Class 158 - BREL Express.

• DMSL(B)-DMSL(A) or DMCL-DMSL or DMSL(B)-MSL-DMSL(A).
• Built Derby 1989 to 1992.
• Engine: One Cummins NTA855R of 260 kW (350 hp) or 300 kW (400 hp) units 158747-751 and 158863-872, or One Perkins 2006-TWH of 260 kW (350 hp) units 158815-862 per car.
• Hydraulic, Voith T211r with Gmeinder final drive transmission.
• Bogies one BREL P4 and one BREL T4 per car.
• Gangwayed throughout.
• Sliding Plug doors.
• Dimensions of 23.21 x 2.70 m.
• Seating 2+2 facing / unidirectional (first and second class).
• Express Stock Maximum Speed 90 mph.

Class 158/0.

Unit numbers are: 158701 to 158872.

Class 158/9.

DMSL-DMS. Leased by West Yorkshire PTE. Details as above except for seating layout and toilets. All allocated to Neville Hill and in West Yorkshire PTE livery. Unit numbers: 158901 to 158910.

Class 158 Photographs.

Class 158 minus front number approaches Doncaster Station. A class 141 or 142 Railbus sits in a siding on the left of this picture.	158713, 156499 and 158722 at Glasgow Queen Street on the 16th August 1992. 158713 was the 23:50 to Inverness.
158740, 158720 and 156446 at Inverness on the 8th November 1992.	158781, 156421 and 150127 (Centro Livery) at Nottingham on the 14th February 1993.
158794 at Exeter St. Davids on the 12th February 1992.	158825 at Westbury on the 8th April 1992.
158849 at Grantham station on the 13th June 1993.	158857 at Cardiff Station with a Nottingham Service on the 13th February 1993. This unit is currently allocated to Norwich Crown Point depot.
158864 and 150279 at Cardiff Central Station on the 13th February 1993.	158865 and 158827 pull into Cardiff Central on the 13th February 1993.
158869 at Bristol Temple Meads on the 11th December 1992. This unit is based at Cardiff Canton.

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