142035 - 55576 & 55626 - Class 142 Driving Motor Second & Driving Motor Second Lavatory

Home Railway	Wensleydale Railway	Location History	Wensleydale Railway Jun 20-Present
Current Location	Wensleydale Railway
Current Status	Operational
Current Livery	Northern Rail
TRA Designation	4
Owner	North Yorkshire Pacer Group
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Record Last Updated	9 April 2023
Preservation Modifications None
Preservation Information 142035 was the 15th Class 142 to be preserved (in 2020). It was purchased privately for use on the Wensleydale Railway who had been struggling with keeping enough first generation railcars in operating condition to serve their off peak needs. Its last home was at Newton Heath (Manchester) under Northern Rail before preservation and movement to the Wensleydale Railway in June 2020. It entered preservation under its own power, driven in multiple with 142041 to their new home utilising their active mainline connection. Their arrival brought the number of operational Class 142's on the line to four. In April 2021, 142035 was included in an umbrella organisation named "Wensleydale Pacer Preservation" which brought together the seven Pacer sets owned by various parties but based on the railway. During the summer of 2021 it was officially announced that the owning group had designated 142035 as a source of spares and parts to aid the restoration and operation of 142018 & 142041. The first items to be removed were original interior fittings including lighting diffusers and the bench seating, both to be used in the restoration of 142018. Some of 142018's high backed "Northern Spirit" seating and the modern lighting diffusers were fitted back into 142035. September 2022 saw a surprise move in the form of 142035 being launched into passenger service on a "limited time only" basis, its intention to be a spares donor unchanged. The set continued to be used in passenger service into Spring 2023.
Future Plans In time it is predicted 142035 will be withdrawn from service and progressively stripped as required, primarily for parts to support the future of 142018 & 142041. It is also planned for 142035's glass to be used to repair vandalised sister 142055 at the Foxfield Railway.

	142035 operating passenger services calling at Fingall, 7/4/23. Jack Bowley

	142035 being prepared for first day in passenger service at Leeming Bar, 8/9/22. Jason Rogers