Bus spawned train

[arrivayorks]

Bet you never thought you'd hear this but the leyland national meets a train chassis


www.traintesting.com/images/R3-Old%20dalby.jpg

[olympian]

I think there were 2 of these built as test trains with the class 140 which later they developed the 141 out of bus parts from the bational and then slightly better 142 as things developed.

www.flickr.com/photos/15218213@N06/2499586197/in/set-72157605106982800/
www.flickr.com/photos/15218213@N06/2500408898/
www.flickr.com/photos/15218213@N06/4117930715/
www.flickr.com/photos/15218213@N06/2357095693/in/set-72157605106982800/

[kendall17]

Jan 19, 2010 21:33:30 GMT 1 olympian said:

I think there were 2 of these built as test trains with the class 140 which later they developed the 141 out of bus parts from the bational and then slightly better 142 as things developed.

www.flickr.com/photos/15218213@N06/2499586197/in/set-72157605106982800/
www.flickr.com/photos/15218213@N06/2500408898/
www.flickr.com/photos/15218213@N06/4117930715/
www.flickr.com/photos/15218213@N06/2357095693/in/set-72157605106982800/

[Burnside]

In all, i think there were either 4 or 5 of these, known as LEV's (Leyland Experimental Vehicles). Most were built in a collaboration between Leyland and British Rail at Derby, but the one in the pic on the first post was actually assembled by Wickham.

There is a book which covers these in more detail as well as all the other 2nd generation DMU's by Colin Marsden called 'The 2nd Generation DMU's'.