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FGW addional 158s

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According to the First great western website the company will be borrowing 11 class 158 units from a sister company until they can lease more of their own. Does anybody know if they will be ex tp express or Scotrail ?

Finaly some good news to come from the west.
 
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Chriso said:
According to the First great western website the company will be borrowing 11 class 158 units from a sister company until they can lease more of their own. Does anybody know if they will be ex tp express or Scotrail ?

Finaly some good news to come from the west.
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As has already been posted they are already here and started arriving last June. According to my records FGW have 14 in service, 158750, 760-769, 776, 778 and 798. So where the figure of 11 comes from I do not know.

[158771 is not with FGW despite several sources showing that it has been transferred]
 
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g4mby said:
As has already been posted they are already here and started arriving last June. According to my records FGW have 14 in service, 158750, 760-769, 776, 778 and 798. So where the figure of 11 comes from I do not know.

[158771 is not with FGW despite several sources showing that it has been transferred]
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158771 was officially transferred to FGW on TOPS - it has since been transferred back to HT, although in reality it never moved away from Trans Pennine!

Heard today the 158784/90 (Centro Green ex TPE) have moved south (or will be doing) to provide short term cover.
 
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Which means now TPE have lost all of the ex-Central units - the other 2 having gone to Northern a while back.

Hurrah!
 
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