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« on: April 02, 2012, 18:40:10 »
Whilst waiting for my 1736 service tonight I noticed an adelante (sp?) pull in from the west into one of the northern platforms (9 or 10?) . I am guessing it was going on to paddington. I believe it was in FGW▸ (First Great Western) livery .

I seem to remember these were used on the Thatcham line on some of the early morning services prior to the introduction of HSTs▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units))
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« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2012, 18:47:12 »
Most likely out on a test run which they have been doing for the past few days.

It will be good to see these units back on the GWML▸ (Great Western Main Line) certainly adds some variety
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« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2012, 19:20:24 »
In the sidings at Oxford when I came past at 15:25.
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« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2012, 23:53:01 »
Quote from: BerkshireBugsy on April 02, 2012, 18:40:10
Whilst waiting for my 1736 service tonight I noticed an adelante (sp?) pull in from the west into one of the northern platforms (9 or 10?) . I am guessing it was going on to paddington. I believe it was in FGW▸ (First Great Western) livery .

Yep it was, I left platform 9 around that time and it was just coming into platform 10 (not sure if it was stopping) - all nice and new and shiny it was!
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