Strange Class 158 pic

[Defiance149]

If I recall correctly, the red livery in question was a livery trial for Central Trains before it opted to go with the green and blue.

 

[TheNewNo2]

I wonder if the mystery body shell was anything to do with the "Networker Classic" idea for putting a modern bodyshell on an old chassis. The one carriage presented to the public looked like a turbostar with sliding doors.

Never knew about that before! Would it have been much cheaper?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Never knew about that before! Would it have been much cheaper?

Yes, but the changes to safety regulations killed it off because it was a bodyshell mounted on a separate underframe instead of being an integral construction.

That's why it carries the number 76112; that's the number of the carriage which donated the underframe.

 

[jonty14]

Does the "Networker Classic" still exist, or has it been scrapped?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Networker classic.

It was scrapped in 2012.

 

[LowLevel]

f I recall correctly, the red livery in question was a livery trial for Central Trains before it opted to go with the green and blue.

That was my immediate thought about the 'Go' branding - it was Central's tag line for a few years.

 

[dave12435]

Well this mystery has sure got me stumped it looks like a prototype experimental modification testbed

 

[D365]

Somewhat a late reply, but I found this thread discussing (amongst other talk) the aforementioned accident of 158861 and spare/replacement bodyshells.

 

[trac]

SOme of the picture links in that thread do not work now but the one of the 158 crash into 47343 is interesting as you can see how the 158's drivers cab has been 'protected' by the doorway space behind squashing up....

 

[Ash Bridge]

SOme of the picture links in that thread do not work now but the one of the 158 crash into 47343 is interesting as you can see how the 158's drivers cab has been 'protected' by the doorway space behind squashing up....

It was a "runaway" 47343 that collided with the stationary 158861 and not the other way round, thanks to the vigilance and sharp witted thinking of the 158s driver who stopped his train and ran back to the passenger saloon to herd everyone into the rear car of the unit just before the 47 collided with it, I remember him being hailed a hero at the time.

 

[Bevan Price]

The emu behind the RR livery 158 body is 357.023, and behind that is 357.02? - built at Derby. If anyone has building dates for Class 357, that should give an indication of when the photo was taken.

 

[fgwrich]

The emu behind the RR livery 158 body is 357.023, and behind that is 357.02? - built at Derby. If anyone has building dates for Class 357, that should give an indication of when the photo was taken.

The photo - First one on the thread does have a date to it already.

''Class 357 with spare 158 bodies at Derby Works 30/9/99''

https://www.flickr.com/photos/darre...UDE-rb7B6j-9muq2Y-78o2mp-bgoKn8-nGgG48-s6ZQcL

 

[Doctor Fegg]

That was my immediate thought about the 'Go' branding - it was Central's tag line for a few years.

As per this rather lovely ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIELm_WnW10