Replacements
As of 2012, the oldest Pacers are 28 years old. Various train operating companies have investigated ways of trying to replace the Pacer, although little progress has yet been made. Arriva Trains Wales have acquired Class 150 Sprinters from other operators to reduce their dependency on Pacers for Valley Lines services. Northern Rail had planned to replace a number of Pacers with cascaded Sprinters, but due to rising passenger numbers the Pacers will remain in operation alongside the Sprinters. As of 2011 Northern Rail still operates over 100 Pacers.
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“The replacements are all like that. Not even old enough to carry a pack. All they know how to do is die.”
—Maxwell Anderson (1888–1959)