(21 Mar 2015, 9:53 pm)Tom wrote I only got to ride one or two, and I thought the Allison gearbox sounds were great, and they were much nicer than the X reg ones.I was actually quite sad to see these go as I've ridden them since they were new on services such as the 4/4A Bishop Auckland - Woodham, 15 Spennymoor - Darlington and 213 Darlington - Sunderland. Started seeing them less over the years though, got to ride a few before they left Darlington as the Pulsars on the 5/5A were temporarily allocated to the X66 when the Omnicitys were away for MAX refurbishment.
Shame I couldn't go on a couple more.
Last one I rode was 1616 on service 8 Spennymoor - Newton Aycliffe.
Can't bare the X reg Darts.