Class 156 DMUs

The Class 156 (Super Sprinter) is a diesel multiple-unit (DMU) built between 1987 and 1989 by Metro-Cammell to replace the aging first-generation 'Heritage' DMUs. 114 of these units were produced at the Washwood Heath works in Birmingham. Here, Rich Mackin utilises his terrific collection of photographs to celebrate a unit still seen on the railways today. Featuring members of the class in a variety of locations, this is an essential pictorial tribute to one of the great mainstays of the last thirty years of traction in Britain.