jobs are the to via Retford and Sheffield, and the Saturday-only Sheffield to Cleethorpes via Retford. In December 2007, two units were taken off lease from Northern Rail and transferred to East Midlands Trains. In the first half of 2018, five units were transferred from Great Western Railway on a temporary basis to boost capacity until the new Class 195 units entered service; three of these then moved to Abellio ScotRail in 2019, with the remainder to follow in 2020. On 1 March 2020, Arriva Rail North's Class 153 units transferred to new operator Northern Trains. All Northern Trains Class 153s were sent to storage by December 2021. Preservation Unit 153374 has been preserved, for static use as a community cafe, at Cynheidre on the Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway. Fleet details Named units Some units have received names: 153306 – Edith Cavell 153309 – Gerard Fiennes 153311 – John Constable 153314 – Delia Smith 153316 – John "Longitude" Harrison - inventor of the Marine Chronometer 153322 – Benjamin Britten 153326 – Ted Ellis 153335 – Michael Palin 153362 – Dylan Thomas 1915–1953 (denamed) 153369 – Pamela Anderson 153376 – X24 – Expeditious (denamed) 153383 – Ecclesbourne Valley Railway 150 Years Models When the units were first introduced, Hurst models produced a detailing kit to convert a Dapol model of a 155 into a 153. The Class 153 has been produced in OO gauge by Hornby in Central Trains, First Northern Star, Abellio Greater Anglia, Northern Rail, Regional Railways, East Midlands Trains, London Midland City, Arriva Trains Wales, and Great Scenic Railways of Devon and Cornwall (Wessex Trains) liveries. These models have been praised for their detail. Dapol have also released an N gauge version of the 153. Several 153s have also been produced for rail simulators. Making Tracks have a digital model available for the PC railway simulator Microsoft Train Simulator, whilst Just Trains has released the model for Railworks. Notes References Sources 153 Leyland vehicles Train-related introductions in 1991