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GWR Class 150 No.150261 stands in Platform 2 at Taunton ready to depart with the 2L07 15:37 Taunton - Bishops Lydeard on the 3rd August 2019. (Photo: Rob Sherwood) 27th July 2019 GWR Class 150/2 No. 150265 passes Norton Fitzwarren operating the new West Somerset Railway link/shuttle service from Taunton Station.
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Sep 23, 2023 · 3. Location. Cornwall. I was waiting for a train and saw 2 GWR class 150 units coupled together, but one of which was in the older First Great Western livery. Firstly I was under the impression that 150's were used for branch lines only but this was on the mainline. GWR rebranded from FGW a few years back, so why was this unit still in the FGW ...
22nd August 2015 First Great Western colourful liveries often make a nice photograph in the sun, here a Class 150/2 and 150/1 combination formed of No.150248 and No.150127 operate the 2U16 12:07 stopping service from Taunton to Cardiff Central on the 28th August 2015.
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I think that the Class 150 styling is pleasing on the eye. Perhaps because of this first encounter I have always been interested in the fortunes of 150001. 150001 and 150002 were the only two in the fleet which were built as 3 car units. The remainder were built as 2 car sets with the second batch equipped with cab end gangways that would allow pas...
Although externally the same, the two prototypes differed in their power train. 150001 one was fitted with Cummings engines and Voith hydraulic transmission. 150002 had a Perkins engines and Self Changing Gears (SCG) gearboxes. SCG gearboxes had been fitted to a number of BR DMU types as well as Class 03 and 04 diesel shunters. However in the case ...
150001 had been trialed on the Midland Main Line and reached St Pancras on at least one occasion. However in May 1985 BR are allowed the operation of these two prototype units on the Wirksworth branch. This line to Wirksworth which deviates from the Midland Main Line at Duffield had been closed to passengers in 1947 by the London Midland & Scottish...
At the time I lived in Belper just North of Derby and I used to commute into Derby on the Matlock services. On many occasions the two Class 150 prototypes, and indeed the two Metropolitan Camell Class 151 prototypes, were used on these services. The 150 prototypes project engineers were based at Derby so it was an ideal test situation. They could m...
Over the years many have questioned the need for prototypes. Cynically one could say that those opposed are driven by financial concerns. There have been successful prototypes such as English Electric’s ‘Deltic’ and DP2 and of course the High Speed Train. There are also examples of failures. It could be argued that the failures are a blessing becau...
In my view the 150 fleet has been a success. My only criticisms are the 3×2 seating arrangement and that some of the seats don’t line up fully with the windows. I seem to remember a statistic that was bandied about by British Rail in the early 1980s that it required two new DMU vehicles to replace three old ones. This was probably because the seati...
Great Western Railway now operates these two 150 prototypes. The train company were looking to increase their fleet of trains to meet passenger demand for seats. With the massive increase in passenger journeys on the National network since privatisation although new trains have been built and indeed continued to be so, Great Western Railway scoured...
Sep 20, 2016 · Up to three locomotive-hauled trains will enter traffic with Great Western Railway (GWR) next May, running between Cardiff and Taunton. They will be used to replace Class 150 and ‘153’ diesel multiple units that are being sent north for use by Northern in time for the May timetable.
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Great Western Railway: 20 150202, 150207, 150216, 150219, 150221, 150232–150234, 150238–150239, 150243–150244, 150246–150249, 150261, 150263, 150265–150266 Transport for Wales: 33 150208, 150213, 150217, 150227, 150229–150231, 150235, 150237, 150240–150241, 150245, 150250–150260, 150262, 150264, 150267, 150278, 150280–150285 ...
