Class
159 - BREL Express.
- DMCL-MSL-DMSL.
- Built by BREL, Derby
1992 as 158 and converted to 159 at Rosyth Dockyard.
- One Cummins NTA855R
engine of 300 kW (400 hp) 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
2.82 m.
- Seating 2+2 facing /
unidirectional (standard class), 2+1 facing (first
class).
- Express Stock Maximum
Speed 90 mph.
Unit numbers are: 159001
to 159022. All allocated to Salisbury Depot and used on the
London Waterloo to Exeter St. Davids route. This line used to be
the territory of Class 50 Locomotive action in 1992.
Class 159
Photographs.
 159s
at Salisbury Depot (SA) viewed from the North end of
Salisbury Station on the 26th June 1993. Unit numbers are
159003, 159017 and 159021. |
 159011
stands at Salisbury station with a London Waterloo
service on the 26th June 1993. |
 159016 at Exeter St. Davids on the
18th July 1993. |
 159022
stands at Salisbury Depot on the 22nd May 1993. |
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Written by Mark Chatwin.
159s
at Salisbury Depot (SA) viewed from the North end of
Salisbury Station on the 26th June 1993. Unit numbers are
159003, 159017 and 159021.
159011
stands at Salisbury station with a London Waterloo
service on the 26th June 1993.
159016 at Exeter St. Davids on the
18th July 1993.
159022
stands at Salisbury Depot on the 22nd May 1993.