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« on: November 03, 2008, 19:47:26 »

as we all know some 3 car 150's are on there way to us here in devon which i belive includes 150002 does anyone know what is special about this unit?
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« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2008, 19:52:15 »

as we all know some 3 car 150's are on there way to us here in devon which i belive includes 150002 does anyone know what is special about this unit?

According to http://www.traintesting.com/Class150.htm it was a failed prototype, with Rolls Royce engines (later Perkins) and Self Changing Gears transmission....
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« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2008, 19:57:36 »

One of its claims to fame is that it was used as the testbed for the Class 158 unit.
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« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2008, 19:59:44 »

One of its claims to fame is that it was used as the testbed for the Class 158 unit.


thats the badger! unfortunatly it has been reverted back to standard design and will nolonger go 90mph
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« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2008, 22:09:07 »

Was it not renamed a Class 154 when it was re-geared for 90 mph?
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« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2008, 18:09:33 »

150001 and 002 are now virtually the same as each other,there are a few differences between these 2 and stroke 1 & 2 150's,most notably the shorter range as fuel tanks are smaller.
also got 150/1 front end but have got powered crew door and not slam doors.
central did a lot of work on them over the years to get the reliability better to try and lose the scud 1 and scud 2 nicknames the got.(named scud after the missile could always get there but not back)

i assume they have gone through the refurb programme same as rest of the LM (London Midland - recent franchise) fleet so condition should be ok
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« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2008, 18:13:27 »

Was it not renamed a Class 154 when it was re-geared for 90 mph?

http://www.traintesting.com/Class154.htm
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« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2008, 19:58:22 »

yeh it was renumbered 154001 however after the test was put back to 150 spec
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« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2008, 22:27:26 »

was looking at this picture are the vents on top standard for these models or is it a test for the original 158 aircon

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