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Title: 43181 "Devonport Royal Dockyard 1693-1993" - reinstatement of nameplates Post by: Pb_devon on June 18, 2013, 12:34:07 Class 43 loco 43181 has lost its nameplates after work at Brush. Its been suggested to me that a note to FGW might lead to their reinstatement. Who would you suggest is the best person to contact?
explanatory note: the loco was named to mark the tricentenary of the Dockyard at Plymouth Station on 25 November 1993 by Vice-Admiral Sir Roy Newman. Representatives from the Royal Navy, the dockyard company, and yours truly then enjoyed breakfast to Exeter where we retired to the hostelry opposite before returning to Plymouth. It would be nice to have them back on for the 20 year anniversary (gosh - where's the time gone :o ) pb Title: Re: 43181 "Devonport Royal Dockyard 1693-1993" - reinstatement of nameplates Post by: Chris from Nailsea on June 18, 2013, 22:22:32 Thanks for posting that, Pb_devon.
I've mentioned this particular topic to senior people at First Great Western, and await their response. Hope this helps, Chris. ;) Title: Re: 43181 "Devonport Royal Dockyard 1693-1993" - reinstatement of nameplates Post by: Chris from Nailsea on June 18, 2013, 22:34:55 .. and already I've received a reply:
Quote Hi Chris - I've asked the question and hopefully the engineering guys will come back to me tomorrow. Thanks ;D Title: Re: 43181 "Devonport Royal Dockyard 1693-1993" - reinstatement of nameplates Post by: Pb_devon on June 19, 2013, 12:26:20 Wow, I'm impressed, and late at night as well. Thanks Chris.
So that's what's meant by a "24 hour railway" :D ;D Title: Re: 43181 "Devonport Royal Dockyard 1693-1993" - reinstatement of nameplates Post by: Chris from Nailsea on June 23, 2013, 11:04:05 My contact at First Great Western has just sent me a further update on this particular issue - clearly still working at 8:48 on a Sunday morning! ;) ;D
Quote Chris - the eng team is finding out what happened to the plates ... I will come back to you as soon as we know. I'll post here further as soon as I have any more information. Title: Re: 43181 "Devonport Royal Dockyard 1693-1993" - reinstatement of nameplates Post by: Pb_devon on May 03, 2014, 20:13:27 I saw 43181 on Wednesday at Paddington, still sans plates. :'( :(
Title: Re: 43181 "Devonport Royal Dockyard 1693-1993" - reinstatement of nameplates Post by: Chris from Nailsea on May 03, 2014, 20:20:57 Oh, no! ::) :o >:(
Sorry to hear that, Pb_devon. :-[ I'll chase up my contact at First Great Western to find out what happened on that one - sorry to have let it go for so long. :-X This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |