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Class 153 in Train Sim World (Dovetail Games, Steam store page)

Class 153

The Class 153 is a diesel unit from the UK in Train Sim World. It comes with 1 route, and another DLC brings it to 3 more.

Picture: on Cardiff City Network: Radur & Coryton to Penarth & Bae Caerdydd, Dovetail Games.

Where you can drive it

Comes with

With another DLC

Own the route and one of the DLCs named after it, and you can drive it there.

In the game

Names in Dovetail's lists: Class 153.

In these DLCs: Cardiff City Network: Radur & Coryton to Penarth & Bae Caerdydd.

The real thing

A single-car diesel railcar, converted in the early 1990s from two-car Class 155 units. It was meant for quiet rural branch lines, or to add seats to a busier train.

  • Built by: Hunslet-Barclay, Kilmarnock, (converted from units built by Leyland Bus) (Wikipedia)
  • Built: 1987–1988, (Converted 1991–1992) (Wikipedia)
  • Number built: 70 (Wikipedia)
  • In service: 1991 (Wikipedia)
  • Operators: Abellio ScotRail (2015-2022), ScotRail Trains (2022-), Regional Railways, Arriva Trains Wales, Network Rail (Wikidata)
  • Top speed: 75 mph (121 km/h) (Wikipedia)
  • Power: 285 hp (213 kW) (Wikipedia)
  • Wheel arrangement: 2′B′ (Wikipedia)
  • Formation: Single vehicle: DMSL (Wikipedia)
  • Safety systems: AWS, TPWS (Wikipedia)

Photo: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

From the English Wikipedia article British Rail Class 153 and Wikidata.

Sources. Dovetail's public DLC database and Steam store pages; English Wikipedia and Wikidata for the real train.

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