plesser and theurrer train at wellingborough

[Tin Rocket]

Yesterday (20/03/09) i spotted a Plesser and Theurrer train just north of wellingborough travelling on the down fast,it looked like a converted two car 159 and i just made out the two numbers 99 on it as i only glimpsed it briefly,is it some kind of measurement recording train?can anybody tell me where it was travelling to and from?and what class it was originally?cheers for your help

 

[mbonwick]

Was it perhaps 950001, the NR test train?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_950

 

[D9521]

if it was Plesser and Theurrer i can't see it being the NR 150..

 

[mbonwick]

It's actually Plasser and Theurer
Just when he said it was like a 2-car 159; the sprinters share a similar bodyshell, so it could be.

 

[GB]

Looks nothing like a 159 but maybe this?,,,,

Numbered 999700

 

[Tin Rocket]

Looks nothing like a 159 but maybe this?,,,,

Numbered 999700

ah i think thats it,sorry for the pants description but i only glimpsed it from sideways on for just a couple of seconds.

 

[Phoenix]

ah i think thats it,sorry for the pants description but i only glimpsed it from sideways on for just a couple of seconds.

That's Euroscout I think it's some NR DMU think that does the rounds down south.

 

[D9521]

Thats a ugly piece of kit never seen it before

 

[asylumxl]

Don't think so if its the one i saw at Luton. I snapped a phone pic.

 

[D9521]

Well that certainly resembles nothing of a 158/9

 

[asylumxl]

It moved North bound so i'm assuming it's the same train? Unless the one you saw wasn't red.