Northern local trains.

-
Whatever you think of the Pacers they have served their masters well for the past 30 years... amazing when you consider that they were designed only as a short lived stopgap. The class 144s (seen here) are better looking that the 141s were and the 142s are.

Class 142.

Face to face in platform 1 York. 

A short time ago one class 144 was refurbished to see what was possible if the life of the class were to be prolonged. This is the result... better seats and a new livery.



This is one of the replacements for the Pacers. It is a class 170 recently cascaded from Scotland. A huge improvement in quality and comfort. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Hornsea Station, East Yorkshire.

-
Image
 When the branch line from Hull to Hornsea was closed in October 1964 the Station building was left to deteriorate. This is what it looked like by late summer 1985. However, it is a Grade 2 listed building so it could not easily be demolished and it was a rather grand building so it was converted to flats, some of which were available for let as self catering accommodation.  These images show the present state of the buildings and area. The area in front of the old station is now part of the Trans Pennine walk. The station house has been made into two flats with the ground floor being holiday accommodation.
Read more

Ends and beginnings.

-
Image
  There are very few class 91 diagrams into York these days but what there are are made up of refurbished and reliveried sets. This is the Kings Cross to York which forms the 12.02 stopping service to Kings Cross.  These are the pacer replacements. A great improvement. 
Read more

York North Junction.

-
Image
 Just a few shots from yesterday.... The two extremes of LNER trains transportation system!! Northern Trains Leeds service arriving. A beautifully turned out class 66 on the daily binliner train. Exactly on time.
Read more