Dapol - 2D-021-001 - Passenger Train, Diesel, DMU, Class 156 - Strathclyde Partnership for Transport - 156508

Specific Item Information: The Class 156 Super Sprinter is a twin car DMU, of which 114 were built from 1987 to 1989 by Metro Cammell, numbered 156 401 -514. Each twin car comprised a Driving Motor Standard Lavatory (DMSL, numbered 52401-514) and a Driving Motor Standard (DMS, numbered 57401- 514) with space for storage of luggage, bicycles etc. These DMUs operate in Scotland, NE and NW England, East Anglia and the Midlands.

Road Name History: Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is a regional transport partnership for the Strathclyde area of western Scotland. It is responsible for planning and coordinating regional transport, especially the public transport system in the area, including responsibility for operating the Glasgow Subway, the third oldest in the world.From Wikipedia

Brand/Importer Information: Dapol Ltd is a Welsh model railway manufacturer based in Chirk, Wales. The factory where design and manufacturing take place is just over the border in England. The company is known for its model railway products in N gauge and OO gauge. Dapol's name is a play on its founders David and Pauline Boyle's names. He owned a model concern Highfield Birds & Models. In 1981 he first tried to buy the Airfix and Mainline ranges. The Dapol brand name was first used in a Railway Modeller advert of September 1983. The first Dapol wagons (for OO) were announced to become available on 20 November 1983. From 1 March 1984 ex Airfix railway kits became available.

Dapol manufactures a growing range of N gauge locomotives, coaches and wagons, and is the main competitor of Graham Farish in the British 'ready-to-run' market. Continuous improvement in model specifications has led to the introduction of 40:1 gearing in locomotive drive mechanisms, NEM couplings on all stock, and LED lighting strips for coaching stock (yellow for 'older' coaches, to represent incandescent illumination, and white for more modern coaches and EMUs to represent fluorescent fittings).