Second Generation DMUs and EMUs visiting Heritage Railways.

[swt class 450]

I am currently trying to make a list of all of the second generation DMUs and EMUs which have visited heritage railways.

140 001 - Preserved
141 103 - Preserved
141 108 - Preserved
141 110 - Preserved (now scrapped?)
141 113 - Preserved
150 001 - Severn Valley Railway
150 106 - Severn Valley Railway
150 244 - Dean Forest Railway
150 247 - West Somerset Railway
150 248 - West Sometset Railway
150 263 - Bodmin & Wenford Railway
150 265 - West Somerset Railway
153 306 - Mid Norfolk Railway
153 309 - Mid Norfolk Railway
153 335 - Mid Norfolk Railway
153 374 - Midland Railway
153 381 - Mid Norfolk Railway
156 403 - Mid Norfolk Railway
156 404 - Severn Valley Railway
156 405 - Midland Railway
156 417 - Mid Norfolk Railway
158 770 - Mid Norfolk Railway
158 847 - Mid Norfolk Railway
158 870 - Mid Norfolk Railway
158 880 - Swanage Railway
159 004 - Dartmouth Railway
159 004 - Swanage Railway
159 006 - Swanage Railway
159 009 - Swanage Railway
159 015 - Swanage Railway
159 020 - Dartmouth Railway
159 020 - Swanage Railway
165 001 - Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway
165 008 - Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
165 013 - Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
165 019 - Severn Valley Railway
165 028 - Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
165 031 - Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
165 034 - Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway
165 036 - Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
165 037 - Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
165 038 - Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
166 215 - Didcot Railway Centre
168 002 - Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
168 003 - Severn Valley Railway
168 108 - Severn Valley Railway
168 109 - Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
170 110 - Dean Forest Railway
172 104 - Didcot Railway Centre
220 006 - North Yorkshire Moors Railway
220 018 - Swanage Railway
220 025 - Severn Valley Railway
450 012 - Mid Hants Railway
950 001 - Ribble Steam Railway
Various 175s - Severn Valley Railway
Various 220s - Boness & Kinneil Railway

Are there any other units that i have missed out?

Also what does it involve to send a second generation DMU or EMU to a preserved railway? Do heritage railway staff have to get trained on the units? Or do TOC staff have to get trained on the routes?

Are any other units that are due to visit any heritage railways in the near future? Personally i would like to see a 171 visit the Bluebell Railway and the Spa Valley Railway.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Several Class 159s and a Virgin XC class 220 have visited the Swanage Railway in the past.

Just to add, a 220 has also been on the Severn Valley I believe.

 

[grumblingalong]

EMT 153s and maybe 156s have visited the Mid Norfolk shuttling from Norwich for Gala days, no numbers though

 

[IanXC]

A 168 has also been on the Severn Valley as I recall?

 

[SpacePhoenix]

If you want to class an HST as a unit for the purpose of this thread, an HST has visited Swanage

 

[Cowley]

Would the weekend service to Okehampton count? That must have bought a lot of units to the Dartmoor railway

 

[marky7890]

150263 visited the Bodmin & Wenford railway in 2012.

 

[davetheguard]

Several Class 159s and a Virgin XC class 220 have visited the Swanage Railway in the past.

Just to add, a 220 has also been on the Severn Valley I believe.

159 006 is seen here in the bay at Swanage in June 2013; it visited as part of a pair, seen on arrival at Swanage in the other picture, but sorry I don't know the number of the other set.

 

[davetheguard]

159 004 & 159 020 visited Kingswear on a special from Waterloo in June 2014 as seen here.

 

[scarby]

220 006 visited the NYMR in 2002.

 

[swt class 450]

Thank you everyone for your replies. Much appreciated. I have updated my list.

I suppose the Okehampton services do count but i wont include them as there are far too many too list. I imagine that almost every FGW 142 / 143 / 150 / 153 has been there at some point?

I dont think i would count HSTs as second generation DMUs. Arent they first generation locomotive hauled trains?

Does anyone know if there are any other 168s that have been to the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre? I am sure i remember a 168/2 going there but i cant remember the unit number(s)?

It would be good to see some more modern units visiting Heritage Railways in the future considering that so many of them now have connections to the National Rail network.

 

[E&W Lucas]

Various 15X type units have been used for skid pan traning on the NYMR.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

I have a vague and possibly erroneous memory of a 144 visiting the KWVR when they were fairly new... anyone able to confirm or deny that this took place?

 

[AJM580]

158770 visited the MNR during one of their MU galas

 

[168lover]

165034 visited Chinnor a few days before 001 did on a test run to make sure a 165 fit down the branch.

 

[broadgage]

Several modernish DMUs have visited the West Somerset Railway, one of them just last week.
It was a GWR unit, and AFAIK was driven by a GWR driver with a WSR driver conducting. Numerous return trips made between Taunton and Bishops Lydeard.
Similar arrangements have been made in the past.

An HST was stored on the WSR a few years ago, and ran in passenger service on the WSR during the diesel gala.

 

[Dryce]

This link reports class 220s have visited Bo'ness and Kinneil for adhesion training.

http://www.scot-rail.co.uk/page/Class+220

220009 is mentioned specifically as visiting on 28th Sep 2001.

 

[Aws87024]

If it counts 950001 has also been as far as the exchange siding on the Ribble Steam Railway.

 

[Shaw S Hunter]

I dont think i would count HSTs as second generation DMUs. Arent they first generation locomotive hauled trains?

I don't think HSTs can be counted as first generation of anything as they were built after the introduction of TOPS and certainly weren't foreseen by the 1955 Modernisation Plan.

 

[Erniescooper]

Weren't the Class 175's tested at the Severn Valley?

 

[headshot119]

141110 only the DMSL has been scrapped, the DMS lives on.

 

[alexl92]

I dont think i would count HSTs as second generation DMUs. Arent they first generation locomotive hauled trains?

I'd argue that they're second gen loco-hauled as first would be just ordinary BR diesels?

 

[Harbornite]

Weren't the Class 175's tested at the Severn Valley?

Aye they were.

Three car class 175101 pictured at Kidderminster whilst undergoing testing and commissioning at the Severn Valley Railway during 2000.

http://www.traintesting.com/Class_175.htm

 

[northernrailer]

158770 & 158847 visited Mid Norfolk Railway for our 2012 DMU gala (770 being the unit in the Saturday and 847 on the Sunday).

156403 was our 2013 visitor for the DMU gala.

153381 was our 2014 visitor for the DMU gala.

 

[Dannypenguin]

FGW 150244 visited the Dean Forest Railway in 2014. Photographic evidence on the homepage of our society site here: www.dfrsociety.org (just wait for the slideshow to come around..!)

 

[theblackwatch]

I have a vague and possibly erroneous memory of a 144 visiting the KWVR when they were fairly new... anyone able to confirm or deny that this took place?

Not sure about that but a 141 went for the diesel gala in 1988. I think it was 55509+55529 but can't be 100% sure.

 

[phil281]

Rather strangely weren't some class 450's dragged to the watercress line for commissioning/training even though there was/is no 3rd rail? Or am I dreaming?

 

[swt class 450]

Rather strangely weren't some class 450's dragged to the watercress line for commissioning/training even though there was/is no 3rd rail? Or am I dreaming?

Yes indeed. They were locomotive hauled up and down the railway line. I already included 450 012 on my list. Im not sure if that was the only one or if any others visited as well?

 

[Dannypenguin]

Don't know if this counts but here's another Dean Forest one - XC 170 110 visited earlier this year to use our road loading bay after it was involved in some sort of incident on the mainline and was unable to travel back via rail.

 

[headshot119]

Don't know if this counts but here's another Dean Forest one - XC 170 110 visited earlier this year to use our road loading bay after it was involved in some sort of incident on the mainline and was unable to travel back via rail.

Definitely counts! It had an incident with a cow, the train won! (Apart from needing to be skated back to the loops to access the DFR to go away by road but that's a minor point )