British Rail Class 141
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The British Rail Class 141 was the first production model of the Pacer / Railbus units. The units were built by Leyland, constructed mainly from Leyland National bus parts. The units were notoriously unreliable, but reliability improved when the units were modified by Barclay in 1988/89.
The driving axles (two per coach) were fitted direcly to the chassis rather than being mounted on bogies, this lead to a rather rough ride especially over pointwork, and because of this the units were generally unpopular with passengers.
In British Rail days, the Class 141 units were based mainly in West Yorkshire on routes radiating from Leeds where they worked up until the late 1990s.
[edit] Preservation
Most units were sold to Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, however some did remain in the United Kingdom. Two units are operational in preservation, 141113 at the Midland Railway Butterley which has recently been refurbished and painted into an authentic Red and white WYPTE livery, and 141103 at the Weardale Railway. 141110 is also at the Weardale Railway, but is not in operational condition.
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