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The Pacerailer was a prototype railbus, a vehicle consisting of a bus-style body on a railway-vehicle chassis, built by Charles Sadler Ashby's Sadler Rail Coach Company (SRC) in the 1960s.
Following the closure of Droxford station, on the Meon Valley Railway in Hampshire, both it and the track south to Wickham station were leased by SRC, who used the line to demonstrate the Pacerailer to potential buyers;[1] a section of the line was rebuilt with a 1:10 incline to demonstrate its abilities on steep gradients.[2] There were problem with vandalism at the site, with the tracks intentionally blocked and points jammed in an effort to derail vehicles, and on 4 May 1970 the Pacerailer prototype was burned out and badly damaged.[3][A]
Ashby died in February 1976 and SRC was dissolved in December 1976, having failed to sell the Pacerailer to any railway company.[5]
A similar concept, the Pacer, was successfully developed by British Rail in the 1980s.[1]
References
- ^ a b Buttrey 2012, p. 83.
- ^ Stone 1983, p. 106.
- ^ Buttrey 2012, p. 85.
- ^ Buttrey 2012, pp. 85–86.
- ^ Buttrey 2012, p. 90.
Bibliography
- Buttrey, Pam (2012). A History of Droxford Station. Corhampton: Noodle Books. ISBN 978-1-906419-93-6.
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