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You know more than me mate :lol:

Sheffield bound pacers are all 144's right?

I have seen a bus style 142 in Newcastle on a Metrocentre-Morpeth service

All of Heaton's 156's are going to Newton Heath now the FGW 142's are back sadly

I remember going on a RR 153 back in the late 90's as a 4 year old it was going to Carlisle if i remember or Metrocentre one of the two it would then return to Morpeth afterwards

There are some that make it to Newcastle but they are few and far and between

Allowing the 142's to be freed up and more decent trains up to Newcastle's Heaton depot. I can dream right?

Yeah I agree but if they are refurbed then that would be good up to FGW standards new seating etc

I would love Heaton to get class 155's 153's or 150's they would be really nice

Yeah that would be nice but probably wont happen sadly

No it was a separate venture and yeah HST's were built in 1976 and the APT from 1980-86

I think it could work but I cant see Class 357's leaving c2c and coming up North even if they were offered the 379. I would like that to happen for obvious reasons.:lol:

I think Pendolinos would be a good the 225's are falling in reliability and the HST's are now beyond there design life being 30+years old and the 225's hitting 23 years old.

Yeah they could because they have similar couplings

If the key is not in the desk then they will automatically shut down its a safety feature to avoid carbon deposits in the exhaust causing fires.

I made a slight miscalculation it said by 2014 my bad :roll:

I read somewhere they will be replaced but with what?

I think they should be used on the 0823 because that train is always packed to the rafters and with 156's going elsewhere the route needs to have longer trains especially on that service.

Sometimes there are 185's at least two in Newcastle with one being prepped for service and also Northern leaves xx15 past the hour similar to when the 185's leave for Manchester Airport and they leave Morpeth xx50 (Northern)

The only other train they could couple with was the 456 which is of similar design to a 321 because the 456's have jumpers and the same coupling system i think