(04 Mar 2016, 9:52 pm)northern156 wrote My ears are burning.

142025 is my all-time favourite 142.
The ex-First Great Western batch (of which 142067 is a member) aren't too bad mechanically but the 3+2 bench seating is horrible; the same could be said for the ex Merseyrail units too (although some are furnished with half-working PIS which displays the destination of the train only [sometimes]). That batch are horrible both inside and out in my opinion!

Once suffered 142053 working with one engine from Sheffield to Manchester via the Hope Valley. The route isn't the most exciting but having various drunks on the train (midday on a Thursday) and crawling pretty much everywhere (never got above 50mph) didn't add to that at all...!