement with new “second generation” units, built to modern standards. In 1984 two prototype three car Class 150/0 units, numbered 150001 and 150002 where built, 150001 was fitted with Cummins engines and Voith hydraulic transmission and 150002 was fitted with Perkins (Rolls Royce) engines and Self-Changing Gears mechanical transmission, Following experience with the prototype units the Cummins/Voith configuration was chosen for further construction and fifty two car sets were ordered. Unlike a lot of prototypes 150001 has not met with an early demise and as can be seen is still in service twenty eight years later. After twenty seven years on local services initially in the East Midlands and then the West Midlands it was transferred to First Great Western at the end of 2011 for Reading – Basingstoke duties having been displaced by class 172 units in the West Midlands.
Tags: 30th April
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150002 stands in platform 2 at Reading waiting departure time working 2J33, 12:38 Reading – Basingstoke, 11th September 2015.
Unit History
At the beginning of the 1980s, British Rail had a large fleet of ageing Diesel Multiple Units built to various designs in the late 1950s and early 1960s and it was decided to commence their replacement with new “second generation” units, built to modern standards. In 1984 two prototype three car Class 150/0 units, numbered 150001 and 150002 where built, 150001 was fitted with Cummins engines and Voith hydraulic transmission and 150002 was fitted with Perkins (Rolls Royce) engines and Self-Changing Gears mechanical transmission, Following experience with the prototype units the Cummins/Voith configuration was chosen for further construction and fifty two car sets were ordered. Unlike a lot of prototypes 150002 has not met with an early demise and as can be seen is still in service thirty years later although it has been fitted with the standard Cummins engines and Voith hydraulic transmission. After twenty seven years on local services initially in the East Midlands and then the West Midlands it was transferred to First Great Western at the end of 2011 for Reading – Basingstoke duties having been displaced by class 172 units in the West Midlands.
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Northern 150002 stabled between duties at Sheffield, 1st November 2023.
Unit History
At the beginning of the 1980s, British Rail had a large fleet of ageing Diesel Multiple Units built to various designs in the late 1950s and early 1960s and it was decided to commence their replacement with new “second generation” units, built to modern standards. In 1984 two prototype three car Class 150/0 units, numbered 150001 and 150002 where built, 150001 was fitted with Cummins engines and Voith hydraulic transmission and 150002 was fitted with Perkins (Rolls Royce) engines and Self-Changing Gears mechanical transmission, Following experience with the prototype units the Cummins/Voith configuration was chosen for further construction and fifty two car sets were ordered. Unlike a lot of prototypes 150002 has not met with an early demise and as can be seen is still in service thirty years later although it has been fitted with the standard Cummins engines and Voith hydraulic transmission. After twenty seven years on local services initially in the East Midlands and then the West Midlands it was transferred to First Great Western at the end of 2011 for Reading – Basingstoke duties having been displaced by class 172 units in the West Midlands. It moved to Northern in early 2020 and is approaching forty years of service.
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