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British Rail Class 141
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail Engineering Limited· from 1984· class of 20 British 2-car railbuses
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what is it?
The British Rail Class 141 is the first production model of the Pacer diesel multiple unit (DMU) railbus. During the 1980s, British Rail (BR) was interested in replacing its first generation diesel multiple units, particularly in the use of railbuses to service its lightly used branch lines. It was decided to develop such a vehicle with a high level of commonality with the widely used Leyland National bus, leading to its modular design serving as the basis for the design.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 42 years ago, in 1984.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.1 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 21 years (1984–2005).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1984
- in service from
- 1984
- retired
- 2005
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail Engineering Limited, British Leyland
- operators
- British Rail, Islamic Republic of Iran Railways
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- 149 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 2 vehicles: DMS, Driver's cab, Motor car, Standard class saloon-DMSL, Driver's cab, Motor car, Standard class saloon, L…
- length
- 15.1 m
- weight
- 26 t
- capacity
- 94 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970736, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 141 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.