arty762
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First half of 456002 being delivered at Wimbledon at the moment.
First half of 456002 being delivered at Wimbledon at the moment.
Low loader? Seem to see 456003 everywhere.
Have any more been moved up to Wolverton? 456004, 010, 017, 018 should be there, but not noted any more reports of northbound transfers.
It was quite amusing looking around me as most passengers seemed oblivious to the fact that this was not a 455 - even the guy sat in the single side-on seat near the doors which gives it away.
They weren't so much "oblivious" as "couldn't care". The exact type of train is of little interest to most people, especially when they're as similar inside as a 455 and a 456.
Red 456 = 457! :roll:
Are they going to revert back to their correct class number when all refurbs are complete.
ie 458/5 becomes 458 when all the 458/0s have gone been altered,
and red 456s become 456 when there are no snot rockets left.
presumably the "red 456 is a 457" thing is a diagram issue like the 458/5s being entered as 459?
Makes me wonder if the 450/5s had a similar 'pseudo class number' while they were dedicated to particular services.
Don't recall it ever coming up though, perhaps with no changes to operation as far as crew were concerned it wasn't necessary.
No they didn't as basically they were the same as the 450/0's.Only mods as far as i remember was bins removed an put under seats and first class removed.
No they didn't as basically they were the same as the 450/0's.Only mods as far as i remember was bins removed an put under seats and first class removed.
And seats around the doorways removed and extra hand rails!No they didn't as basically they were the same as the 450/0's.Only mods as far as i remember was bins removed an put under seats and first class removed.
Therefore presumably entirely down to fleet diagramming to keep them on the right services, and if they did go off patch now and again in emergency it wouldn't be the end of the world.
Can anyone advise recent movements to/from Wolverton please? Particularly 456004, 456017? Is the latter now in service please?
456017 in traffic on 5th March on 17:24 Waterloo to Dorking
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456018 now in traffic following refurb/relivery - noted today on 1D49 17:24 Waterloo to to Dorking with 5734 and 456017 coming along for the ride. That's nine refurbished/reliveried 456s in traffic with SWT - 002, 003, 006, 012, 014, 015, 017, 018 & 024
Can anyone ID the refurbished 456 that was delivered to Wimbledon from Wolverton on Thursday/Friday please? Understand one if not two sets were sent away to Wolverton the previous week, again anyone know the IDs?
Saw the unit being delivered on the A3 the other evening, was very strange seeing a train like that! Why is not delivered by rail? Surely it costs more and causes more inconvience.
Saw the unit being delivered on the A3 the other evening, was very strange seeing a train like that! Why is not delivered by rail? Surely it costs more and causes more inconvience.