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
Prototype: British Rail/Leyland Class 141 two-car DMU
Gauge: ‘OO’
Proposed
by: Simone Barnes, Glossop
What is it?
In the late 1970s, cash-strapped British Rail was faced with a need to replace an aging fleet of first-generation Diesel Multiple Units and had begun experimenting with short, twin-axle chassis originally planned for high-speed freight vehicles. The plan was to combine this chassis with Leyland bus body components (from its successful National single-deck bus design) to produce a lightweight, cheap vehicle for suburban and branchline duties.