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« Reply #585 on: April 21, 2016, 23:11:05 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on April 21, 2016, 21:30:18
One of the ladies looks quite feisty, though. Tongue

Bottom picture, right hand side?

I've had the odd run in with FGW▸ (First Great Western)/GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) TMs▸ (Train Manager, or Ticket Machine, or Temple Meads (Bristol), depending on context). I'd think twice about entering into a ticket validity debate with her though.  Tongue Wink Grin
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« Reply #586 on: April 22, 2016, 08:31:18 »
Quote from: bignosemac on April 21, 2016, 23:11:05
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on April 21, 2016, 21:30:18
One of the ladies looks quite feisty, though. Tongue

Bottom picture, right hand side?

I've had the odd run in with FGW▸ (First Great Western)/GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) TMs▸ (Train Manager, or Ticket Machine, or Temple Meads (Bristol), depending on context). I'd think twice about entering into a ticket validity debate with her though.  Tongue Wink Grin

I think she's perfected what they call the "Thousand Yard stare"!  (I believe the "models" were asking about facial expressions before the show, and were told "Just imagine you're on the Gateline and you see Bignosemac heading towards you"!)  Grin
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« Reply #587 on: April 22, 2016, 09:56:24 »
Uniform looks fine.  Except the waistcoats do not fit the men.  Everyone one of them has crumpled up material over the shoulders.  Either the cut is wrong or the staff too burly  Smiley
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« Reply #588 on: April 22, 2016, 14:00:43 »
Quote from: Tim on April 22, 2016, 09:56:24
Uniform looks fine.  Except the waistcoats do not fit the men.  Everyone one of them has crumpled up material over the shoulders.  Either the cut is wrong or the staff too burly  Smiley

Some from column A, some from column B...
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« Reply #589 on: April 22, 2016, 22:35:29 »
It's not as green as the one I've seen, which must have been a trial design. This one is more grey.
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« Reply #590 on: April 24, 2016, 23:29:58 »
Quote from: Bmblbzzz on April 22, 2016, 22:35:29
It's not as green as the one I've seen, which must have been a trial design. This one is more grey.

Or, as they say elsewhere, "I'm not so green as I'm cabbage lookin'"

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« Reply #591 on: April 25, 2016, 00:30:45 »
I've just realised where I've seen before the particular shade of green GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) are using. It's the same colour as the algae sludge my Grandad used to clean out of his fish pond filter bed.
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« Reply #592 on: April 25, 2016, 00:49:24 »
Does that mean you're not a fan, BNM?!

For what it's worth, I think it's quite a nice uniform and is about as nice as a green uniform can be!
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« Reply #593 on: April 25, 2016, 13:09:26 »
Quote from: IndustryInsider on April 25, 2016, 00:49:24

For what it's worth, I think it's quite a nice uniform and is about as nice as a green uniform can be!

Damned with faint praise if I ever saw it!
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« Reply #594 on: April 25, 2016, 14:38:21 »
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Does that mean you're not a fan, BNM?!

For what it's worth, I think it's quite a nice uniform and is about as nice as a green uniform can be!

(Taplow) Green is the colour!  Cheesy
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« Reply #595 on: June 27, 2016, 16:05:37 »
GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) have relivered a second HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) in green and it made its debut run to London on the 10:00 from Penzance to Paddington.  A bit hard to photograph it when you are riding on it.  However I suspect there may be some better pictures from Tiverton Parkway later.  Grin

In the meantime here are shots from Newton Abbot and London Paddington.
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« Reply #596 on: June 27, 2016, 16:40:15 »
Has it had an internal refurb as well?
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« Reply #597 on: June 27, 2016, 16:42:31 »
No it hasn't. Indeed my seat in the restaurant had a broken reclining mechanism so I enjoyed my meal four inches shorter than everyone else.  Grin
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« Reply #598 on: June 27, 2016, 16:51:22 »
Quote from: bobm on June 27, 2016, 16:05:37
GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) have relivered a second HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) in green and it made its debut run to London on the 10:00 from Penzance to Paddington.  A bit hard to photograph it when you are riding on it.  However I suspect there may be some better pictures from Tiverton Parkway later.  Grin

I think bobm's Pullman lunch must have been a little too much as he does himself a disservice! He is alluding to TVP pictures as he happened to spot me photting, but his pictures are better quality than mine  Cheesy Tongue




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« Reply #599 on: June 27, 2016, 20:34:02 »
If I'm being pedantic, it actually made its debut on the 0702 PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains)-PNZ  Wink
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