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« on: September 21, 2008, 15:27:39 »

on my way down to paignton at the moment and look out the window at Newton abbot and saw a class 150 with no connecting corridor in green and cream ariva livery, is this ours or on loan sorry no pics I was too slow
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« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2008, 17:04:52 »

All of the units on short term lease from ATW (Arriva Trains Wales (former Train Operating Company)) are 150/2 with corridor connections are you sure it wasnt one of the ex Stinkylink 150/1 FGW (First Great Western) have??
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« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2008, 17:29:34 »

it would of been either 150121 or 127 ex silverlink units
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« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2008, 22:29:29 »

I'm not sure now as on the way home I saw the puke green with a corridor I'm sure the first one was the no corridor type
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« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2008, 15:00:08 »

no corridor green,purple colour 150127 and 121

puke green with corridor are arriva trains sets on temp lease

so you could of seen either as i know the stroke 1's have been in the devon and cornwall areas over the past week or so
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