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Class 157 was the designation applied to a range of Diesel multiple unit trains planned for regional use, in particular for the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive. As well as the class number, British Rail reserved carriage numbers in the 526xx and 576xx series for these units.

Unfortunately, as the Privatisation of British Rail began, this project became unviable as resources were concentrated on the privatisation process, leading to the famous 1064-day 'drought' of new train orders. By the time this period was over, plans had moved on and Stratchclyde ended up receiving a batch of Class 170 units.


Multiple Units
Diesel Locomotives - Electric Locomotives - DMU - AC EMU - DC EMU
1st Generation Units
Classes: 100 - 101 - 102 - 103 - 104 - 105 - 106 - 107 - 108 - 109 - 110 - 111 - 112 - 113 - 114 - 115 - 116 - 117 - 118 - 119 - 120 - 121 - 122 - 123 - 124 - 125 - 126 - 127 - 128 - 129 - 130 - 131
Pre-TOPS Classes: BEMU - British United Traction - Derby Lightweight - GWR Railcars - Metro-Cammell - Railbus
2nd Generation Units
Classes: 140 - 141 - 142 - 143 - 144 - 150 - 151 - 153 - 154 - 155 - 156 - 157 - 158 - 159 - 165 - 166 - 168 - 170 - 171 - 175 - 180 - 185
Diesel-Electric Units
Classes: 201 - 202 - 203 - 204 - 205 - 206 - 207 - 210 - 220 - 221 - 222 - 251 - 252 - 253 - 254 - 255
SR Designation: 3D - 3H - 3R - 3T - 6B - 6L - 6S
Departmental Units
Classes: 901 - 930 - 950 - 951 - 960 - MPV





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