Talk:British Rail Class 153

Interior photos

Would be nice with an interior image too, not only exteriors. Also, the capasity of 75, is that seated passengers, or does this include standing passengers? Greswik (talk) 19:32, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

75 refers to the number of seats. There is no set limit on the number of standing passengers allowed, though health & safety, and passengers' unwillingness to travel in cramped conditions usually means that the physical capacity is never reached in service.

-=# Amos E Wolfe ^talk #=- 00:34, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi! Yeah right, about the last one - the 1559 to Peterborough at Lincoln is so crammed, passengers have to stand in the back cab. ACBestDog and Bone 19:02, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

153s only have 72 seats according to railfaneurope.net 94.192.241.209 (talk) 10:58, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Some pretty awful photos in this piece

I have edited the page to remove a few of the worst photographs - the top image was off the edge of the frame and completely failed to illustrate that the the units were single-car. There is a good selection of 153 images in Wikimedia Commons which might be even better and I will put up the best images when I get time. Not sure the lengthy details about each unit on the image captions are to necessary either so I will reduce these. R-T-C (talk) 14:31, 16 June 2008 (UTC) 153s look that dreadful that you can't get good images of them — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.181.77.135 (talk) 14:51, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Current operations

This is not an acceptable section for an encyclopedia.

The absence of historical context (ie full work history) is the problem - does anyone have any such information or links to such information. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by FengRail (talk • contribs) 02:43, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Infobox exterior photo

I would agree with CrossHouses that File:153328 Doncaster.JPG is a better image than File:153329 and 142 Paignton.JPG for the infobox since it shows more of the train, is easier to understand because the Class 153 unit isn't coupled to anything else, and the angle, more side on than front on, is better. I note that Peter has reinstated the other image, commenting that "exterior image matches interior image", but I don't see why it would be necessary for both images to show the same unit. Adambro (talk) 15:49, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

I agree with User:Adambro - the File:153328 Doncaster.JPG image is clearer to those unfamiliar with the class. As the class is almost unique (amongst trains in revenue service) in that the trains consist of only one carriage I think it's best to use an image which demonstrates this best. The descriptions for each image can state that the interior shown is for a FGW unit and the exterior is a Northern unit. NRTurner (talk) 16:19, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

I would suggest a third option. File:153368 C Bristol Temple Meads.JPG, currently used in the Operations:South West section, shows that the train is one carriage long AND matches the interior image. Its place in the South West section could be taken by File:153329 and 142 Paignton.JPG so that it isn't removed from the article altogether. With a bit of luck this should be acceptable to both editors. What does anyone else think? Alzarian16 (talk) 17:16, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

I prefer the Doncaster one - frankly I think the Bristol shot is rather grainy, not to mention that the sky is very overexposed. Or how about this one I took up at Blaenau Ffestiniog a few years back? May need a bit of cropping. -mattbuck (Talk) 17:23, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

I would prefer File:153368 C Bristol Temple Meads.JPG option, as then the exterior shot will match with the interior shot, as well as showing the fact that it is one carriage long. --Peter Skuce (talk) 20:08, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

The Doncaster one shows the length perfectly well, and is a better photo. It really doesn't matter if the carpet matches the drapes in the infobox. -mattbuck (Talk) 20:15, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Oh, and side note, I cropped the Temple Meads one, it really had way too much sky. It's still very noisy though - despeckle just made it look worse. -mattbuck (Talk) 23:38, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

I have placed the interior shot for Northern Rail Class 153 in the infobox and placed the First Great Western interior on the webpage. I hope and trust that all parties agree with this. --Peter Skuce (talk) 23:47, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

I preferred the FGW interior shot, but ok. -mattbuck (Talk) 01:43, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

This looks like a good solution. The only problem is that the Northern England section now has just one picture when it previously had three. Perhaps it's worth adding one more from Commons. Alzarian16 (talk) 18:01, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

I just added File:153304 at Doncaster.JPG from Commons to the article as I feel this makes it look better. Hope everyone is OK with this. Alzarian16 (talk) 14:00, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

A what?

Isn't a "Single Car Diesel Multiple Unit" a contradiction in terms? Wouldn't this actually be considered a Railcar or Railbus? --66.149.58.8 (talk) 16:49, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Well, in a way I suppose, but I always figured that the multiple part referred to the ability to work in tandem with other units. -mattbuck (Talk) 17:25, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

I thought that Multiple Unit just meant that all the power units were held within the passenger cars rather than in a separate locomotive, which is why fixed-formation locomotive/carriage combinations such as the British Rail Class 43 don't qualify. "Single Car Multiple Unit" does sound a bit weird but it appears to be a widely used term. Alzarian16 (talk) 18:54, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

See Multiple unit. David Biddulph (talk) 19:56, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Good point. The definition seems to make it clear that the class 153 is a Multiple Unit, as per what Mattbuck said. Thanks for clearing that up. Alzarian16 (talk) 19:59, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Having read Multiple unit (thanks David) I stand corrected.and withdraw my objection! --66.149.58.8 (talk) 22:15, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Am tempted to add "or Railcar" since it meets that definition aswell Enotayokel (talk) 18:53, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

IMAGES!

OK can we try to keep a hat on the images. Using too many in the body of the article causes them to cascade down - these are called "stack ups" and believe me they look a mess :)

See Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial#Avoiding_stack-ups

What I've done is collect as many livery images into a gallery to avoid this. This leaves a fair amount of space for interior images. So that is good yes. Please avoid "stack ups" though. Thanks.Shortfatlad (talk) 22:28, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Commons images

Hi. Just to let you know, the Commons category for Class 153s is now completely sorted by operator and livery. -mattbuck (Talk) 21:59, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Possible change to the title of this article

This article is currently named in accordance the Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Railways naming conventions for British rolling stock allocated a TOPS number. A proposal to change this convention and/or its scope is being discussed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Railways#Naming convention, where your comments would be welcome.