This page lists every diesel-powered multiple unit allocated a TOPS classification or used on the mainline network since 1948 (i.e British Railways and post-privatisation). A modern Diesel locomotive. ... The Total Operations Processing System, better known by its initials TOPS, is a computer system for managing the locomotives and rolling stock (railroad cars) owned by a rail system. ... This article is about the defunct entity British Railways, which later traded as British Rail. The History of rail transport in Great Britain is covered in its own article. ...

1st generation "heritage" DMUs

In the majority of British Railways First Generation DMUs the powertrain was supplied by British United Traction. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... British United Traction, BUT, was a division of Leyland Motors Ltd which produced railway equipment. ...

Preserved BR Class 108 nos. 50980 and 52054, on the Severn Valley Railway.

Chiltern Railways Class 121 "Bubble Car" no. 121020 at Bewdley.

TOPS classes Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 722 KB) This page is a candidate to be moved to the Wikimedia Commons. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 722 KB) This page is a candidate to be moved to the Wikimedia Commons. ... Class 108 DMU, nos. ... LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 no. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 649 KB)BR Class 121 Bubble Car no. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 649 KB)BR Class 121 Bubble Car no. ... Chiltern Railways is a train operating company in England. ... Chiltern Railways operate a single Class 121 Bubble Car on Aylesbury to Princes Risborough shuttles. ... Bewdley ( pronunciation) is a small town in Worcestershire, England, along the Severn Valley a few miles to the west of Kidderminster. ...

Class	Info	Image
Class 100	Gloucester
Class 101	Met-Camm
Class 102	Met-Camm
Class 103	Park Royal
Class 104	BRCW
Class 105	Cravens
Class 106	Cravens
Class 107	Derby Heavyweight
Class 108	Derby Lightweight
Class 109	Wickham
Class 110	Calder Valley
Class 111	Met-Camm
Class 112	Great Northern Suburban
Class 113	Great Northern Suburban
Class 114	Derby Heavyweight
Class 115	Derby Suburban
Class 116	Derby Suburban
Class 117	Pressed Steel Suburban
Class 118	BRCW Suburban
Class 119	Gloucester Cross-Country
Class 120	Swindon Cross-Country
Class 121	Pressed Steel Bubble Car
Class 122	Gloucester Bubble Car
Class 123	Trans-Pennine
Class 124	Trans-Pennine
Class 125	Lea Valley
Class 126	Swindon InterCity
Class 127	Bed-Pan
Class 128	Gloucester Parcels
Class 129	Cravens Parcels
Class 130	Parcels, ex-Class 116
Class 131	Parcels, ex-Class 122

Class 100, no. ... Image File history File links 563012001. ... Class 101, no. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 650 KB) This page is a candidate to be moved to the Wikimedia Commons. ... Class 101, no. ... The British Rail Class 103 diesel multiple units were built by Park Royal. ... Class 104, nos. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 668 KB) This page is a candidate to be moved to the Wikimedia Commons. ... The British Rail Class 105/106 diesel multiple units were built by Cravens Ltd. ... this is an artice about the british rail class so you should learn about it becauae i did not get a chance to learn about it ... The British Rail Class 107 diesel multiple units were built by the Derby Works of British Railways and were introduced in 1960. ... Class 108 DMU, nos. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 696 KB) This page is a candidate to be moved to the Wikimedia Commons. ... Preserved unit 50416+56171. ... Image File history File links BR_Class_109_Llangollen. ... Built by Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. ... Builder: Metropolitan Cammell Introduced: 1957 Coupling Code: Blue Square Engines: Rolls Royce 180hp Body: 57ft x 9ft 3in Transmission: Standard mechanical Based on Class 101/2s, but with different engines. ... Built by Cravens Ltd, Sheffield Introduced: 1960 Coupling Code: Blue Square Body: 57ft 6in x 9ft 3in Engines: Rolls Royce of 238hp Transmission: Standard Mechanical (112) Hydraulic (113) This Class used the standard Cravens body used for Class 105s but had a single Rolls-Royce engine of 238hp per car... This Class used the standard Cravens body used for Class 105s but had a single Rolls-Royce engine of 238hp per car, and they were all formed into power twins- two car sets with both vehicles powered. ... Class 114, no. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 631 KB) This page is a candidate to be moved to the Wikimedia Commons. ... Built by BR Derby Introduced: 1960 Coupling Code: Blue Square Body: 63ft 6in x 9ft 3in Engines: BUT (Leyland Albion) of 230hp Transmission: Standard mechanical These 41 high density sets operated the outer-suburban services from Marylebone to Aylesbury, High Wycombe and Banbury, which were known as the Chiltern Lines. ... Set T326, formed vehicles 51131 and 51321, at Arley on the Severn Valley Railway on 15th October 2004, whilst taking part in the Railcar 50 event. ... 51402 at Northampton & Lamport Railway. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 576 KB) British Rail Class 117 at Pitsford and Brampton station on the Northampton & Lamport Railway. ... The sole surviving Class 118 vehicle, no. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 648 KB) BR set T326, formed vehicles 51131 and 51321, at Arley on the Severn Valley Railway on 15th October 2004, whilst taking part in the Railcar 50 event. ... Built by Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. ... The Class 120, were a cross-country DMU in three carriage formation, built at the Swindon Works of British Railways. ... Chiltern Railways operate a single Class 121 Bubble Car on Aylesbury to Princes Risborough shuttles. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 649 KB)BR Class 121 Bubble Car no. ... Parcels Use Three Scottish Region cars (55013-55015) were converted to carry parcels traffic and were reclassified Class 131, though the vehicles themselves were not renumbered. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 658 KB) BR Class 122, no. ... The Class 123 was a design of Diesel Multiple Unit built for British Rail in 1963. ... The Class 124 was a class of initially six car Diesel Multiple Units used and built specifically for the trans-pennine route. ... The Class 125 was a design of three car Diesel Multiple Unit built for British Rail in 1958. ... Swindon Inter-City 3-car sets Introduced : 1957 (Edinburgh - Glasgow & Western Region) and 1959 (Glasgow - Ayr - Stranraer) Coupling Code : White Circle Engines : BUT (AEC) 150hp Body : 64ft 1/2 in x 9ft 3in Transmission : Standard mechanical The introduction of what became the Class 126 diesel multiple units originated in a... Class 127, no, 51625 at Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway on 15th October 2004, whilst on display at the Railcar 50 event. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 656 KB)BR Class 127, no. ... The Class 128 is a design of Diesel Multiple Unit built for British Rail. ... The Class 129 was a class of single-car Diesel Multiple Unit built in 1955 for British Rail. ... Set T326, formed vehicles 51131 and 51321, at Arley on the Severn Valley Railway on 15th October 2004, whilst taking part in the Railcar 50 event. ... Parcels Use Three Scottish Region cars (55013-55015) were converted to carry parcels traffic and were reclassified Class 131, though the vehicles themselves were not renumbered. ...

Pre-TOPS classes

• Derby Lightweight Prototype Units
• Metro-Cammell Prototype Units
• British United Traction Units
• Railbuses
• Ex-GWR Railcars
• Ex-LMS Railcars

Derby Lightweight power car no. ... In 1955, Metropolitan-Cammell produced its first lightweight Diesel multiple units, the prototypes of what were to become British Rails most successful and longest-lived First Generation DMU type, the Class 101. ... British United Traction, BUT, was a division of Leyland Motors Ltd which produced railway equipment. ... British Rail produced a variety of Railbuses as a means both of building new rolling stock cheaply, and to provide services on lightly-used lines economically. ... In 1933, the Great Western Railway introduced the first of what was to become a very successful series of railcars, which survived in regular use into the 1960s, when they were replaced with the new British Rail First Generation type Diesel multiple units. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway purchased three four-wheel diesel railcars from Leyland in 1933. ...

2nd generation DMUs

Pacers

Main article: Pacer (train)

LEV Railbuses A Mancunian class 142 Pacer ( Alternative picture) A Westcountry based Class 143 A Yorkshire based Class 144 Pacer is the operational name of the British class 140, 141, 142, 143 and 144 railbuses, built between 1984 and 1987. ... British Rail produced a variety of Railbuses as a means both of building new rolling stock cheaply, and to provide services on lightly-used lines economically. ...

Class	Name / information	Built	Quantity (sets)	Withdrawn	Image
Class 140	Prototype		1	preserved
Class 141	Pacer			1999
Class 142	Pacer	1985	95	10 in 2007
Class 143	Pacer		25	2 in 2004-05
Class 144	Pacer	1986-87	23	still in use

Class 140 1st Pacer built Categories: ... Class 141. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3648 × 2736 pixel, file size: 4. ... Arriva Trains Wales 142010 at Cardiff Central on 22 May 2004. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 581 pixel Image in higher resolution (2048 × 1488 pixel, file size: 804 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): British Rail Class... 143603 at Bristol Temple Meads, 28 June 2005. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 573 KB) Wessex Trains Class 143 DMU 143603 at platform 3 of Bristol Temple Meads station with a service to Avonmouth. ... Class 144, no. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 872 KB) A Northern Rail Class 144 DMU railbus in West Yorkshire Metro livery, at platform 5 of Leeds City railway station. ...

Sprinters

Class	Name / information	Built	Quantity (sets)	Withdrawn	Image
Class 150	Sprinter	1984-87	155	still in use
Class 151	Prototype	1985	6	1989
Class 152	Proposed rebuild of Class 151	N/A	0	N/A	none built
Class 153	Super-Sprinter, ex-Class 155	1991-92	66	still in use
Class 154	Prototype Super-Sprinter Rebuild of 150 002[1][2]		1	Converted back to class 150
Class 155	Super-Sprinter	1987-88[3]		vast majority converted by Hunslet into class 153 single car units
Class 156	Super-Sprinter	1987-89[4]	114[4]	still in use
Class 157	Proposed Super-Sprinter	Planned only, none built
Class 158	Express Sprinter	1989-92	192	still in use Eight converted to second batch of class 159 during 2007
Class 159	Express Sprinter	1992-93	22	Originally built as Class 158. Converted to 159 before entry to service.

Class 150/2, no. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 621 KB)BR Class 150/2 no. ... The British Rail Class 151 was a class of DMU built in the early 1980s. ... Class 153, no. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 662 KB)BR Class 153, no. ... The British Rail Class 150 Sprinter diesel multiple units (DMUs) were built by BREL from 1984-87. ... The British Rail Class 155 Super-Sprinter is a diesel multiple unit. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 977 KB) Northern Rail Class 155 DMU 155346 departing Platform 11 of Leeds City railway station. ... Class 156, no. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 642 KB)BR Class 156, no. ... 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. ... A British Rail Class 158 Express Sprinter is a diesel multiple unit, built from 1989-92 by BREL at Derby Works. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 879 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) South West Trains British Rail Class 158 DMU 158789 at platform 10 of Bristol Temple Meads station shortly after terminating here with a service from... The British Rail Class 159 Express Sprinter (also known as South Western Turbo by Network South East) is a diesel multiple unit, built from 1992-93 by BREL at Derby Works. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 740 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1787 × 1448 pixel, file size: 882 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Date Photographs taken 17 June 2006, merge created 18 June 2006 Author Chris McKenna (Thryduulf) (photographs and merged image) Permission As license Please see User:Thryduulf...

Turbos

Class	Name / information	Built	Quantity (sets)	Image
Class 165	Network Turbo	1990-92	76
Class 166	Network Express Turbo	1992-93	21
Class 168	Clubman	1998-
Class 170	Turbostar	1998-2005	133
Class 171	Turbostar, same as Class 170 but with a different coupler	2003-04	15
Class 172	Turbostar, similar to Class 170/171	2010	27

Class 165/1, no. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 655 KB)BR Class 165/1, no. ... Class 166, no. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 667 KB)BR Class 166, no. ... A Chiltern Railways Clubman at Kidderminster station. ... Download high resolution version (1000x656, 219 KB)A Chiltern Railways Class 168 Clubman train terminates at Kidderminster station. ... The Class 170 Turbostar is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) built by Bombardier Transportation (previously ADtranz) at their Derby Litchurch Lane Works, England. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 649 KB)BR Class 170, no. ... Class 170/2, no. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 656 KB)BR Class 171, no. ... The Class 172 Turbostar will be a diesel multiple unit (DMU) similar to the Class 170 and Class 171 Turbostars. ...

Coradias

• Class 175 (Coradia)
• Class 180 (Adelante)

The Class 175 ‘Coradia’ is a model of diesel multiple unit passenger train used in the United Kingdom. ... Class 180, no. ...

Diesel Desiro

• Class 185 (Desiro)

This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Desiro DMU, as part of an InterCity Săgeata Albastră (Blue Arrow) train in Romania, run by Căile Ferate Române A Bulgarian State Railways-operated Desiro train at the Central Railway Station in Sofia Desiro is a brand name of modular trains manufactured by Siemens of Germany. ...

Diesel-electric multiple units (DEMUs)

Main article: Diesel-electric multiple unit Southern Class 205 unit no. ...

Southern Class 205 unit no. 205032 at London Bridge.

These units had electric transmission (as opposed to mechanical or hydraulic). Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 688 KB)BR Class 205, no. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 688 KB)BR Class 205, no. ... Southern is the latest name of the train operating company that took over from Connex South Central on the routes to South London, Surrey, and Sussex from Victoria and London Bridge. ... Class 205, no. ... For other uses, see London Bridge (disambiguation). ...

Southern Region DEMUs

The Southern Region of British Rail, used single letter codes to classify their DEMU classes. The Southern Railway created numbering and classification systems for its large fleet of Electric multiple units that were perpetuated by the Southern Region of British Rail until the early 1980s, when the impact of TOPS was felt. ...

Class	SR code	Built	Quantity (sets)	Withdrawn	Image
Class 201	6S	1957-58	7	1986
Class 202	6L	1957-58	9	1986-87
Class 203	6B	1958	7	1980s
Class 204 (original)	2H/3H	1957	4	?
Class 204 (ex-class 205)	3T	1979	4	?
Class 205	3H	1957-62	33	1992-2004
Class 206	3R	1964	6	1979
Class 207	3D	1962	19	1990-2004

The Southern Railway created numbering and classification systems for its large fleet of Electric multiple units that were perpetuated by the Southern Region of British Rail until the early 1980s, when the impact of TOPS was felt. ... The British Rail Class 201 (or 6S) six-car diesel-electric multiple units (DEMUs) were built in 1957-1958 at Eastleigh and Ashford. ... The British Rail Class 202 (or 6L) diesel-electric multiple units were built from 1957-58 at Eastleigh and Ashford Works. ... This was the final version of Hastings Restriction 0 diesel trains, classified 6B, later class 203. ... The British Rail Class 204 designation has been used twice for two different types of diesel-electric multiple units. ... The British Rail Class 204 designation has been used twice for two different types of diesel-electric multiple units. ... Class 205, no. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 688 KB)BR Class 205, no. ... The British Rail Class 206 was a type of diesel electric multiple unit (DMU) first created in 1964. ... Class 207, no. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 401 KB)BR Class 207, no. ...

Western Region prototype DEMU

• Class 210

The British Rail Class 210 was a type of Diesel-electric multiple unit built in the late 1970s. ...

Voyager-style express DEMUs

Class	Name / information	Built	Quantity (sets)	Image
Class 220	Voyager		34
Class 221	Super Voyager	2001-03	44
Class 222	Meridian Pioneer	2003-04	27

A Class 220 Voyager at Bristol. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 630 KB) Virgin Voyager Class 220 DEMU 220003 arrives into Bristol Temple Meads station. ... Virgin Trains Class 221 Super Voyager 221137 Mayflower Pilgrims at Camborne Station, Cornwall operating route VT1651, preparing to depart for Penzance. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x662, 299 KB) Summary This image was taken by Martin J.Galloway. ... The British Rail Class 222 is a diesel-electric multiple unit high-speed train. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 969 KB) Midland Mainline class 222 Meridian Diesel Electric Multiple Unit 222009 at Nottingham station, 14 November 2005 Please see User:Thryduulf/Relicensing if you wish to use this image under a different license. ...

High speed trains

• Class 251 (Blue Pullman)
• Class 252 (Prototype High Speed Train)
• Class 253 (Western Region InterCity 125 - originally classified as a multiple unit and later reclassified locomotive and rolling stock)
• Class 254 (Eastern Region InterCity 125 - originally classified as a multiple unit and later reclassified locomotive and rolling stock)
• Class 255 (Virgin 'Challenger' High Speed Train)

Western Pullman 60099 with full yellow ends at Swansea in August 1967. ... The Blue Pullman is the name of a luxury train, the name of a former fleet of luxury trains, and the title of a film about the latter fleet of trains. ... Class 252 was the classification allocated to the prototype High Speed Train unit, numbered 252001. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Class 253 and Class 254 were the classifications allocated to the production High Speed Train units. ... An InterCity 125 train (often referred to as High Speed Train or HST) is a formation of two Class 43 power cars with a rake of Mark 3 carriages in between. ... A classic Belgian multiple unit of type 74 A multiple unit (MU) is a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors, either diesel (DMUs) or electric (EMUs), and do not need to be hauled by a locomotive, and can be coupled with other similar units to operate together, in... Great Western Railway No. ... Rolling Stock banner Rolling Stock was a newspaper of ideas and a chronicle of the 1980s published in Boulder, Colorado by Ed Dorn and Jennifer Dunbar Dorn. ... Class 253 and Class 254 were the classifications allocated to the production High Speed Train units. ... An InterCity 125 train (often referred to as High Speed Train or HST) is a formation of two Class 43 power cars with a rake of Mark 3 carriages in between. ... A classic Belgian multiple unit of type 74 A multiple unit (MU) is a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors, either diesel (DMUs) or electric (EMUs), and do not need to be hauled by a locomotive, and can be coupled with other similar units to operate together, in... Great Western Railway No. ... Rolling Stock banner Rolling Stock was a newspaper of ideas and a chronicle of the 1980s published in Boulder, Colorado by Ed Dorn and Jennifer Dunbar Dorn. ... Class 253 and Class 254 were the classifications allocated to the production High Speed Train units. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

See also

• British Rail locomotive and multiple unit numbering and classification
• British Rail coach designations

A number of different numbering and classification schemes were used for locomotives and multiple units operated by British Railways (BR), and this page explains the principal systems devised. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway both developed a system of identifying carriages by means of alphabetic codes. ...

References

1. ^ Class 150 BREL prototype Sprinters
2. ^ Class 154 BREL prototype Sprinter
3. ^ Class 155 Super Sprinters
4. ^ ^{a b} Fleet Survey - 156 Super-Sprinter

External links

• The Railway Centre
• DPTnet - The Departmentals Website

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