Pacer liveries

[mattpharrison]

Hi guys,

This was covered on a previously-locked thread, but in light of the new article over on Transport Designed - which is your favourite livery ever worn by a Pacer?

Has to be Northern Spirit for me. Loved North Western Trains, too, but for some reason it always cheapened the look when worn by a Pacer!

Link to the article: https://transportdesigned.com/pictures-every-single-pacer-livery-ever/

 

[hst43102]

Regional Railways, Valley Lines or the ATW turquoise/blue for me.

 

[sprinterguy]

My favourites are either the original Provincial light blue that most of the 142s and 143s were delivered in, or the Northern Spirit livery later carried by a handful of 142s. Though there's quite a few liveries that the Pacers have worn well overall, in my opinion.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

First Great Western Dynamic Lines on the 143s, to me looked lovely.

 

[rebmcr]

GMPTE Grey.

 

[mattpharrison]

GMPTE Grey.

Nothing says '1999' like GMPTE grey!

 

[Neptune]

RR livery and its PTE variants.

 

[jaketaylor]

Northern spirit blue and green or the yellow livery a few heaton based(017-022 had)

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Best: a three way tie between Valley Lines, Skipper, and the first variant of WYPTE red. Honorable mention for the Iranian Railways silver and green livery that some of the 141s got.

Worst: Arriva standard livery. Didn't even try to hide the bus origins of the units. Dishonourable mention for the ePacer with the stupid smile on the front.

 

[Arriva Fan]

Arriva Trains and Arriva Trains (2) for me.

 

[Ianno87]

Sparkling GMPTE Orange.

 

[hexagon789]

TWPTE Yellow, cream and lined with a blue stripe.

 

[DarloRich]

TWPTE Yellow, cream and lined with a blue stripe.

Winner! Also honorable mention to WYPTE in both guises

 

[hexagon789]

Winner! Also honorable mention to WYPTE in both guises

I'll go with that. The WYPTE schemes are probably next best that they've carried

 

[gka472l]

Skipper, as carried by 142015-142027 when new to Laira, hoping 142023, if it does go to the Plym Valley Railway, gets this livery!

 

[Neptune]

Skipper, as carried by 142015-142027 when new to Laira, hoping 142023, if it does go to the Plym Valley Railway, gets this livery!

142023 is perfect for it as it has the original seats also. Shame it had the FNW mods such as the luggage rack.

 

[adh144004]

Best: General livery - Regional Railways.
Best: PTE livery - WY Metro 'Silvery Blobs'

All Time Worst: Northern Rail

 

[SteveyBee131]

Got to be Northern Spirit for me, perhaps I'm biased though as my favourite 142025 (may she rest in peace) carried it. However I quite like alot of the liveries Pacers carried over the years.

 

[pieguyrob]

I liked the First North Western trains blue with the gold star.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Got to be Northern Spirit for me, perhaps I'm biased though as my favourite 142025 (may she rest in peace) carried it. However I quite like alot of the liveries Pacers carried over the years.

Northern Spirit managed to come up with a livery that was striking without being garish. The standard green was only ever applied to 142s and 156s before their parent company (MTL) collapsed and were taken over by Arriva. A shame they weren't as good at running trains as they were at painting them!
In terms of a livery "hiding how rubbish and old the unit is" the Northern Spirit green takes some beating, though the interior refurbishment also helped there. Of the more recent liveries only GWR on the 143s comes close. Must be something about green paint I guess...

 

[simon7929]

Northern Spirit definitely.

 

[mspljd1990]

Merseyrail

 

[Parallel]

WY Metro red and grey, FGW local lines and ATW Mark 2 livery (the one without the cream bits) are my favourites

 

[Anonymous10]

Atw livery with cream was very nice much better than the tfw livery

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Winner! Also honorable mention to WYPTE in both guises

Both? There were 4 different ones carried by Pacers over the years:

• Buttermilk & Verona Green, 141s only.
• The first version of "Raspberry Ripple" with the broad cream stripe, refurbished 141s and 144s from new.
• The revised version of the above, with Regional Railways branding and a narrower cream stripe. 144s.
• Arriva Trains Northern-era "silver bubble" carried by 144s after they were refitted with 2+2 seating.

 

[DarloRich]

Two:

green and white.
Red

 

[SteveyBee131]

Two:

green and white.
Red

But there were 3 WYPTE liveries with red of some description in them

 

[Neptune]

Two:

green and white.
Red

There were 3 versions of red as mentioned above. It’s like saying there was only 1 version of first group livery, blue.

Both? There were 4 different ones carried by Pacers over the years:

• Buttermilk & Verona Green, 141s only.
• The first version of "Raspberry Ripple" with the broad cream stripe, refurbished 141s and 144s from new.
• The revised version of the above, with Regional Railways branding and a narrower cream stripe. 144s.
• Arriva Trains Northern-era "silver bubble" carried by 144s after they were refitted with 2+2 seating.

The first version of red also had a narrow yellow stripe below the cream band.

 

[Sprinter107]

1. Original blue
2. Original GMPTE orange
3. GMPTE grey.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

The first version of red also had a narrow yellow stripe below the cream band.

I know... I just didn't think it was necessary to describe each one in forensic detail!