Trainbaby

The Norths Very Own Celebrity Train

Trainbaby is a Class 158/9 number 158905. He was born in 1991 at the BREL works in Derby and started his life working for Regional Railways North East with the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive.

Trainbaby is a 2 carriage train, weighing 77 tonnes and can travel at a maximum speed of 90mph. He can carry 142 standard class passengers. He is 12ft 6" tall and is made up with the formation of 52905 and 57905. He makes use of two 350hp Cummins engines (a total of 700hp with both carriages combined)

Trainbaby has only ever carried 3 different liveries. He started his life in the WYPTE red and buttermilk and was later repainted by Arriva Trains Northern into WYPTE's new red and silver livery. He has since been through a C6 overhaul with his current operator, Northern Rail and now carries the Northern Rail purple and blue with WYPTE viynals.

The Class 158/9 Family

There where a total of 10 class 158/9s built for the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive.
These carried the numbers 158901-158910

158901: Traindaddy
158902: Trainmummy
158903: Trainbubs
158904: Sweetytrain
158905: Trainbaby
158906: Traingal
158907: Skatertrain
158908: Ginger
158909: Trainbuddy
158910: Bournville

Nobody really knows how Trainbaby got his name but he has become quite a celebrity across Yorkshire and the north of England and can even boast his own "weekly sightings" page on the Northern Railways forum,

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