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Title: Not fair - spent 8 years actively avoiding London midland 150s Post by: Mookiemoo on August 04, 2010, 12:24:52 Just missed the 1057 temple meads si thought - I'll go to parkway and change
What should be waiting there...... Grrrrr and dammit Title: Re: Not fair - spent 8 years actively avoiding London midland 150s Post by: The Tall Controller on August 04, 2010, 14:01:08 Theyre not that bad surely! The one that works the Cov-Nuneaton is always well turned out!
Title: Re: Not fair - spent 8 years actively avoiding London midland 150s Post by: JayMac on August 04, 2010, 15:37:35 I'm guessing FA is not a fan of 3+2 seating and the 150/1s lack of tables.
Title: Re: Not fair - spent 8 years actively avoiding London midland 150s Post by: smithy on August 04, 2010, 15:46:54 Just missed the 1057 temple meads si thought - I'll go to parkway and change What should be waiting there...... Grrrrr and dammit a tad over reacting me thinks?? the LM 150/1 is far superior to the 150 junk FGW has on its books,clean inside and out including the cabs and when power handle is opened the train moves.in contrast the recently refurbed FGW 150/2's are dirty inside and out the floor covering is lifting up and they are plagued with reliability issues. the 3+2 seating is not the best layout though but 150's were used for different route types in the midlands and not on routes like weymouth or portsmouth like FGW use them for. i personally say they will be a welcome addition to the fleet when they all finally arrive at least it will mean the 142's going from devon and bring the loco hauled work back to FGW staff finally Title: Re: Not fair - spent 8 years actively avoiding London midland 150s Post by: vacman on August 05, 2010, 11:23:55 the LM 150's are actually very tidy, am surprised at how well turned out they are!
Title: Re: Not fair - spent 8 years actively avoiding London midland 150s Post by: Phil on August 05, 2010, 11:54:22 To be fair to FallenAngel, they are a bloomin' awful colour - the lime green paint job (if I'm thinking of the right ones) always brings back horrible memories of mid-1970s office furniture...
Title: Re: Not fair - spent 8 years actively avoiding London midland 150s Post by: readytostart on August 05, 2010, 19:12:16 Theyre not that bad surely! The one that works the Cov-Nuneaton is always well turned out! Is that not a 153? Title: Re: Not fair - spent 8 years actively avoiding London midland 150s Post by: smithy on August 05, 2010, 19:45:19 To be fair to FallenAngel, they are a bloomin' awful colour - the lime green paint job (if I'm thinking of the right ones) always brings back horrible memories of mid-1970s office furniture... not disputing the exterior paint colour is not the best although better than ATW but the overall condition of the trains is so much better than the FGW stuff. Title: Re: Not fair - spent 8 years actively avoiding London midland 150s Post by: inspector_blakey on August 06, 2010, 14:52:35 The ex-LM stock might be in better nick below the solebar, but I'd have thought from a passenger's point of view (which, remember, is what most of us on here are!) the refurbished FGW units are preferable given the 2+2 high-back seating and other beautifications.
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