Class 142

Where you can drive it

Comes with

• Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk

With another DLC

Own the route and one of the DLCs named after it, and you can drive it there.

• Cardiff City Network: Radur & Coryton to Penarth & Bae Caerdydd: with Transport for Wales BR Class 142 Pacer DMU
• WCML: Preston - Carlisle: with Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk
• West Coast Main Line: Crewe - Preston: with Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk
• West Cornwall Local: Penzance - St Austell & St Ives: with Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk

In the game

Names in Dovetail's lists: Class 142.

In these DLCs: Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk, Transport for Wales BR Class 142 Pacer DMU.

Official manual: Transport for Wales BR Class 142 Pacer DMU.

From Dovetail's store page

• BR Class 142 Pacer DMU in original ex-ATW livery;

The real thing

A Pacer railbus built for British Rail from 1985 to 1987, sharing many parts with the Leyland National bus. Cheap and basic, it worked short local services for decades. The class was withdrawn in 2020 because it did not meet accessibility rules.

• Built by: British Rail Engineering Limited, Leyland Vehicles Limited (Wikipedia)
• Built: 1985–1987 (Wikipedia)
• Number built: 96 (Wikipedia)
• Operators: Arriva Trains Wales (Wikidata)
• Top speed: 75 mph (121 km/h) (Wikipedia)
• Power: Leyland: 149 kW (200 hp), Cummins: 225 hp (168 kW), (per engine) (Wikipedia)
• Wheel arrangement: 1'A'+A'1' (Wikipedia)
• Formation: 2 vehicles per unit: DMS-DMSL (Wikipedia)
• Safety systems: AWS, TPWS (Wikipedia)

Photo: Jeremy Segrott, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

From the English Wikipedia article British Rail Class 142 and Wikidata.