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Title: Class 142 Surrealism Post by: Mikey007 on May 21, 2008, 19:00:51 Just been told about this by a mate http://www.phpbbplanet.com/bloodsindepende/viewtopic.php?t=53&mforum=bloodsindepende
Title: Re: Class 142 Surrealism Post by: Btline on May 21, 2008, 20:04:30 Welcome to the forum!
When I saw this a while back I shuddered! "Oh dear....!!" :o Title: Re: Class 142 Surrealism Post by: Mikey007 on May 22, 2008, 14:26:11 Cheers mate have you checked the others he has done thou? How are you getting on with the 142s anyway?
Title: Re: Class 142 Surrealism Post by: Btline on May 22, 2008, 17:09:35 I luckily never use them!
The last (and only ones) I used where Lancaster to Leeds and Lancaster to Carlisle via Cumbrian Coast. As I said before: "my back was never the same again!" And as for my ears at Carnforth! Title: Re: Class 142 Surrealism Post by: Mikey007 on May 23, 2008, 10:24:30 Yea they really are one of the worse units to grace the railways in years. So what have they done to refresh them up? Have they repainted them?
Title: Re: Class 142 Surrealism Post by: standclearplease on May 23, 2008, 14:48:02 No refurb, same purple colour, same yellow Northern Trains star thing just with a gurt out of proportion First logo on the side. :D
Title: Re: Class 142 Surrealism Post by: Mikey007 on May 25, 2008, 15:53:52 Why can't they send them to Iran again or maybe not we don't want to start World war 3
Title: Re: Class 142 Surrealism Post by: dog box on May 25, 2008, 17:40:15 Yea they really are one of the worse units to grace the railways in years. So what have they done to refresh them up? Have they repainted them? When introduced The Pacer provided a low cost replacement train for branch line use, and over the years has probably contributed in its own way to keeping some lightly used branch lines open. The worst unit to grace the railway in recent years is the Voyager, its done nothing to improve long distance high speed travel and is now as we all know being replaced on some diagrams on Cross Country with HSTs which is the train the voyager was supposed to be an improvement on Title: Re: Class 142 Surrealism Post by: Mikey007 on May 26, 2008, 16:50:17 How can you say that the voyagers are worse unit they are more comfortable,they are a smoother ride, they are 50 times more safe in an accident which will get you there in one piece. The units the pacers replaced were better than a bus.
Title: Re: Class 142 Surrealism Post by: Phil on May 26, 2008, 17:47:20 ^ all of the above.
They really, really do smell awful though. Title: Re: Class 142 Surrealism Post by: Graz on May 26, 2008, 18:50:08 Anyone notice how 142s seem to be the only trains where windows get steamed up when it rains? Today I passed one- it had windows open but every window was completely fogged!
Title: Re: Class 142 Surrealism Post by: Mikey007 on June 07, 2008, 14:55:17 Yea your not wrong mate it must be an old leyland bus thing.
Title: Re: Class 142 Surrealism Post by: Super Guard on June 07, 2008, 17:41:30 No refurb, same purple colour, same yellow Northern Trains star thing just with a gurt out of proportion First logo on the side. :D Huh, i've been on a refurbed one to Barnstaple? I'm sure someone posted a link to some photos and it was quite nice. Title: Re: Class 142 Surrealism Post by: dog box on June 07, 2008, 17:45:56 How can you say that the voyagers are worse unit they are more comfortable,they are a smoother ride, they are 50 times more safe in an accident which will get you there in one piece. The units the pacers replaced were better than a bus. if you actually read what i said It was ......IN RECENT YEARS!! Title: Re: Class 142 Surrealism Post by: TerminalJunkie on June 07, 2008, 18:07:48 Quote from: dog box if you actually read what i said It was ......IN RECENT YEARS!! The problem might be that you wrote 'grace' when - I think - you meant 'be introduced on'... Title: Re: Class 142 Surrealism Post by: eightf48544 on June 07, 2008, 22:53:00 Anyone notice how 142s seem to be the only trains where windows get steamed up when it rains? Today I passed one- it had windows open but every window was completely fogged! I have a friend who travelled on one on the Exmouth Branch in the rain and he had to put up an umbrella! This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |