Evening
I did suggest at a meeting once to a associate of
mine who works for
FGW▸ , that wouldn't it be nice
to repaint one c142 in 'Chocolate and Cream' as
a Skipper and seen as there is only one c118
DMU▸ trailer left in this world (and was never yellow),
to repaint another one in 'Telecom' livery. I
didn't get a response to my leg pull!!
I do however remember them on the Falmouth branch,
also had a cab ride in one once from Truro to
Penmere c1986/7, those were the days.
Original Skippers were 142015 - 142027.
Regards
Karl.
It made up 15 minutes of delay between Exeter and
Penzance!
Either there is an awful lot of padding in the
timetable or the poor passengers must have had
a very lively ride. 142s are the only train I've
ever felt the slightest bit sea sick on and that
was only a run on the Falmouth branch.
I think I would have waited for the HST▸ .