Present your case
If there’s a prototype that you think needs to be offered ready-to-run, here’s the place to voice your opinion…
COLOUR RAIL
Model: BR Class 151 DMU
Scale: ‘OO’
Proposed
by: Ronald Craggs
What is it?
By the 1980s, British Rail faced a pressing need to replace a huge fleet of aging (and asbestos-riddled) diesel multiple units (DMUs), which had been the saviour of many branch lines during the Beeching era. With fewer train builders active in the UK, and with BR under pressure from a Conservative government to keep costs to a minimum, various budget-friendly options were considered. The infamous ‘Pacers’ duly emerged, but so too did a slightly more upmarket range of units, which led to the successful ‘Sprinter’ family of DMUs, which are still in use today.