150/2 Sprinters
Fitted with Cummins NT855-R5 285HP engines and
Voith transmission these 2 x 19m long car units were the logical successors to the
Class 150/1's which were rather nondescript with no corridor
connections and dubious electric equipment. 170 of the class 150/2 vehicles were ordered
and allocated to four depots running high speed cross country limited stop
services as well as suburban duties. Capable of 75 mile/h with
Westinghouse 'Westcode' brakes, they had upgraded electrical equipment,
corridor connections, BSI couplers and weighed in at approx.
36 tonnes each vehicle. They had a cross-vehicle corridor behind the cab with air-operated sliding exterior doors. The author spent some time at Leeds Neville Hill depot when the units were being commissioned . |
Click on the image for the bigger picture - All photos are the author's unless otherwise credited.
150222 is pictured passing
Charlestown loop, on the Calder Valley line between Hebden Bridge and
Todmorden. My thanks to Andy Parr
for identifying the location. Author's collection |
The technical data sheet for the
Sprinter which accompanied the Hamburg convoy to the IVA88
exhibition.
Author's collection |
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Two class 150/2's pictured in Edinburgh Waverley Station, one of which is about to leave for Glasgow. A bit of a comedown compared to six Mk3 coaches and a class 47. | An
unidentified unit is shown in the yard at an unknown location -
possibly Manchester's Newton Heath depot. Author's collection |
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150202 departs Rugeley TV on
9th February 2001 Steve Jones |
Another picture of 150202
this time at Stafford on 10th March 2003 Steve Jones |
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150231 rolls into Birmingham New Street at 10.45 am on the morning of 30th January 2006 | 150282 from Shrewsbury approaching its destination at Crewe at 08.30 on 18th May 2006 | ||
150266 in pictorial livery at Weymouth on 8th June 2006 | 150223 in the original Northern Spirit livery arriving at Manchester Piccadilly on 3rd August 2006 | ||
150272 in one of the numerous Northern liveries is captured approaching Grindleford in the Hope Valley on 13th April 2007 | 150276 in original Regional Railways livery at Morecambe on 13th July 2007 | ||
150258 in Arriva Trains Wales livery pictured at Ebbw Vale Parkway station on 30th June 2008 |
More pictures will be added as time permits