Nice video 👍 The Pacer DMU looks like an articulated bus. The route at the beginning of the video is familiar to me. I seem to recall that is Midland Railway - Butterley. I went to there 2 years ago. I was very impressed there. Thanks for sharing.
The much maligned Pacer. History l think will eventually put them in a better light. They kept services going despite their faults and the fact they were used on inappropriate long journeys. I personally have a soft spot for them.
There was one internet article saying "If you’ve sadly gotten used to hearing the depressingly fetid sound of a Pacer’s stricken lawnmower engine each morning on your daily commute" (quite a scathing choice of words 🤣), and the general response to these Pacer trains is overwhelmingly negative. Listening to the sound of the prime mover does actually make me think "How the heck are passengers able to even tolerate that racket?" It sounds like if the loco engineer applies any more throttle, the prime mover might actually throw a piston out with that stress.
I'm not sure about pacers in preservation, do you really want your children to know about these things? Is this something you want to hand down through the ages?
I'd imagine there was people saying the same about steam from what I've been told about mainline steam is they were absolutely filthy and extreamly unkept there was nothing elegant about them at all. They were a very far cry from the preservation locomotives you see on tourist lines now
Quite a crude machine, but it gets the job done and has lasted well beyond it’s expected lifespan. Great footage.
Nice video 👍
The Pacer DMU looks like an articulated bus. The route at the beginning of the video is familiar to me. I seem to recall that is Midland Railway
- Butterley. I went to there 2 years ago. I was very impressed there. Thanks for sharing.
That's because they are a Leyland titan body on railway trucks
My favorite train is the pacer :D
Enjoyed your great video.
The much maligned Pacer. History l think will eventually put them in a better light. They kept services going despite their faults and the fact they were used on inappropriate long journeys. I personally have a soft spot for them.
Exactly as I remember them in the 1990s until 2001.
used to shunt these at Huddersfield, thanks for the memory
ignite your passion, return the much beloved pacers #blovedpacers #Ilovepacers
143 144 were Plaxton Pointers
great video!
Ah yes, the bouncy bus on rails.
There was one internet article saying "If you’ve sadly gotten used to hearing the depressingly fetid sound of a Pacer’s stricken lawnmower engine each morning on your daily commute" (quite a scathing choice of words 🤣), and the general response to these Pacer trains is overwhelmingly negative.
Listening to the sound of the prime mover does actually make me think "How the heck are passengers able to even tolerate that racket?" It sounds like if the loco engineer applies any more throttle, the prime mover might actually throw a piston out with that stress.
Bouncyyyy
I'm not sure about pacers in preservation, do you really want your children to know about these things? Is this something you want to hand down through the ages?
I'd imagine there was people saying the same about steam from what I've been told about mainline steam is they were absolutely filthy and extreamly unkept there was nothing elegant about them at all. They were a very far cry from the preservation locomotives you see on tourist lines now
Yes
PACER IS TEH BEST
Actually second but cool vid anyway
pacerrrrrrrrrrrrrr and not first
Eh yes?