Newly Restored 'MetroTrain' Pacer Train | Full Tour & History

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A big exclusive on the channel as we get tour around the newly restored 'MetroTrain' Class 144 Pacer unit at the Keighley And Worth Valley Railway before it enters into preservation service very soon! In this video we take a full tour of the unit and the nearby shed as we discuss the refurbishment that has taken place as well as the history of this train...including why its so important to Yorkshire!
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[@montyburnsgaming3609]

I only went on a 144 once from Leeds to Keighley. I went on this train on this railway last month and enjoyed it!

[@bigbazzaRUFC]

I’ll be happy knowing these are what i’ve spent my earlier years growing up with

[@billythebusandtrainman7919]

Glad it's not scrapped

[@declangaming24]

Some people hate these trains but these have are unique as they are built on a freight chassis not a train chassis and have bus still sweeping doors.

[@billythebusandtrainman7919]

@@declangaming24 I’ll admit I’m not really a fan myself, but the 150s I dislike them more

[@declangaming24]

@@billythebusandtrainman7919 agreed the legroom in some places Are Tight and no Air con

[@GZ9090]

It's really great to see this preserved. Fantastic DMUs!!

[@gazza1858]

Brilliant video Alex

[@Kingeta]

Congrats for hitting 4,000 subscribers!!!

[@paulgregory1364]

My friend, I thankyou for doing your channel.
Long may it continue!!!!

[@32446]

I actually love the pace train!
You should go and get a 143 in Roblox Alex :)

[@timosha21]

I'm a train and I approve this video! Choo choo!

[@butikimbo9595]

To mention that is another "Pacer" out there with Layland Bus design that many people forget, perhaps more decent and confused within Sprinter Family that Is the class 155. Even a prototype for Intercity Coaches based on them was tested decades ago if some of you are old enough to remember.

[@montyburnsgaming3609]

Class 155 is a sprinter not a pacer. Class 153’s (which are basically one half of a 155) are also sprinters.

[@butikimbo9595]

Newly refurbished Pacers would suite much better the needs of Marston Vale Line after the D Stock failure in the first place. The only fail on Pacers was the lack of decent investment to refurbish the class 143s/144s and withdraw class 142s years ago.

[@jonny-simulation-gamer]

as pacers are newly restored they have GSMR radios all btrains have to have on the uk rail network

[@danielsellers8707]

Looks better than new on the outside!

[@butikimbo9595]

Pacer train concept should never be abandoned specially in favor of quieter branch and rural lines that for instance during pandemic restrictions were in some cases forced to close due to low number os passengers and obviously Pacers were out of use and the fewer to be withdrawn had to couple with complient reduce mobility standards units making trains even longer.

[@andrewbutler6477]

The interior looks so different with this type of seating compared with the Welsh valleys 143 units

[@ch3rriee]

Congratulations on 4K

[@butikimbo9595]

I am not a big fan of Pacers but as a railway enthusiast at least i love every single piece of railway heritage, even the less attractive but at the end of the day all contributed to this mode of transport evolution iccludding prototypes and failed classes whos projects helped to improve future projects in order to correct previous mistakes. Unfortunately a significant number of enthusiasts do not share the same respect and prefer to show their most fundamentalist thoughts against this machines and many others and that is such a shame.

[@theBusManiac]

You failed to mention the class 141s, older than these and were withdrawn a long time ago, delivered in green and white metro colours and one remains in preservation in same same colour as 144011.
One carriage in arriva livery is at ingrow from 143625 I think. You any idea why?

[@srfurley]

3.23 Pacers don’t have bogies-

[@justinboocock]

Driver Boston please

[@butikimbo9595]

From my perspective what killed pacers appart from their long finished "use by date" was the fact they had a high step compared to the highest railway platforms inBritain, a fact that i do not really understand to be honest. We all know class 142s were clearly in worst condition and with a very bad interior design even compared to previouse versions such as 141, the latter featuring interiors more like trains than buses. But 143s and 144s were a step forward and despite sharing the same high flooring issue making them non compliant to reduce mobility requirements even featuring refurbished toilets as e saw on abandoned Evolution Pacer that sadly died on the shore.