Class 155 - West Yorkshire PTE - 155345 - OO Scale Subclass_Mk2c British Railways Departmental Service Van

British Railways Departmental Service Van

A real go anywhere locomotive and is suitable for use right up to the present day

When that lease expired

but other than a brief period of loan to Cardiff Canton in 1981 it was a solid but unexciting Eastern Region machine until it joined the exodus of Class 37s north of the border in May 1987

These items were often picked up en route

Class 155 - West Yorkshire PTE - 155345 - OO Scale Subclass_Mk2c British Railways Departmental Service VanThe British Rail Class 155 diesel multiple unit (DMU) was introduced in 19871988. Built by Leyland at Workington, 42 two car units were produced using construction methods from the bus building industry. Shortly after entering service, structural faults, including body cracks, led to the fleet being temporarily withdrawn. Rather than restoring them as two car sets, British Rail split 35 units into single vehicles, creating the Class 153 between 1991