142094 - 55744 & 55790 - Class 142 Driving Motor Second & Driving Motor Second Lavatory

Home Railway	Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway	Location History	Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway May 21-Present
Current Location	Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway
Current Status	Under Restoration	Visited Railways	Wensleydale Railway (Storage) Jan 21-May 21
Current Livery	Northern Rail
TRA Designation	4
Owner
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Record Last Updated	1 August 2022
Preservation Modifications None
Preservation Information 142094 was the 27th Class 142 set to be preserved, and became the highest numbered (and youngest) of the class to be saved from scrap. Its last home was at Heaton (Newcastle) under Northern Rail before preservation and movement to the Wensleydale Railway. It entered preservation under its own power, utilising their active mainline connection. Its transfer brought the number of preserved Class 142's on the line to nine. It quickly became known that 142094 had only been moved to the Wensleydale Railway as an interim measure and that its proper home was to be the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway, who had been some time without an operational DMU. The set moved by road in May 2021. 142094 did not ienter passenger service, the owners instead wishing to improve the set before use. Deep cleaning and repairs to rotten flooring were therefore progressed throughout 2021 and 2022, at the same time preparing the railway's safety systems to handle the new type of traction following the completion of the repair work.
Future Plans The railway hope to initially use 142094 on winter services to reduce steam running costs, following which more bodywork and a repaint is planned.

142094 undergoing deep cleaning at Embsay, 12/10/21. Andy Jackson