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unusual facts about multiple units



Derby Works

Moreover the Carriage Works has continued in production and, as of 2012 builds multiple units under its present owner Bombardier Transportation.


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Alsenz Valley Railway

On Sundays and public holidays in the summer, the Rheintalexpress runs on the Bingen–Enkenbach section to Karlsruhe and the Weinstraßen-Express runs to Wissembourg, each stopping in Enkenbach, Rockhausen, Bad Münster and Bad Kreuznach and each consisting of push–pull trains hauled by class 218 locomotives or class 628 diesel multiple units.

Alzey–Mainz railway

The track is served by both trains consisting of class 218 diesel locomotives hauling three double-decker carriages and by class 628 diesel multiple units, sometimes in coupled sets.

British Rail corporate liveries

Originally, multiple units were also painted in all over Rail Blue, however the blue and grey coaching stock livery was eventually also applied to all gangwayed DMUs, EMUs and DEMUs from about 1980 onwards until the introduction of the new Sector liveries in the mid-1980s.

Kraich Valley Railway

From October 1981, services were reinforced on the Kraich Valley Railway by class NE 81 diesel multiple units, which had been built by Waggon Union.

Münchberg–Selbitz railway

Regionalbahn trains on the present-day timetable route no. 853 are operated by the Vogtlandbahn under contract to Deutsche Bahn using diesel multiple units of VT 642 and RegioSprinter railbuses.

Old Dalby Test Track

In April 2010, the track was used by Class 172 diesel multiple units, also manufactured by Bombardier in Derby.

Oliver Bulleid

He led the first major dieselisation programme, which involved the procurement of diesel multiple units from AEC of Southall, 94 diesel locomotives (60 CIE 001 Class and 34 CIE 201 Class) from Metropolitan-Vickers and 12 Sulzer-engined diesel locomotives (CIE 101 Class) from the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company.

X14

SJ X14, a series of two-car electric multiple units operated by Statens Järnvägar of Sweden as local trains