Even when the OHLE goes up they'll still be running dmus and diesel-electrics under it because they can't think 'out of the box.' Some comedian was in last month's Railway Magazines telling us how grateful we should have been for the 'Pacers'....reckoning they were better than the heritage dmus they replaced. He'd never been more than two stops on one, obviously. A Derby lightweight is as far removed from a 141/142 'nodding donkey' as it's possible to get, even with the rattling windows, the roar of the Leyland diesels and the clag emitted at each station! If I wanted to ride on a bus (even a converted one) I would go to the bus station!
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