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Author Topic: Bristol Evening Post - Article about the 158's heading north!  (Read 3166 times)
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« on: November 12, 2007, 20:46:28 »

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144913&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231190&home=yes&more_nodeId1=144922&contentPK=18936369
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« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2007, 20:56:54 »

They aren't refurbished.

Get your facts right Bristol Evening Post  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2007, 21:06:27 »

They aren't refurbished.

Get your facts right Bristol Evening Post  Roll Eyes

To be fair Wessex refurbished some of the 158's which are heading north. I went on one with pink seats the other day which was in fairly good nick!
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« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2007, 21:09:00 »

None of the unit's Wessex refurbed are going back, the ones wessex refurbed are 158 747,748,749 and 751 all of which are staying, infact, 749 is in Doncaster being refurbed for FGW (First Great Western) as we speak!
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« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2007, 21:09:44 »

None of the unit's Wessex refurbed are going back, the ones wessex refurbed are 158 747,748,749 and 751 all of which are staying, infact, 749 is in Doncaster being refurbed for FGW (First Great Western) as we speak!

So it's the ex TPX units?
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« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2007, 21:40:11 »

Alphaline ones with blue seats
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« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2007, 21:42:47 »

Alphaline ones with blue seats
The interiors of these are well tatty!
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« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2007, 21:48:47 »

Alphaline ones with blue seats
The interiors of these are well tatty!

The alphaline ones are ex wessex non?
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« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2007, 21:54:08 »

The alphaline ones are ex wessex non?
That is correct alphaline = ex-Wessex 158s. FGW (First Great Western) are keeping all the ex-TPX units that came down this way last year and one by one are going into Wabtec for Refurb. Currently, some of the sets FGW have belong to Angel and some to Porterbrook and have different engines. The plan is for FGW to have one fleet, one engine, owned by one ROSCO» (Rolling Stock Owning Company - about). Keeps things simple from a maintainance and accountancy point of view  Smiley
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« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2007, 10:16:13 »


See also link below.
http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=987.msg4757#msg4757
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« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2007, 14:06:55 »

None of the unit's Wessex refurbed are going back, the ones wessex refurbed are 158 747,748,749 and 751 all of which are staying, infact, 749 is in Doncaster being refurbed for FGW (First Great Western) as we speak!

So it's the ex TPX units?
We're keeping all the ex TPE (Trans Pennine Express) unit's and 158745/746 (blue seats, refurbished by Wales&West, Wessex trains' predecessor), we are also keeping 158747,748,749 and 751 which were ex Virgin units which Wessex inherited in 2003 they were then refurbished by Wessex and have pink seats, these set's are staying with FGW and will be refurbished by FGW, they are currently in "Alphaline" livery. the ones which are going back are the 158/8's which are also in Alphaline livery but have blue seats, these sets were refurbished by Wales&West before Wessex trains was "invented".
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