What happened to The Railway Centre website, the one with the identification tables? I know there's another website with the same name but it's not the same.
(kim)
What happened to The Railway Centre website, the one with the identification tables? I know there's another website with the same name but it's not the same.
(kim)
I was in contact with Colin Marsden (who had the original railwaycentre website) back in April, when the "new" website appeared. It was his intention that the technical stuff would be retained.
Try contacting him via the "contact us" form. If he gets enough "prompting" he may resurrect the pages!
I found the original website very useful for a number of projects.
Cheers, Mick
identification
Thanks for that. As a failed trainspotter I found the old site invaluable as a reference. In particular I am trying to identify a single car diesel unit which runs between Coventry, Bedworth and Nuneaton. It's in Centro colours and look's a bit like a Mk3 coach with a drivers cab at each end.
(kim)
That'll be a class 153 - the only 2nd gen single car DMU to date.
James Moody
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And even they started out as 2-car Class 155s before some pairs were split and each car had a second (& smaller) cab fitted to its former inner end.
Some 2-car Class 155s still exist on W Yorkshire PTE services but they do occasionally wander elsewhere.
Not long after their introduction, in BR days of course, they were seen more than once in South Wales!
Unless it's a recent repaint, there aren't any 153's in "Centro" livery. (grey & green with white/yellow/blue stripes). There are some
153's in Central Trains colours - two-tone green, with the blue flash and red stripe at each end. The Mk3 style leads me to believe it could be a 2-car 150. These were based upon the Mk3 bodyshell and have the distinctive ribbed roof as per the MK3. (Noting that 156's, of which Central Trains have a few, also have ribbed roofs!)Cheers, Mick
That's the one.
(kim)
Thanks for that and here she is about to leave the station:-
"Eddie Bellass" wrote
We occasionally get the 155s in Hull, and I've seen them on the odd occasion in Preston (Lancs) where the WYPTE 158s are regulars (and presumably deputising for a 158).
John.
"newbryford" wrote
See:
John.
Oops! It's the Central 156's that have the blue flash. Just like this one:
"newbryford" wrote
:-)
Nice shot btw.
John.
Thanks! But not my pic!! :-) I got it from the "everything you need to know about Class 156's" at
Mick
The Wayback Machine is your friend -->
Hope this helps, Martyn
identification
Thanks. I've bookmarked the last known update of the main page.
(kim)
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