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« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2010, 19:28:19 »
Quote from: devon_metro on March 23, 2010, 18:53:03
No problem, easy mistake to make.

For interests sake, it was a 2 car 143 that worked this today.

So was it just a Pacer between Paignton and BTM▸ (Bristol Temple Meads (strictly, it should be BRI)) (with an HST▸ (High Speed Train) doing the rest of the run?) I can't imagine anyone wanting to sit on a Pacer for an entire journey to London! Never been on a Pacer myself, but saw a report on ITV Westcountry on them once when they were being used on the Tarka▸ (Line from Barnstaple to Exeter) line!
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« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2010, 20:13:54 »
I wouldn't want to hold a 1st Class ticket for that service!!  Grin
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« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2010, 20:51:34 »
Quote from: inspector_blakey on March 23, 2010, 18:58:24

Hmm... I'm trying to decide if that picture was "photoshopped" or not!

Last year I saw an SWT▸ (South West Trains) 159 leaving Westbury with "Belfast via Stranraer" showing - oh, to have had my camera with me !
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« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2010, 00:24:15 »
Quote from: inspector_blakey on March 23, 2010, 18:58:24
Quote from: chris from nailsea on March 23, 2010, 14:11:14
Yes, apparently: see http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=3260.msg25203#msg25203  Wink Cheesy Grin

Hmm... I'm trying to decide if that picture was "photoshopped" or not!

Paddington can indeed be displayed on certain 142 blinds.
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« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2010, 01:12:50 »
Quote from: James Vertigan on March 23, 2010, 19:28:19
  Never been on a Pacer myself.

Tis a strange experience, based on a lorry chassis with a single wheel at each corner - I think bend greasers were invented for Pacers as the wheels always face the same direction regardless of where the train is going.

However they don't ride like a lorry or a train or any other mode of transport - more like a horse or a donkey after which they are named - most upsetting to the brain to ride on a flat truck on flat rails only to be pitched forward and back as if on a bucking bronco - the only relief is the uninterrupted panoramic view over the top of low backed bus seats.

First time I used one I was trapped on it as I couldn't find the door open button - it's hidden on the blind side to the passengers.
       
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« Reply #20 on: March 24, 2010, 05:23:54 »
Quote from: James Vertigan on March 23, 2010, 19:28:19
Quote from: devon_metro on March 23, 2010, 18:53:03
No problem, easy mistake to make.

For interests sake, it was a 2 car 143 that worked this today.

So was it just a Pacer between Paignton and BTM▸ (Bristol Temple Meads (strictly, it should be BRI)) (with an HST▸ (High Speed Train) doing the rest of the run?) I can't imagine anyone wanting to sit on a Pacer for an entire journey to London! Never been on a Pacer myself, but saw a report on ITV Westcountry on them once when they were being used on the Tarka▸ (Line from Barnstaple to Exeter) line!


In fact, here is that report!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0G2BK04vsw
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