Class 151 prototype DMU
75mile/h 3 car Cummins engine with Twin Disc gearbox
151001 and 002 originally built by Metro Cammell at Washwood Heath, Birmingham in 1984
Arrival
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151002 being collected from Met Cam 1985 |
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151002 in RTC yard 1985 |
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Both sets on Etches Park 1985 |
On test in 1985
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Bedford 1985 |
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Buxton |
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Glendon Jcn |
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Outside St Pancras |
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Nottingham |
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Mickleover test track |
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Near Wing Tunnel |
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Matlock |
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Sheffield as a 2-car |
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Cricklewood |
In service
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151002 Kidderminster |
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Derby station |
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151002 Milford |
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151002 north of Belper |
Wirksworth specials
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151002 Gorsey Bank LC |
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Somewhere on the Wirksworth branch |
The end
| In March 2000, the units were acquired by a company called Endeavour Rail, who planned to refurbish both for spot hire to train operating companies.They were transferred to LNWR at Crewe, but again the proposed refurbishment did not happen and the units remained in the open next to the West Coast Main Line where they would remain until scrapped on site in 2004, by which point their condition had rapidly degenerated in part due to vandalism. |
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Waiting for the scrapman at LNWR Crewe 2003 |