Class 153

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Date: 25/11/06 Views: 199

Class 153

These vehicles were originally delivered as two-car units of "Super Sprinter" Class 155. A use was identified for single-car units and plans drawn to split the sets and add a second driving cab at the non-driving end. Problems then arose with the Trades Unions and the units became a momentary "cause celebre". The Unions argued, on health & Safety grounds, that the new cab - fitted into a smallish vestibule - did not offer sufficient protection to its members in the event of an accident. For a while the converted units ran as tow-car formations with the disputed cabs coupled together. Eventually agreement was reached and the class is used extensively either in single-car formation or to stregtnen 2-car sets of other classes.

Date: 27/11/06 Owner: Malcolm Clements Size: 7 items

Q285003

During the period when the "short" cabs of the Class 153 conversions were blacked by the drivers' Trades Unions they were often run in pairs with the original cabs facing outwards, thus avoiding the problem. Here 153364 leads 153360 into Bolton

Date: 02/12/06 Views: 489

Q604023

In Regional Railways livery 153312 pauses late one evening at Bristol Temple Meads on 7.10.97,

Date: 02/12/06 Views: 391

D00298

57364, of 153364, began life as 57314 of 155314. Here it still carries the original Regional Railways livery but has acquired Central Trains branding. Doncaster, 15.10.03.

Date: 01/01/70 Views: 441

D00969

57356, of 153356, is coupled with 153334 at Crewe on 15.06.04. Both carried Regional Railways livery with Central Trains branding.

Date: 01/01/70 Views: 474

D00219

No doubts about who's operating 153231 - Arriva livery with Arriva branding at Doncaster on 15.10.03.

Date: 01/01/70 Views: 397

D00651

Changes in franchises have led to much chopping & changing in the allocation of second-generation units. 153313 used to run in the North West of England - hence the "North Western Trains" livery. That franchise then passed into history and i

Date: 06/05/04 Views: 411

R058042

153360 leads a class 156 unit into Manchester Piccadilly. These single-car units are useful to operators to strengthen two car sets at busy times. North Western Trains livery with First North Western branding.

Date: 02/12/06 Views: 345