Backscene
Nothing is really new. CHRIS LEIGH remembers where he first saw diesel railcars with bike artwork, and gets the inevitable layout inspiration.
My fascination with single-unit railcars has recently focused on the ScotRail and Transport for Wales Class 153s modified for carrying bikes and hikers on the West Highland and Central Wales lines. I was reminded how these ‘novel concepts’ are not really new at all, and how British railways have shamelessly copied ideas from overseas, particularly from the Netherlands when it comes to DMUs.