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Postby Class 60 » Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:26 pm

pacer lover wrote:u got to lover the pacers.
i from south wales and used them a lot .
ok they are not much fun in run hour . :(
but they help to keep lines runing.


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Quite right about the Pacers, Great fun to ride on one of them but Not so good when its doing a "stopper" and your behind on a frieght train being held up because of slow traffic :roll:

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Postby PTmodeller » Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:30 pm

Pacers are the Caravans, Freights are the Horsebox's of the railways. :)
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Postby dr5euss » Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:51 pm

Yeah I love the 150s.
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Postby DMU Man » Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:37 am

saw this thread and had to join in
108 green with speed whiskers
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Postby sishades » Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:06 pm

I love the old Lima class 117. Like me its strong, long and err green! :D
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Postby 5690 » Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:43 am

All 1st Gen DMUs, espesh Class 207 'Thumper' units. Class 14X and 15X are brilliant aswel! Pacers, yay!
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Postby tinsleytmd » Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:35 am

also i think the meridian are great looking dmu,s but over the past week i have been commuting on pacers & i must say after sitting on blackburn seeing those & sprinters i must say i have become very fond of the pacer i was lucky enough to ride on the new northern rail livery 1 aswell the other day noticed that certain pacers have different seating arrangments too
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Postby Andy1963 » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:04 pm

I saw a class 108 being cut up once, that was my favorite DMU! Bring back loco hauled trains with 13 coaches and more
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Postby Bushey Troughs » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:22 pm

Andy1963 wrote:I saw a class 108 being cut up once, that was my favorite DMU! Bring back loco hauled trains with 13 coaches and more


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Postby K9-70 » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:28 pm

1950's GNRI AEC/Park Royal 600/900 series Dmu.
1966 UTA 70 Class "Hampshire" Demu's.

UK/ Class 110 Calder Valley Dmu's

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Postby class 166208 » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:35 am

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Postby class 166208 » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:37 am

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Postby BTC » Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:37 pm

Cravens class 105s. Incredibly rattly and noisy too.
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Postby TomWebber » Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:30 pm

Class 158 for me - its the one i've been on most and makes a great noise....
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