153's-Better as 155's?

[The_Rail_WAy]

Yeah they are similar however the main difference is that the 153's have the plug type doors whereas the 156's have the single 'leaf' sliding doors at each end of the coach - because of the longer routes they were designed to operate.

 

[John_158]

Talk of Door problems rember those Leyland National Bus Doors on 142s where you could pull them open they soon replaced them though to the interlocking type that is on them now which when the interlocks are badly worn become extreemley rattly plus the Schoolies tend to stick pens in the interlocks which causes an emergency stop.

 

[heart-of-wessex]

Ive seen some 153s banging up together to for 2 cars, such as one consist with a 150 + 153 + 153 or 153 + 153..thats FGW bricks mind.

They also seem to take forever and a day to take off, and when they do theres no stopping them!

The original Wessex seats were comfy, but had a job to look out the window unless you are 7ft tall, thankfully this is problem is eliminated in the Richmond seated refurb bricks.

There was once when a I got on a super packed RR Class 153 in wessex days from Bath to Trowbridge (being an ex-CT 153 IIRC) and was so packed most people were standing in the back cab, jammy sods!


Cheers,

James.

 

[WillPS]

Is it just me, or do these single unit Sprinters just not look quite right?

I'm pretty sure Central Trains and EMT have run these units as pairs frequently.

 

[anthony263]

I regulary have to travel home on the 17:10 Swansea - Cardiff stopping train which is nearly 99% of teh time a class 153 and is jammed packed meaning that it cannot run to the timetable and i have found it being looped at Stormy down to allow the London train to overtake.

Mind you i supposed you cant really blame the unit as the fault should ly with however decides which route each unit should be used on.

 

[P156KWJ]

Is it just me, or do these single unit Sprinters just not look quite right?

I'm pretty sure Central Trains and EMT have run these units as pairs frequently.

Not as frequently, though you do see very bizarre consists on Sunday mornings in particular (shunting movements in and out of Eastcroft occasionally see XC 170s in there too!), but the first sunday Lincoln train (albeit at 1630 :roll was made up of 2x 153s (NWT gold star, then EMT livery units) and was even more unusual when we had odd liveries like Heart of Wales / Regional Railways / Arriva a few months ago

 

[The_Rail_WAy]

Is it just me, or do these single unit Sprinters just not look quite right?

I'm pretty sure Central Trains and EMT have run these units as pairs frequently.

I think the single sprinters suit quaint rural lines quite well (eg Cumbria coast line), but not inter-urban routes.

 

[P156KWJ]

EMT's Doncaster-Lincoln-Spalding-Peterborough services and Newark-Grimsby / Cleethorpes are perfect for 153s (though Newark-Lincoln section is debateable)

 

[507 001]

apparently they are very strange to operate, fro one there is the different cab at each end and then there is only an AWS magnet at one end so theres a huge delay between going over the ramp and the horn/bell sounding in the small end.

 

[TDK]

apparently they are very strange to operate, fro one there is the different cab at each end and then there is only an AWS magnet at one end so theres a huge delay between going over the ramp and the horn/bell sounding in the small end.

They have one of everything as do each coach of a 155. The only difference being is that they have 2 cabs and 2 brake units. As for the delay in AWS most locomotives are the same depending on what end you drive from.

 

[mbonwick]

Except most locos aren't that long and on longer units eg. 185 I guess each driving coach will have a magnet.

 

[driver9000]

A 153s AWS receiver is located underneath the No.1 (large) cab - both sunflowers react when the unit is in motion though!! The 153s also carry 2 TCAs and 2 parking brakes, I like the 153 and prefer to drive from the No.2 end.

The 153 differs quite a lot from the 155 electrically, to such an extent that a driver who signs 153s doesnt automatically sign 155s and vice versa.

All DMUs of 2 driving vehicles have an AWS receiver under each driving car towards the cab end.