Pace Yourself - photos of the final(?) Pacer countdown

[OhOh]

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Edited March 23, 2021 by OhOh

[Reorte]

Length to 0.1 mm? My few scratchbuilt 4mm wagons vary by more than that!

[Coryton]

18 minutes ago, Reorte said:

Length to 0.1 mm? My few scratchbuilt 4mm wagons vary by more than that!

 

Is 2.8(00) m out of gauge?

['CHARD]

On 16/04/2019 at 18:03, Mersey507003 said:

I wonder if the american railroad that operated 1 of these would be interested in purchasing them.

 

I say that because from replies we have all seen, they were quite impressed with the set so possibly it would be an opportunity to make some money for uk rail by selling the 142/143 & 144s subject to the railroad company being interested.

 

 

It occurs to me that they might have found some alternative rolling stock in the intervening 35 years?

[Northmoor]

Just found this shot of an unidentified 142 passing South Bank - one of the least-used stations in the UK - on a showery New Year's Eve 2011:

 

[eastwestdivide]

Anyone hazard a guess as to the location of this one? About 1984.

It's 141001 with Leeds in the destination blind, on a 4-track electrified line.

I don't have my notes for the film, but the adjacent scans are in London, at Liverpool St and Farringdon. Could it be on the southern end of the Midland main line? Annoyingly the electrification post number is cut off, but the line above 15 might be 20.

 

Much later edit: Elstree. Thanks to Clive Mortimore (see below in thread)

 

Even later edit: it was 18 Jan 1984. I'd been for a ride on the new 317s from Farringdon to Elstree, and saw 141001 in Cricklewood sidings/depot. Then it came north on the slow lines. Did I have a tip-off? Not sure.

 

Edited May 7, 2019 by eastwestdivide
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[jessy1692]

144 010 bouncing its way to Starbeck from Harrogate, first one ive seen for a while

[Market65]

Oh dear. I thought it was class 170’s on that service these days. Unless, of course, one was out of service for maintenance.

 

Rob.

[adb968008]

On 16/04/2019 at 18:03, Mersey507003 said:

I wonder if the american railroad that operated 1 of these would be interested in purchasing them.

 

I say that because from replies we have all seen, they were quite impressed with the set so possibly it would be an opportunity to make some money for uk rail by selling the 142/143 & 144s subject to the railroad company being interested.

 

It might not work, but hey, its a thought.

The one they operated is still over there and is subject to disposal since December 2018..

See item number 11 in the disposal list..

http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=42810

 

http://www.departmentals.com/photo/LEV2

 

theres one in Malaysia also somewhere, as well as 141’s in Iran and Holland.

Edited April 27, 2019 by adb968008

[eastwestdivide]

18 hours ago, Market65 said:

Oh dear. I thought it was class 170’s on that service these days. Unless, of course, one was out of service for maintenance.

 

Rob.

Was all 170s and 150s on the Harrogate line when I visited a couple of weeks back. Don't Northern have a random unit generator any more?

[jessy1692]

2 hours ago, eastwestdivide said:

Was all 170s and 150s on the Harrogate line when I visited a couple of weeks back. Don't Northern have a random unit generator any more?

Its mainly 170s nowadays however there seems to a pacer on at least one diagram, my office is next to the railway so can hear them passing

[Clive Mortimore]

On 26/04/2019 at 20:54, eastwestdivide said:

Anyone hazard a guess as to the location of this one? About 1984.

It's 141001 with Leeds in the destination blind, on a 4-track electrified line.

I don't have my notes for the film, but the adjacent scans are in London, at Liverpool St and Farringdon. Could it be on the southern end of the Midland main line? Annoyingly the electrification post number is cut off, but the line above 15 might be 20.

 

Hi Mr Divide

 

It could be Elstree and Borehamwood. The car park is north of the station on the side of the slow lines and the OLE is cantilever mast for a short stretch not the usual headspan found on the MR London Extension. Plus it is 12 and a bit miles out from St Pancras, or 20 and a bit Km. 

[eastwestdivide]

Thanks Mr More.

I think that fits nicely - the gentle curve, the overbridge, the lie of the land at https://goo.gl/maps/h61KqumDmY1vopcy8 all seem to tally up.

What it was doing there is anyone's guess

 

All the best,

Mr Divide

(aka Chris, who must get round to changing his forum name to something more personal and less prone to misinterpretation. It seemed like a good idea at the time, being a southerner living in the north).

Edited April 28, 2019 by eastwestdivide

[Wheatley]

15 hours ago, eastwestdivide said:

Was all 170s and 150s on the Harrogate line when I visited a couple of weeks back. Don't Northern have a random unit generator any more?

There are still a couple of 14x/15x diagrams, anything which needs to run as a 4 car for example, either for capacity  or to ferry a set to be used later (17.41 off York for example is always a 14x, detached from another earlier in the day. ) There are more 170s in traffic but they have also been deployed on Leeds to Selby and Huddersfield, and they take over Sheffield - Hull - Brid  from May. 

[Market65]

I didn’t know 170’s are going up to Bridlington from the May timetable change. It would make sense of those I’m seeing at Hull Paragon - driver training presumably.

 

Rob.

[4630]

2 minutes ago, Market65 said:

I didn’t know 170’s are going up to Bridlington from the May timetable change. It would make sense of those I’m seeing at Hull Paragon - driver training presumably.

 

Rob.

 

That's my understanding - driver training between Hull and Doncaster on class 170 - it's been ongoing for about the last 5 weeks.

[Owd Bob]

Crows Nest Junc' Hindley, Lancs' 29-4-19. 1.40pm. 142 020. Such a shame that this lovely fast turning Green corridor might mostly all go now that planning for home building on the Green spaces has been given in this area.

 

[Ramblin Rich]

Still some action in the Exeter area on Sunday 28th April.

143 611 forming front of the 15:31 to Paignton

 

143 620 heading the 15:46 to Exmouth

 

...up the hill to Central.

 

And as I was leaving towards Starcross, another dual 143 set came down to form the 16:05 to Barnstaple!

Edited April 30, 2019 by Ramblin Rich
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[uax6]

I do hope that at least one set of 143/144 pacers get saved. I've always found them a much more stylish unit, even though they are still bargain basement trains....

 

Andy G

[Owd Bob]

142 093. 30-4-'19. Hindley, Lancs'

 

[60091]

Early days in the North East. Pacers passing signal boxes.

Blaydon 143xxx. June 1989

 

Monkwearmouth Station Museum 143605. October 1989. The now demolished box is in distance to the right of the tracks.

 

East Boldon 143618. October 1989. 

 

Wylam 142021. June 1989.

[4630]

Pacer fest at Huddersfield on 4th May 2019.

 

142017 at rest in Huddersfield DMU Sidings, flanked by 150137 in the current Northern livery and 150110, still in de-branded Northern Rail livery.

 

144020 ready to depart with 2B09, 09.12 Huddersfield to Sheffield.

 

142026 stands at platform 6 ready to form a Northern stopping service to Leeds via Bradford Interchange.

 

It might be worth starting a book on which is the first Northern 142 to go off lease.  My bet would be on 142026 judging from the state of the bodywork.  Any one got some Isopon? 

 

 

[dana]

https://www.shapeways.com/product/6DQNR2KAT/class-142-farewell-tour-oo-gauge-headboard?optionId=64353623&li=marketplace`

ideal for pacer haters on your model rail layout

[LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004]

Here’s my contribution, even got invited to go into the cab:

[eastwestdivide]

55 minutes ago, LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004 said:

Here’s my contribution, even got invited to go into the cab

Nice old moquette on the driver's seat