Class 157 was the designation applied to a range of Diesel multiple unit trains planned for regional use, in particular for the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive. As well as the class number, British Rail reserved carriage numbers in the 526xx and 576xx series for these units.
Unfortunately, as the Privatisation of British Rail began, this project became unviable as resources were concentrated on the privatisation process, leading to the famous 1064-day 'drought' of new train orders. By the time this period was over, plans had moved on and Stratchclyde ended up receiving a batch of Class 170 units.
Remarks: 40 135 waits to leave Norwich with a freight presumably bound for Whitemoor yard in March.
A 40 at Norwich in the 80's was unusual, and even more so when the working was being used to remove ADB968013, an ex class 31/0, converted to a carriage pre-heating unit, now redundant and destined for the scrapyard
Remarks: 'The East Anglian' leaves Norwich behind 47 574 bound for Liverpool Street.
Class157 was the designation applied to a range of Diesel multiple unit trains planned for regional use, in particular for the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive.
As well as the class number, BritishRail reserved carriage numbers in the 526xx and 576xx series for these units.
Unfortunately, as the Privatisation of BritishRail began, this project became unviable as resources were concentrated on the privatisation process, leading to the famous 1064-day 'drought' of new train orders.
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