Class 153 - GWR Green - 153380 - OO Scale - DCC Sound FittedSkateboard, Dogbox, Tin Rocket call them what you like but Class 153s have been a familiar part of the UK railway scene for more than 30 years. Reaching almost every corner of the network, from Penzance to the Highlands of Scotland and Fishguard to Lowestoft, they are one of the few go anywhere trains and the perfect single vehicle train for any layout. Destinations Penzance Plymouth

Reunited with its original Hercules name at Washwood Heath in 2014 after being acquired by Boden Rail the previous year

Timeframe specific details

they were found to be entirely unsuited to the South West with the tight curves and difficult gradients leading to excessive tyre wear and wheel noise on the long-wheelbase units

This latter livery was carried until withdrawal

the calls for the later version of the scheme have become deafening

leading the depot to effectively give up and paint the roof black to hide the oily deposits

It soldiered on until it was stored by EWS in March 2000 and was scrapped at TJ Thomson’s of Stockton exactly nine years later

debuting at Stratford

CIÉ/IR ballast plough van - IÉ Era

Containing ONE wagon

Two types of end stanchion tooled: NER wooden or LNER metal ‘T’ bar type from 1925 onwards

In October 1993 it was on the move again