Help Wanted RE: Railway Train (Read 526 times)

[cheifgaz]

Hi guys is there anyone on here that can help me out,

Im going to purchase a Hornby class 153 DMU DCC Northern train its a single train and ive asked if you can connect another unit to it, they have told me yes but got to fit a coupling device to it any ideas if this is easy enough to do?

[doncasterdart]

I've got a Class 153 model and if I remember you just have to clip a coupler into a pocket underneath the body, but don't take this as fact! I'll check that info when I get back off holiday next weekend.

[cheifgaz]

Thanks i made a mistake its a class 153 Northern and have been told today that they only run as a one car anyway, is this true as i dont know too much about trains.

[markno16]

Yes - a 153 is a single unit. I suppose two 153's together make a class 150... but officially this is not the case. A 153 is a 150 split in two with a new cab created at the blunt ends.

[cheifgaz]

Thanks for that Markno ill not bother linking 2 up then. Could you tell me what classes run in pairs then please as my layout will consist of mainly these types of trains.

[markno16]

You'll see 142, 144, 150 (rare in SY), 158 as far as I'm aware. Definitely all DMu's apart from 153.

AS for my previous post, I may be confusing a 150 with a 155, I'm sure somebody can correct me!

[cheifgaz]

Thanks for your help

[dougie]

Jun 26, 2011 18:27:09 GMT markno16 said:

Yes - a 153 is a single unit. I suppose two 153's together make a class 150... but officially this is not the case. A 153 is a 150 split in two with a new cab created at the blunt ends.

A 153 is half a 155 - the entire class of 155s were split in two (apart from a handful of WYPTE sponsored units) because BR didn't have enough money for more trains.

A 150 is a different train (for shorter routes, often with 3+2 seating)

[doncasterdart]

All pacers (Classes 142, 143 and 144) and sprinters (Classes 150, 153-split from 155 as mentioned above, 155, 156 and 158) can work as a combined unit, but don't often do. In S.Yorks, you may see class 144 and 142 joined together for stopper services(as 144+144, 142+142, 142+144, or rarely longer) but not usually anything more. These days 153s on Northern are quite often attached to other trains to increase capacity.

To give a few more(less local) examples:
First Great Western 153s often work with a pacer on local services.
Scotrail often has 2 or 3 156 units joined on some lines.

[madannie77]

153s are often seen in these parts coupled to 158s on the Leeds - Carlisle service, and quite often coupled together (and occasionally in threes) on the Cumbrian Coast route.

[markno16]

Thanks Dougie, I thought I had mixed them up.

Jun 26, 2011 19:34:38 GMT doncasterdart said:

All pacers (Classes 142, 143 and 144) and sprinters (Classes 150, 153-split from 155 as mentioned above, 155, 156 and 158) can work as a combined unit, but don't often do. In S.Yorks, you may see class 144 and 142 joined together for stopper services(as 144+144, 142+142, 142+144, or rarely longer) but not usually anything more. These days 153s on Northern are quite often attached to other trains to increase capacity.

I think Gaz maybe referring to units which have more than one carriage (i.e. he has to purchase 2 158 carriages to obtain a 158 set). Therefore, all but 153s and 156s need 2 to make a set.

[doncasterdart]

Ok, but Model Shops will nearly always sell a full unit, so 2 coaches of a 156, 2 or 3(depending on the prototype) of a 158 for example-it is very rare for them to split a set-however you may find single carriages of a unit on the second hand market.