First Great Western Rebrand

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[SDS]

Curious. I was always under the impression that First Rail Holdings only owned the engines and not any carriages. The carriages I always see have a porterbrook silver stamp on them.

[Ollie]

I don't think FRH have any coaches. But the power cars owned are:

43092, 43093, 43094, 43097, 43098, 43122, 43153, 43154, 43155, 43158, 43194 and 43198

[bobm]

There is, of course, a huge danger of making 2 and 2 add up to something more than 4.

However I have noticed a couple of HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) sets running around with red "ears" to the seats.....



and Teignmouth station has just been repainted and all the purple woodwork is now red....

[a-driver]

First Rail Holdings own the following trailer vehicles:
40900, 40901, 40902, 40903, 40904, 41045, 41059, 41085, 41086, 41114, 41160, 41162, 41163, 41166, 41167, 42092, 42093, 42094, 42095, 42103,  42105, 42108, 42167, 42168, 42169, 42175, 42176, 42177, 42231, 42232, 42233, 42302, 42303, 42304, 42305, 42353, 44055, 44068, 44074, 44076, 44081, 44100

and the following power cars
43092, 43093, 43094, 43097, 43098, 43122, 43153, 43154, 43155, 43158, 43194, 43198

Its worth nothing that not all FRH trailer vehicles are kept together in the same set.

[Ollie]

Thanks for that - I wasn't aware of the coaching stock

[Southern Stag]

Its worth nothing that not all FRH trailer vehicles are kept together in the same set.

In general the First Group owned vehicles are marshalled in to 5 sets, LA60-LA64. Porterbrook and Angel owned vehicles are also marshalled in their own sets. Vehicles don't always stay in their ordinary sets though.

[Southern Stag]

There is, of course, a huge danger of making 2 and 2 add up to something more than 4.

However I have noticed a couple of HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) sets running around with red "ears" to the seats.....

They're fitted to a couple of vehicles, I believe it was the first couple of sets that were refurbished. The armrests are also slightly different too, being a slidy rather than grippy material.

[thetrout]

A few GreaterAnglia Loco Hauled Carriages have been repainted white, along with 90005. I would have taken a picture but it departed with my back turned; momentarily distracted by a cup of coffee!

Problem with White Trains however is they get very dirty, very quickly

[a-driver]

A few GreaterAnglia Loco Hauled Carriages have been repainted white, along with 90005. I would have taken a picture but it departed with my back turned; momentarily distracted by a cup of coffee!

Problem with White Trains however is they get very dirty, very quickly

It's not helped by the quality of the paint job on the Greater Anglia trains! 

[smokey]

A few GreaterAnglia Loco Hauled Carriages have been repainted white, along with 90005. I would have taken a picture but it departed with my back turned; momentarily distracted by a cup of coffee!

Problem with White Trains however is they get very dirty, very quickly

Hence a lot of New stock in Silver, nothing like silver or grey to hide dirt,

[JayMac]

This topic speculated on a rebrand. The rumours last year turned out to be true, although the name suggested in the OP^▸ (Original Poster / topic starter, or Off Peak, depending on context) was incorrect.

A new topic has been started covering the rebrand of First Great Western to GWR:

http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=15989.0