I've just been reading something that's been written about Pacers and it says, quoting Stanley Hall’s book ‘Rail Centres: Manchester’, that GMPTE saw class 210s which could be made to run on diesel, OHE and 3rd rail as the ideal replacement for all 1st generation DMUs in the area. This is because it would have allowed one type of train to be used on all local services and allowed for any future electrification without having diesels surplus to requirements.
It goes on to say that while WYPTE were happy ordering 141s, GMPTE were forced in to taking on a mixture of 142s and 150s by the Thatcher government.
It goes on to say that while WYPTE were happy ordering 141s, GMPTE were forced in to taking on a mixture of 142s and 150s by the Thatcher government.
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