Recent content by fgwrich

I had a similar experience last summer travelling Bristol to Glasgow on one of their HSTs. Snack trolley comes through, had to ask for Sandwiches. Trolley finished somewhere around York, so the response was basically grab an extra drink and packet of crisps / snack to see you through to...

Interesting. But unfortunately somewhat too little too late, given that the flat cloth has now been fitted across all Desiro units, the rebuilt 458s, some 158/9s and the brand new Arterio's. Perhaps, given the length of time taken to get them into service, the Arterio's will need new cushions...

Indeed, only really the Intercity side of the business is set up for a ‘standard class’ type experience. Everything else is very much geared for First Class upwards.

One of those affected here! I can't say I'm impressed by this move, although this is temporary it took XC long enough to re-instate some of the pre-covid cutbacks around here. Winchester I can accept, Basingstoke is frustrating.

And you’ve hit the nail on the head in the last paragraph. Spare parts. 90s electronics are not exactly widely known for their longevity and some Turbos have since become Christmas Trees to keep other units going (both in GW and Chiltern). Likely to be the same for their Networker cousins too...

Thanks both! Very much a cut n shut from several Bachmann 150s! I'm just awaiting another trailer chassis to make the centre car vehicle as well.

One of my long term projects finally nearing completion! Scud 1 in its First Great Western guise! Yellow ploughs, correct destination, oh and a centre car chassis to complete before it’s finished but it’s coming along at last!

New arrivals into the house include this Bachmann FNW 150/1… but not for much longer ;) (See workbench thread soon)

FYI 054 does retain DATS branding for now but it has been pictured at Watford Gap services today.

Spare's donors. LSL has some too, though they are largely kept out of the way at places like Eastleigh and therefore doesn't attract half the attention that the Southall ones do for WCRC. The van will be ex Riviera Trains Mk1 Generator Coach 6310. This may also be a move of WCRC taking some of...

And since utilised the ex Winchester Park and Ride E300s displaced from Basingstoke predominately by E200MMCs.

Ah, Rail Advent again. Bodywork repairs can be seen on the Class 50 Alliance’s Facebook page, including a “stuck over the top” panel removed from 007 revealing some of the Brunswick Green. I note that they do say repaints will be at Eastleigh so I’d expect at least 007 to be changed before the...

Oddly and slightly off topic for a moment, My employer has a number of brand new Volvo cars and braking harshly and wallowing badly at speed too seems to be affecting them too. Perhaps it’s a new Volvo thing? I’ll also agree with the comment regarding the mixed build quality from ADL - we’ve...

I’d be surprised if 007 retains its GBRf livery until then, as it’s already in Kidderminster having bodywork repairs at the moment.

Indeed. It'll be for FOKAB to decide what happens next, but I suspect it'll be an either in part cosmetically restored (As in the front) or confined to the history books. Sadly the outcome for the two Bristol RE's and Bristol VR are not as great and won't be coming back.