Rolling Stock
Wessex Trains inherited a fleet of Class 143, Class 150, Class 153 and Class 158s from Wales & West.
Wessex Trains leased Class 31s from Fragonset to haul a set of Mark 2 carriages from 2002 on services from Cardiff and Bristol to Brighton and Weymouth.
| Class | Image | Type | Top speed | Number | Built | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mph | km/h | |||||
| Class 143 Pacer | Diesel multiple unit | 75 | 120 | 8 (one scrapped due to fire at Flax Bourton which reduced the fleet to 7) | 1985–1986 | |
| Class 150 Sprinter | Diesel multiple unit | 75 | 120 | 25 | 1984–1987 | |
| Class 153 Super Sprinter | Diesel multiple unit | 75 | 120 | 13 | 1987–1988 | |
| Class 158 Express Sprinter | Diesel multiple unit | 90 | 145 | 12 | 1989–1992 | |
| Mark 2 carriage | Passenger Rolling stock | 100 | 160 | 5 | 1969–1975 | |
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Famous quotes containing the words rolling and/or stock:
“... in the cities there are thousands of rolling stones like me. We are all alike; we have no ties, we know nobody, we own nothing. When one of us dies, they scarcely know where to bury him.... We have no house, no place, no people of our own. We live in the streets, in the parks, in the theatres. We sit in restaurants and concert halls and look about at the hundreds of our own kind and shudder.”
—Willa Cather (1873–1947)
“I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)