Class 142 - GMPTE Orange - 142008

Class 142 - GMPTE Orange - 142008142008 (55549+55599) Bolton Stockport The 1980s saw several paint schemes make the jump from bus to DMU as the Passenger Transport Executives (PTEs), later Authorities (PTAs), began to sanction repaints covering rolling stock they sponsored. One of the most attractive was the Greater Manchester Transport orange brown white that had been adopted in 1981 and this was applied to the first 14 Pacers 142001 142014 which were delivered in 1985. Based out of

that famously wore the Highland Rail ‘stag’ branding

a Digitrax® command station with an LNWI module

Brake Corridor First (BFK) and Brake Open Second (BSO)

Leaving a hole in the fleet

recognising the then Commissioner for Transport for London

NEM coupler pockets fitted on 'kinematic' mounts with narrow tension lock couplers provided

in 2013 it was purchased by two members of the Derwent Valley Light Railway

It was taken out of service in 2020 for a lengthy overhaul at Churston that saw it return as the pride of the DSR fleet in lined British Railways green in 2024

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The Inverness batch was also fitted with Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) equipment soon after ‘refurbishment’ to work the Dingwall-Kyle line and the recently commissioned section to Wick and Thurso

Late 1980s/early 1990s period

but was replaced on the bill by Tulyar