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

[60091]

142026 at Hexham this evening on the 18.56 to Middlesborough.

At first glance this looked like some serious damage but it's only sealant from a cab roof repair.

[4630]

A handful from over the last couple of days when I've been out photographing other things, but nevertheless managed to snap a Pacer or two.

 

Huddersfield station, 24th August 2019.

 

Northern 142095 waits at platform 4a on the rear of 2W12, 12.53 Huddersfield to Leeds...

 

...with 144019 at the front.  142067 is at platform 5 with 2O73, 13.03 Huddersfield to Castleford.

 

A line up and comparison of front ends L to R 144019, 142067 & 195111.

 

 

Brighouse station, 25th August 2019

 

Northern's 144012 arrives with 2K59, 12.29 Leeds to Huddersfield.  150137 was on the rear.

 

 

[jessy1692]

Was on York station Thurs night after the races, 142 in the Harrogate bay but it wasnt the 22.44. Alas, i cant recall the number, it had been a good day at the races...

Surprised to see it though as i thought they had been banished from the Harrogate line

[DRS Crewe On A Mission]

1 hour ago, jessy1692 said:

Was on York station Thurs night after the races, 142 in the Harrogate bay but it wasnt the 22.44. Alas, i cant recall the number, it had been a good day at the races...

Surprised to see it though as i thought they had been banished from the Harrogate line

 

Glad you had a good day at the races. 

 

The 142s do occasionally still appear on the Harrogate line. I have found this is because a 170 or two is away for refurbishment. Although all of the Northern 170 refurbs are nearly complete so the days of seeing pacers on the Harrogate line will probably dwindle even more. 

[jessy1692]

9 hours ago, DRS Crewe On A Mission said:

 

Glad you had a good day at the races. 

 

The 142s do occasionally still appear on the Harrogate line. I have found this is because a 170 or two is away for refurbishment. Although all of the Northern 170 refurbs are nearly complete so the days of seeing pacers on the Harrogate line will probably dwindle even more. 

Definately, my office is right by the line in Harrogate and it has been a long time since i last saw/heard a 142 bouncing its way passed in normal working hours. Perhaps they sometimes come out at peak times occasionally still but the days of pacers are over id say. In Harrogate anyway.

Cheers

James

 

 

 

[DRS Crewe On A Mission]

1 hour ago, jessy1692 said:

Definately, my office is right by the line in Harrogate and it has been a long time since i last saw/heard a 142 bouncing its way passed in normal working hours. Perhaps they sometimes come out at peak times occasionally still but the days of pacers are over id say. In Harrogate anyway.

Cheers

James

 

 

 

 

I haven't seen many either on the Harrogate line either recently. If a 170 hasn't been available it has been a 150 and even a 158 and now rarely a pacer. Such a change since I first travelling regularly on the Harrogate line back in 2015 when the majority of services were operated by pacers. Just shows how four years can see such a significant change, especially considering how many pacers Northern have. 

 

I am really impressed with the now Northern, ex ScotRail 170s. After refurbishment they have wide comfy seats, sockets for charging phones at most seats, table seats for anyone wishing to eat or work on the train, display boards inside the train, fresh paint internally and externally and they are very clean. Also compared to most other Northern units they have three carriages which is definitely needed on the Harrogate line especially at peak times. 

[Market65]

Those 170’s also work Sheffield, Hull to Bridlington too. A significant improvement on that service too which also was mainly Pacer operated. They are occasionally used on the Hull to York service to help get them between those two services. With the 195’s and 331’s, they are Northern’s best units.

 

Best regards,

 

 Rob.

[jessy1692]

9 hours ago, DRS Crewe On A Mission said:

 

I haven't seen many either on the Harrogate line either recently. If a 170 hasn't been available it has been a 150 and even a 158 and now rarely a pacer. Such a change since I first travelling regularly on the Harrogate line back in 2015 when the majority of services were operated by pacers. Just shows how four years can see such a significant change, especially considering how many pacers Northern have. 

 

I am really impressed with the now Northern, ex ScotRail 170s. After refurbishment they have wide comfy seats, sockets for charging phones at most seats, table seats for anyone wishing to eat or work on the train, display boards inside the train, fresh paint internally and externally and they are very clean. Also compared to most other Northern units they have three carriages which is definitely needed on the Harrogate line especially at peak times. 

Are you a fellow Harrogatonian then? Im technically one although i did spend the first ten years of my life in the west (yorks)

[manna]

G'day Folks

 

Here's a 'Old' pic of 144 Pacers at Bradford interchange, early 1990's.

 

manna

[eastwestdivide]

12 hours ago, Market65 said:

Those 170’s also work Sheffield, Hull to Bridlington too. A significant improvement on that service too which also was mainly Pacer operated. They are occasionally used on the Hull to York service to help get them between those two services. With the 195’s and 331’s, they are Northern’s best units.

 

Best regards,

 

 Rob.

To be fair, the hourly fast-ish Sheffield-Hull-beyond services had been mostly 158s for a good few years prior to the arrival of the 170s. The stoppers however were predominantly pacers.

[brushman47544]

On ‎14‎/‎08‎/‎2019 at 11:52, Market65 said:

Has Heaton got enough siding space to store all those 142’s? Will some have to be stored elsewhere?

 

Why would anyone want to store them? Would any railway around the world allow them to start operating now given their crashworthiness? Straight to the scrap yard, although I suppose you could stack them up Vic Berry style in the meantime!

[dvdlcs]

Silly question (from someone overseas), but where are the Class 143s?

 

All the pictures seem to be of 142 and 144 units. Are the 143s not affected by this change, or have they all already gone?

[4630]

22 hours ago, brushman47544 said:

 

Why would anyone want to store them? Would any railway around the world allow them to start operating now given their crashworthiness? Straight to the scrap yard, although I suppose you could stack them up Vic Berry style in the meantime!

 

The suggestion is that they're in 'warm storage' so that, if necessary, some of them could be reactivated at short notice during the coming autumn when there's often a temporary shortage of serviceable rolling stock due to leaf induced wheel flats and a consequent need to visit a wheel lathe.  Clearly any reactivation would be short-lived as the 142s should be gone by the end of December 2019.

Edited August 28, 2019 by 4630

[eastwestdivide]

1 hour ago, dvdlcs said:

Silly question (from someone overseas), but where are the Class 143s?

 

All the pictures seem to be of 142 and 144 units. Are the 143s not affected by this change, or have they all already gone?

They're in S Wales and the Exeter area. They all should meet the same withdrawal date. (No such thing as a silly question if you don't know the answer!)

I imagine we have fewer correspondents contributing photos from those areas.

[Claude_Dreyfus]

There are a few 143s scattered throughout this thread...pages 8, 10 and 12 have examples. I suspect cameras are pointing at the remaining HSTs and 37 workings in the West Country and South Wales at present.

[Market65]

The officially withdrawn class 142, 142005, is on it’s way to Booths for scrapping. This is from an informed source, not Face Ache or anywhere like that. But the same  source has said that two 142’s, 021 and 022 have come out of warm storage for further use. 

If this is all correct, and I’ve no reason to suppose it isn’t, then the saga goes on, and perhaps some 142’s will see service into early 2020......

 

Best regards,

 

 Rob.

[DRS Crewe On A Mission]

On 26/08/2019 at 20:58, jessy1692 said:

Are you a fellow Harrogatonian then? Im technically one although i did spend the first ten years of my life in the west (yorks)

 

Haha no not quite. I live in Castleford, although I have only lived here for a few years. I have always lived in West Yorkshire though. Where abouts did you live? 

[Not Captain Kernow]

Some Welsh 142s and 143s in action:

 

All on 9th July 2019

 

Class 142 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 142 002 with Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 609 at the rear depart Cardiff Central with 2M34 1326 Barry Island to Merthyr Tydfill.

 

 

Class 142 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 142 085 arrives at Cardiff Central with 2Y53 1345 Abercynon to Barry Island.

 

 

Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 610 with Class 142 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 142 080 at Rhymney with 5R24 1858 Rhymney to Rhymney Sidings.

 

 

All on 10th July 2019

 

Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 614 with Class 142 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 142 076 at the rear at Pontypridd with 2F36 1217 Treherbert to Cardiff Central.  

 

 

Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 616 departs Radyr at the rear of 2Y33 1039 Pontypridd to Barry Island.

 

 

Class 142 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 142 069 at Cardiff Central with 2M08 0656 Barry Island to Merthy Tydfil

 

[Not Captain Kernow]

Missed this one from 1st June

 

Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 606 at Swansea with 2B60 1510 Swansea to Abergavenny.

 

Edited August 31, 2019 by Not Captain Kernow
Caption added

[Not Captain Kernow]

Exeter Class 143s, quietly getting on with it for years without any fuss.

 

Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 612 passes Roskear Junction with 2A63 1145 Penzance to Newton Abbot.  2nd October 2009

 

 

Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 617 departs Exeter St Davids attached to Class 142 2 Car Pacer DMU number 142 064 with a Barnstaple train.  28th July 2011

 

Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 611 departs Dawlish with 2F25 1115 Paignton to Exmouth.  3rd August 2016

 

Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 611 with 143 612 at the rear pass Cockwood Harbour with 2F17 0912 Paignton to Exmouth.  21st August 2017

 

 

Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 611 with 143 619 at the rear passes Starcross with 2F17 0912 Paignton to Exmouth.  27th August 2018

 

 

Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 618 with 143 617 at the rear passes Cockwood Harbour with 2T11 1023 Exmouth to Paignton.  30th August 2018

 

 

Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 620 at Exeter St Davids having arrived with 2F31 1243 Barnstaple to Exmouth.  143 618 has been attached as the front portion.  18th June 2019

 

[Owd Bob]

Friday 30th August 2019. 1.30pm -2.15pm. Hindley. Still plenty of 142's to see in the Wigan area, in just a 45 minute spell i saw 030, 037, 047, 049, 061.

 

[jessy1692]

11 hours ago, DRS Crewe On A Mission said:

 

Haha no not quite. I live in Castleford, although I have only lived here for a few years. I have always lived in West Yorkshire though. Where abouts did you live? 

Ahh Cass, havnt been down there for a while, originally im from Dewsbury, moved to Harrogate about 20 years ago now. Dont get back very much anymore now relatives have moved away or passed on

[Northmoor]

3 hours ago, Not Captain Kernow said:

Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 606 at Swansea with 2B60 1510 Swansea to Abergavenny.

 

Thanks for all these South Wales examples.  I've gone through Cardiff twice this week but not had the chance to get any Pacer shots. Perhaps a Valley Lines Day Ranger is in order, before the end of the year.....

[Ragtag]

Well, I went out to Bishop Auckland today with the intention of getting the train to Middlesbrough and photographing a pacer, but sadly it was cancelled due to a train fault.

[Coach bogie]

54 minutes ago, Ragtag said:

Well, I went out to Bishop Auckland today with the intention of getting the train to Middlesbrough and photographing a pacer, but sadly it was cancelled due to a train fault.

I was at North Road waiting to photograph it under the overall roof part of the station, when the cancelled noticed appeared on the station screen.

 

Mike Wiltshire