simon7929
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Around Teesside this morning were.. 142 026/66/78/90 and 93.
142039/057 09.55 Todmorden Littleborough( Bburn - Southport) ( Looks like you may have this service further down the line DJPONTRACK)
How many of these are going into preservation for railtours etc?
Unit 142001 is apparently going to the National Railway Museum in York for preservation as part of the country's railway history. I still think that a 143 and a 144 should be preserved too.
If there's any Pacer that's in a better condition than the others, I suspect they'd get preserved on some heritage branchline somewhere. The others that are in a more far worse condition would be stripped of parts to keep those in preservation going and with 93 class 142 units to choose from, there should be enough spares to keep a small preserved number of them going for another 30 years. I'm also including the better examples of the class 143's and 144's that could well end up running around in preservation with bits of 142 fitted to it (likewise with bits of ruined 143 and 144 fitted to a 142).
However the number of Pacers that may go into preservation is at the moment is how long is a piece of string?