[steam for ever]

Its a shame that Northern are trying to hang on to their pacer classes and the 142 in particular simply cannot cope with passenger numbers on the modern railway.
They were designed at a time when passenger numbers were at their lowest and expected to keep on falling.
Now the railways are the busiest ever and we need something else.
I actually secretly quite like pacers as they have that colonel Stephens feel about them but there is a point when it gets too bad.
Earlier in the year I saw one still in merseyrail livery but the corner of the cab had been smashed in probably by an accident at the yard but it was still in service with a bit of masking tape holding the light in place. Surely that is beyond unsafe and should never have been shoved into service.
Their 158s often have bits falling off as those in other companies are refurbished.

If in hell there were a railway then it would be operated by Northern.
They should use that I think.