153 exaust

[tubemad]

My freind (well and me) wants to know where the exhaust of a 153 is?ive looked on my pacers, sprinters and turbos video to see the 153 accelerating and to see where the fumes are, culdn't see any. The exhaust arent on the roof are they? well definatly not on either end as theres cabs there!.

Cheers,
James. Manager of STST

[salopiangrowler]

your right in a way as the exhaust actually sticks out of the roof from a built in exhuast pipe channel at the small cab end where the toilet is or used to be

[tubemad]

So you cant see any fumes because..it doesnt produce much then????

[salopiangrowler]

oh believe me if u see the real ones on the heart of wales line in shrewsbury they through it out like no ones business sometimes

[Stooopidperson]

I think the exhaust was at the small cab right next to the centre door.

[bjdick]

A properly tuned diesel engine produces no visible smoke,only a shimmering heat haze.Any such smoke indicates fouled fuel injectors,injection timing wongly set,and general bad maintenance.

However the gullible public expect trains to smoke,as stated in a previous post,little realising the inhalation of diesel engine byproducts is as serious as cigarette smoking,if not more so.
It's the microscopic unburnt particles of vanadium,and catalytic fines left over from the refinery crackers that do the damage.

[johndibben]

The 153 exaust is indeed in the small cab end and protrudes very slightly

I reckon diesel smoke is overdone in many cases

Anyone got any really good photos of the Swansea to Shrewsbury ones as mine was based partly on guesswork

The problem is getting a photo of the whole of both sides as they are different

Any help much appreciated

Cheers

John

[salopiangrowler]

i think there is a dodgy photo of one on the net somewhere or goto http://www.heartofwales.co.uk or http://www.walesandtheborders.co.uk

[johndibben]

Thanks but the first had horses on it and the second returned an error message

Its extraordinary that there's so few photos of the colourful DMU and EMU liveries

[isambardkingdombrunel]

The correct addy is http://www.walesandborders.co.uk John,but its got nothing to do with dmu piccies.

IKB.

[isambardkingdombrunel]

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/railpics/cl153.htm

http://www.samsonrail.com/gallery/cl153.html

http://www.trainweb.org/thejunction/class153.html

http://www.anteater.freeuk.com/MUgaller ... en/153.htm

http://www.railbritain.com/class153.html

IKB.

[johndibben]

Thanks MIke, one site I hadn't been to but still no 'orange' Heart of Wales ones.

I did my repaints from the original designs which appeared on website of the manufacturer of the vinyls

They were changed on the actual units

There's been a few photo's in magazines bu mainly three-quarter shots

I wouldh've thought large phot's of them wouldh've appeared on the Wales and Borders website as it must've been very costly to do only four units

[isambardkingdombrunel]

Should think it would be pretty difficult getting photos for that particular livery,John.Piccies online of all 153`s arent exactly in abundance,as you probably already know.

regards,
Mike.

[isambardkingdombrunel]

IKB.

[lacorbiere]

Try http://www.walesandborderstrains.co.uk . Under the News and Services link there's a picture gallery with two shots, again three quarters (probably the ones that the mags use). You may have already seen them, but maybe again not.

Also try http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Pages%2 ... U_153.html as that's a bit of a closer shot (a little bit down the page)....

Hope this helps,

Jonathan