2020年8月31日 · An adaptation of FGW’s ‘Dynamic Lines’ livery for a class of train which presumably First considered anything but ‘dynamic’. This adapted version featured place names from around the Great Western region making up a rehashed set of ‘lines’.

Class 142 diesel multiple unit passenger trains were built for British Rail (BR) from 1985 to 1987, with a high level of commonality with the widely-used Leyland National bus. They are part of the Pacer family of railbuses. The last set was withdrawn from service in 2020.

2018年1月12日 · All were based at Exeter, which was nicknamed ‘the Donkey Sanctuary’ by some FGW staff. A FGW 142 passes the Swan Inn at Lympstone on the Exmouth branch on the 22nd June 2010. The first built Class 142 was one of those loaned to First Great Western.

2006年3月31日 · First Great Western consisted of the express services out of London Paddington to the West of England (Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Penzance) and South Wales (Cardiff, Swansea). First Great Western Link was the former Go-Ahead Group operated Thames Trains franchise which had been operated since April 2004 by First Group.

A Class 143 in FGW livery rounds the bend past Dawlish. The Class 143 is a British diesel-multiple unit is part of the Pacer family of trains, along with the Class 142 and 144. The trains were introduced between 1985 and 1986. and originally worked in the North-East of England but were later transferred to Wales and South-West England.

Twelve Class 142 Pacers were received by First Great Western in 2007, and started operations in December 2007. These were loaned from Northern (where they had been stored), in part to cover for refurbishment of FGW's Sprinter fleets but also to allow the Class 158s to be reformed as three-coach sets.

2010年8月10日 · For my birthday my parents bought me the latest hornby pacer in first great western livery. I absolutely love it because the destination boards are places...

Built between 1984 and 1986, the Class 142 Pacer was a cost-effective and lightweight Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) train, based on the 1980 Railbus concept. 96 units were built by a joint venture between British Leyland and British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL), with each unit costing £1.1 million (in 2020 prices); considerably cheaper than ...

The second clip from BTM in Mid-January 2011. It's of probably my least favourite train for the reasons that Pacers are screechy, rattly and a bit bouncy. Bu...