(21 Apr 2020, 11:18 am)Jimmi wrote 142s *daggers out* probably because until the end of last year they were the main allocation on the Bishop Line for as long as I can remember and I just found something about them.

Must say that I do love a good 158 although hopefully some more Northern examples are given a refurb as they look and feel pretty revolting internally now as seats are dropping to bits and interior looks dark and dingy.

HSTs and 91s were always lovely to travel along the ECML and shame they are starting to disappear although luckily CrossCountry still have some booked HST runs that I can catch.

I'm quite liking the new Hitachi 800s whilst the seats ain't fantastic but not too bad IMO I like the acceleration on them and in the case of the TPE ones the additional capacity compared to a 185.

I think all the Pacer hate has just become a meme at this point, they honestly aren't /that/ bad. The issue is more with consistency than anything, some are 'nice', some really aren't!
They served their purpose, but now it really is time for them to go.