Modeller’s Bookshelf
A look at the final years of British Rail’s freight operations and a photographic record of the Class 158/9 DMU family are joined by an album of inspirational ‘trifles’!
Few of us would list the Class 158/9s as a favourite train, but these DMUs occupy an important place in history.
One of BR’s last designs, they provided the final nail in the coffin of many locohauled passenger workings. Now into their fourth decade of operation, the fleet shows no sign of being replaced.