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Author Topic: First Great Western rebrands to Great Western Railway and related department changes  (Read 299863 times)
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« Reply #675 on: February 20, 2017, 21:19:25 »

 Undecided

Still gonna use the rubber seats on the 800s?
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« Reply #676 on: February 28, 2017, 12:37:42 »

Undecided

Still gonna going use the rubber seats on the 800s?


Rubber seats, first class will be fake leather, and standard will be normal clothes, as per the GWR (Great Western Railway) hst!
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« Reply #677 on: March 11, 2017, 16:21:11 »

The latest power car to get the green treatment, 43194, returned to Laira from Doncaster today. No cast 'GWR (Great Western Railway)' lettering on this one though, just vinyl. 43198 is also going green too.

I'm led to believe that these two power cars have also had the electrical modifications necessary for use with power door fitted Mk3s. Four such Mk3s are currently at Doncaster having had their power door conversion. They are also going green too.

I imagine it won't be long before we see a shortened green, power door equipped, set out on test in GWR land.
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« Reply #678 on: March 12, 2017, 12:51:12 »

Yesterday (12/03/2017) I was on a Green 150 (didn't catch the unit number,)


I noticed several things:

- Announcements were messed, sometimes it will go "The next stop is Bristol Temple Meads" repeatedly up to five times. Also sometimes it just randomly said stations not on the route, for example I was travelling on Gloucester-Weymouth and it shouted "Great Malvern".
- The buzzing system was now "Beep (2 second pause) Beep".
- Is it me, or, is there more space in the isles?

Though, it was very nice compared to the prototype 150s that normally operate the route!
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« Reply #679 on: March 12, 2017, 13:39:31 »

Wight or Scilly? Or even Purbeck? Grin Wink

The aisles are the same, aren't they?
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« Reply #680 on: March 30, 2017, 14:57:46 »

The first GWR (Great Western Railway) liveried 153 is out and about. 153313 I believe, still with pink and blue interior.
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« Reply #681 on: April 19, 2017, 16:42:08 »

The second green liveried 153 is now out too.

And Exeter St Thomas has now got GWR (Great Western Railway) branded names boards, installed today.
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« Reply #682 on: April 20, 2017, 21:55:50 »

153305 is in plain white livery. 153318 and 368 are now in GWR (Great Western Railway) Green.
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« Reply #683 on: April 22, 2017, 20:13:23 »

Seen yesterday on the way out of St Philips, by Avonmeads.

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« Reply #684 on: July 24, 2017, 14:09:29 »


Why GWR (Great Western Railway) is painting stock(i.e Class 143) that it promised to remove from service is beyond me, the company can't seem to decide what and where it wants to be.
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« Reply #685 on: July 25, 2017, 12:59:18 »

Why GWR (Great Western Railway) is painting stock that it promised to remove from service is beyond me, the company can't seem to decide what and where it wants to be.
The photograph you quoted shows a class 158, which GWR are NOT planning to remove from service. Admittedly they have had 153s and 143s repainted, both of which are expected to be gone by 2020, but I think I read somewhere (for the 153s at least) that they needed repainting anyway because of the age of the previous paintwork, and obviously given the choice they would paint in their own livery if painting is required (given the short time remaining before they are removed from the franchise, the first 153 repainted came back in plain non-operator-specific white to fit in on other franchises if required). It will only become silly if the green 153s and 143s go to new homes and are repainted/vinaled before they are due their next repaint. Given that the government is trying to stamp out Pacers I think it's unlikely that will happen for the 143s at least.
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« Reply #686 on: July 25, 2017, 14:02:55 »

Why GWR (Great Western Railway) is painting stock that it promised to remove from service is beyond me, the company can't seem to decide what and where it wants to be.
The photograph you quoted shows a class 158, which GWR are NOT planning to remove from service. Admittedly they have had 153s and 143s repainted, both of which are expected to be gone by 2020, but I think I read somewhere (for the 153s at least) that they needed repainting anyway because of the age of the previous paintwork, and obviously given the choice they would paint in their own livery if painting is required (given the short time remaining before they are removed from the franchise, the first 153 repainted came back in plain non-operator-specific white to fit in on other franchises if required). It will only become silly if the green 153s and 143s go to new homes and are repainted/vinaled before they are due their next repaint. Given that the government is trying to stamp out Pacers I think it's unlikely that will happen for the 143s at least.

I was referring to the Class 143s, the picture didn't load when I commented so I presumed it was showing 143603 which is now in GWR Green.
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