Is there a good reason why 1R06, the 1757 Paddington to Reading is/was still a turbo, today Thursday 20 June?
My wife was not impressed with my praise of electrification, as we passed countless new EMU▸ 's both Crossrail and 387's, quietly vegetating in sidings along the way of our cramped noisy unit.
Basically the odd Turbo operated services cover for 387s away for the Heathrow Air conversions.
Very few 387s are left loitering in sidings throughout the peak times, you may have spotted a 12-car formation in West Ealing sidings, but that comes out at 18:18 empty to Paddington to form the 18:42 to Reading, so they're not vegetating.