West Somerset Railway 51859-59493-51880 (class 115/117) @ Williton
For the third train, which was the DMU again back to Bishops Lydeard, we then had to go back to Williton. The class 115 DMU's were originally four-car suburban DMU's, but whils many cars are preserved, an original 115-combination is no longer possible to make. In general there are many carriages of the many types of first generation DMU's preserved, but a big problem is keeping all these in service as metal fatigue is very common and whidespread over all the classes, there repairs are costly and the units are never as popular as steam trains. As a result, many of these not historic kind of combinations are being used. It is not a very big deal, as a lot of the classes have fairly the same bodyshell and cab exteriors.
West Somerset Railway 51859-59493-51880 (class 115/117) @ Williton
For the third train, which was the DMU again back to Bishops Lydeard, we then had to go back to Williton. The class 115 DMU's were originally four-car suburban DMU's, but whils many cars are preserved, an original 115-combination is no longer possible to make. In general there are many carriages of the many types of first generation DMU's preserved, but a big problem is keeping all these in service as metal fatigue is very common and whidespread over all the classes, there repairs are costly and the units are never as popular as steam trains. As a result, many of these not historic kind of combinations are being used. It is not a very big deal, as a lot of the classes have fairly the same bodyshell and cab exteriors.