BNIB OO Gauge Bachmann 31-502A Class 158 2 Car DMU 158901 BR WYPTE Metro. Running No. 158901. The majority of the 182-strong fleet of Class 158 units were built as two-car sets, with 17 three-car units constructed specifically for use on Trans-Pennine services. Similar three-car units were built for use by Network SouthEast but these were converted to Class 159 specification before introduced into service, with toilet retention tanks and other modifications to operate over the third-rail network.
OO Gauge
Bachmann
31-502A Class 158 2 Car DMU 158901 BR WYPTE Metro
Brand new model from our new Yorkshire model railway shop
MODEL FEATURES:
- Bachmann
Branchline OO Scale
- Era
8
- Pristine
BR WYPTE Metro livery
- Running
No. 158901
- Two-Car
Unit comprising car Nos. 52901 & 57901
- Destination
blinds for Manchester Victoria
- DCC
Ready (NOT fitted)
- Equipped
with a Plux22 DCC Decoder Socket
- Length
610mm
MECHANISM:
- EACH
TWO-CAR UNIT COMPRISES TWO POWERED VEHICLES WITH THE FOLLOWING FEATURES:
- Three
pole motor with flywheel providing drive to the inner bogie
- Twin
axle drive
- Separate
metal bearings fitted to each driven axle
- Trailing
axles run in metal pinpoint bearings
- Electrical
pickup from all wheels
- Diecast
metal, multi-stage gearbox, with gearing arranged for prototypical running
speeds and haulage capabilities
- 16.5mm
(OO gauge) wheels to NEM310 & NEM311 standards with authentic profile
and detailing
- Working
miniature BSI Couplings at the cab end
- Conductive
couplings with integral close coupling mechanism at the inner end
- Designed
to operate on curves of second radius (438mm) or greater
DETAILING:
- Separately
applied metal detail parts, including exhaust guards and interior luggage
racks
- Bogies
constructed from multiple components featuring brake and suspension detail
- Separately
fitted underframe components
- Each
model is supplied with an accessory pack comprising exhaust pipes, frame
extensions and coupling tool
LIGHTING:
- Directional
lighting, including illuminated destination panels, with Day/Night mode –
selectable via the chassis-mounted switches or via a dedicated DCC
function
- Directional
lights can be turned on/off at each end independently via the
chassis-mounted switches or via separate DCC functions
- Passenger
saloon lighting – switchable on/off via the chassis-mounted switches or
via a dedicated DCC function
- Cab
lighting at the trailing end*
- Door
interlock lights* (*when used on DCC)
- Authentic
light colours and temperatures selected for each lighting application
DCC:
- DCC
Ready (Not fitted)
- Plux22
DCC decoder interface – one decoder required per unit
- Easy-access
DCC decoder socket located behind removable panel on underside of Car A
- If
you wish to add a sound decoder - Two speakers fitted, one in each
vehicle, for optimum sound reproduction – fitted to every model as
standard
LIVERY APPLICATION:
- Authentic
liveries applied to both vehicles including interior decoration
- Multiple
paint applications employed using BR and corporate specification colours
- Logos,
numerals and text added as appropriate using multi-stage tampo printing
using authentic typefaces, logos and colours
CLASS 158 DMU HISTORY
The British Rail Class 158 Express Sprinter is a Diesel
Multiple Unit (DMU), built specifically for British Rail's Provincial Services
sector between 1989 and 1992 by British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) at
Derby Litchurch Lane Works and outshopped in Regional Railways Provincial
livery. They were built to replace many locomotive-hauled passenger trains,
thereby reducing cost of operation, and to allow cascading of existing Sprinter
units to replace elderly 'heritage' DMUs. The majority of the 182-strong fleet
of Class 158 units were built as two-car sets, with 17 three-car units
constructed specifically for use on Trans-Pennine services. Similar three-car
units were built for use by Network SouthEast but these were converted to Class
159 specification before introduced into service, with toilet retention tanks
and other modifications to operate over the third-rail network.
All the Class 158s remain in service today, with operators
including ScotRail, Northern, Great Western (GWR), East Midlands Trains (now
EMR), and Transport for Wales (formerly Arriva). Former operators include
Central Trains. The Class has worked extensively across the UK network, even
into East Anglia as far as Stansted Airport and Norwich. Some 158s have been
converted to additional Class 159s and now operate for South Western alongside
their original classmates.