What is British Rail Class 157?
'''Class 157''' was the designation applied to a range of [[Diesel multiple unit]] trains of the [[Sprinter (train)|Sprinter]] family planned for regional use, in particular for the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive. As well as the class number, [[British Rail]] reserved carriage numbers in the 526xx and 576xx series for these units. As the Privatisation of [[British Rail]] began, this project became unviable as resources were concentrated on the privatisation process, leading to the famous 1064-day 'drought' of new train orders. By the time this period was over, plans had moved on and Stratchclyde ended up receiving a batch of [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170]] units. {{British Rail Sprinter}} {{British Rail DMU}} {{Transport-stub}} [[Category:British Rail diesel multiple units|157]]