Northern Class 142 sightings

[ed1971]

An unidentified 142 and 150/1 combi was on the 15:35 Kirkby to Manchester Victoria service this afternoon.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Ha, I haven't read this from the start only the last few months. Thanks, that does explain those units out and about without PRM mods. So back to my initial understanding, I assume these particular units cannot run with Pacers? As 142s can only run with modified stock.

As I understand it, that would appear to be correct bet it's a logistical headache for the planners though!

 

[BR 45111]

Mon 06/01/20
Sheffield Midland....Ones Made It..can’t vouch for the rest of January so far but tonight :
142036 coupled with 150144 worked the 2049 Man Picc - Sheffield and 2247 return .

 

[Killingworth]

Mon 06/01/20
Sheffield Midland....Ones Made It..can’t vouch for the rest of January so far but tonight :
142036 coupled with 150144 worked the 1949 Man Picc - Sheffield and 2247 return .

There was at least one more this evening. I was on 18.14 out of Sheffield which had half refurbished 150 (still light green liveried) leading and fuiller Pacer behind, a guard in each unit. We passed a similar train going the other way, possibly the units above. Sorry, I was iin 'get to meeting' mode, so didn't take numbers.

 

[BR 45111]

There was at least one more this evening. I was on 18.14 out of Sheffield which had half refurbished 150 (still light green liveried) leading and fuiller Pacer behind, a guard in each unit. We passed a similar train going the other way, possibly the units above. Sorry, I was iin 'get to meeting' mode, so didn't take numbers.

No probs , the 2249 arrival from Picc was a solo 150

 

[IamTrainsYT]

Manchester Victoria to stalybridge all day is 158908 and 142035

 

[IamTrainsYT]

142090 with 150145 on 2H71 RSH-MAN
142036 with 150127 on 2R20 MAN-RSH
142078 with 150105 on 2S78 MAN-SHF
142035 with 158908 on 2N92 SYB-MCV

 

[childwallblues]

Yesterday morning noted at Manchester Victoria/Salford Crescent were
150129 + 142061
142011 + 150121
142055 + 150108
142058 + 150XXX
150133 + 142041
I can claim that I rode a Northern Pacer in 2020 wnen I rode 142058 from Victoria to Salford Crescent.

 

[woodhouse122]

Mon 06/01/20
Sheffield Midland....Ones Made It..can’t vouch for the rest of January so far but tonight :
142036 coupled with 150144 worked the 1949 Man Picc - Sheffield and 2247 return .

Hope they keep on that 1949 service for a few weeks ,Got a couple of Northern flash sale trips booked on that run

 

[woodhouse122]

There was at least one more this evening. I was on 18.14 out of Sheffield which had half refurbished 150 (still light green liveried) leading and fuiller Pacer behind, a guard in each unit. We passed a similar train going the other way, possibly the units above. Sorry, I was iin 'get to meeting' mode, so didn't take numbers.

150105 was on the front and 142078 was on the rear

 

[BR 45111]

Sheffield Midland 8/1/20
Keep them coming...
142078 coupled to 150141 on 2049 Man P - Sheffield and 2247 return

 

[BR 45111]

Hope they keep on that 1949 service for a few weeks ,Got a couple of Northern flash sale trips booked on that run

142078 with 150141 tonight on same diagram

 

[Killingworth]

142078 with 150141 tonight on same diagram

Saw 142090 with hard to see 150 at Hathersage on 21.14 from Sheffield while waiting for 20.49 from Piccadilly with 142078 and 150141, snapped at Dore. There may have been as many as 6 on the entire train. The toilet on 150141 was out of service!

 

[ed1971]

Once again, a 142 was on the 15:35 Kirkby to Manchester Victoria service today. This time it was coupled to a 156.

 

[Kingspanner]

Class 142 sightings - none at all! Commuted a whole week on Teesside and didn't ride on a single Pacer. There was a nasty moment in the dark at Eaglescliffe when I thought I saw one, but I was mistaken.
On a steady diet of 156s now. Trains with bogies are a dream come true....

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Class 142 sightings - none at all! Commuted a whole week on Teesside and didn't ride on a single Pacer. There was a nasty moment in the dark at Eaglescliffe when I thought I saw one, but I was mistaken.
On a steady diet of 156s now. Trains with bogies are a dream come true....

Something would have to go quite wrong for you to get a Pacer up there now, as they have no booked work North of York*.

(Just waiting for some wag to point out that Harrogate services run out of the North end of York station and might still get Pacers, or that Bridlington is technically North of York and gets 144s... you know what I meant!)

 

[Kingspanner]

It's a transformation! Teesside used to be infested with Pacers. If a 156 turned up on a Darlington - Saltburn it was like all your birthdays had come at once. Last year I was leaving for work an hour early to get on the 0634 Darlington - Whitby which was usually a 156, and then sit in the office by myself for an hour rather than face a bus seat 142 with no heat

 

[ed1971]

142004 and 150127 formed the 10:35am Kirkby to Manchester Victoria service this morning.

 

[Winthorpe]

142004 and 150127 formed the 10:35am Kirkby to Manchester Victoria service this morning.

I was also on 142004 which was coupled to 150127 on the 17:03 departure from Wigan to Victoria station.

 

[323 Class]

Seen a pacer about 10 minutes ago heading west out of Victoria.
I cant be sure but it appeared to be on it's own and not coupled to a 15x.
And another which was coupled 1 min ago.

 

[323 Class]

Third pacer spotted going West of Man Vic.
I'm in a carpark on old brewery site so cant get close enough to give actual numbers.

 

[IamTrainsYT]

Blackburn to Wigan Wallgate Left at 13:26

 

[ed1971]

I was also on 142004 which was coupled to 150127 on the 17:03 departure from Wigan to Victoria station.

From observations, it appears that the 10:35 and 16:35 services from Kirkby to Manchester Victoria (11:01 and 17:01 from Wigan Wallgate) are formed of a 142 and a 150 on Saturdays only. I have noticed that on weekdays it is a single 150.

Again today there was a 142 coupled with a 150 on the 15:35 from Kirkby to Manchester Victoria. (16:01 from Wigan Wallgate). Can anyone confirm if this is the same train that forms the earlier 09:35 from Kirkby to Manchester Victoria?

 

[ed1971]

There was a 142 and 150 on the 09:35 service from Kirkby to Manchester Victoria this morning. It therefore appears that this is the same diagram as the 15:35 from Kirkby.

 

[HSP 2]

Seen more at the tip that is called MCV (16 platforms down to 6) than I did at MAN. Didn't know that the 802s went onto diesel before MCV when going north (or the one that I was on did).

 

[The Prisoner]

Out in force around Manchester Victoria today!

035 attached to a 150 in the bay at Rochdale in what I assume is the 1242 to Blackburn. Passed another 142 attached to a 150 (at speed) going through Moston on the 1218 Rochdale-Clitheroe and passed one attached to a 158 going into Victoria which was I think the 1142 Rochdale to Blackburn.

Couldn’t get the numbers of the Moston or Victoria ones.

Plenty on view in Newton Heath also.

 

[IamTrainsYT]

Leeds today. 144009 to Sheffield, 144010 to Sheffield and 144023 to york

 

[SteveyBee131]

144008 was a very nice surprise on the afternoon Saturdays only Cleethorpes to Sheffield

 

[NORMAN471]

144008 was a very nice surprise on the afternoon Saturdays only Cleethorpes to Sheffield

144007 was on the 18.18 Leeds to York this evening.

 

[ed1971]

142041 was coupled to a 150/1 on the 10:35am Kirkby to Manchester Vic service this morning.
142011 was coupled to a 2 carriage 158 on the 6:41pm Manchester Vic to Clitheroe service..