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St James Park is currently being repainted to GWR▸ green.
Oh the irony. The first station to get the treatment too. Our Grecian friends will not be happy Look at it a different way - A LSWR▸ / SR‡ station being repainted green (OK not quite Malachite Green) - All ex GWR stations being painted Green - (Not Chocolate and Cream). A GWR name with a LSWR colour - compromise? |
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« Reply #136 on: August 22, 2015, 17:44:07 » |
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Perhaps the green paint was cheaper !
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« Reply #137 on: August 22, 2015, 22:11:27 » |
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St James Park is currently being repainted to GWR▸ green.
Oh the irony. The first station to get the treatment too. Our Grecian friends will not be happy Look at it a different way - A LSWR▸ / SR‡ station being repainted green (OK not quite Malachite Green) - All ex GWR stations being painted Green - (Not Chocolate and Cream). A GWR name with a LSWR colour - compromise? Did the GWR actually have any Chocolate & Cream stations? BR▸ Western Region did, but the GWR? |
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« Reply #138 on: August 23, 2015, 08:38:48 » |
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Did the GWR▸ actually have any Chocolate & Cream stations? BR▸ Western Region did, but the GWR?
Good point apparently not the colours scheme was more brown than that (i.e. a brownie cream and a light tan colour) as at Birmingham Moor Street and Kidderminster Town. |
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« Reply #139 on: August 23, 2015, 08:44:03 » |
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St James Park is currently being repainted to GWR▸ green.
Oh the irony. The first station to get the treatment too. Our Grecian friends will not be happy As I typed my reply, I wondered if Plymothian was having a Green Army laugh but it appears that St James Park is indeed first in the far South West. Take it from me, us Janners always have a laugh at St James Park  |
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« Reply #140 on: August 24, 2015, 06:41:43 » |
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Perhaps rather late in the day, it has struck me how the TOC▸ rebranding and new colour seems to be have a similar colour element to the TransWilts branding / base colour which we have been using from the early days of the CRP▸ :  |
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« Reply #141 on: August 26, 2015, 05:16:05 » |
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More examples of the new poster branding can be found on the engineering notices on the FGW▸ website for dates after 19th September.
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« Reply #142 on: August 28, 2015, 15:54:43 » |
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Forgive me probably being a little thick, but I was under the impression that as stock was delivered to Kilmarnock for refurbishing, it was to be outshopped in GWR▸ green - or is that still a little way off?
The latest HST▸ set to be returned to Laira this morning from Kilmarnock is still very much First blue in colour (some with and some without transfers) - as per the attached.
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« Reply #143 on: September 01, 2015, 20:08:34 » |
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Earlier in this thread I mentioned the odd services where SWT▸ de-classify first, and tonight I used one from Portsmouth to Fareham. It used to be one of those odd 2 car 158 'peak extras', but since May it has been a 450 operated service. Anyway the message about declassification was just added after the usual announcement of the calling pattern as the train approached: "Please note, first class accommodation on this service is declassified and may be used by all passengers".
So it can be easily dealt with by the automatic systems.
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« Reply #144 on: September 01, 2015, 20:58:22 » |
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Forgive me probably being a little thick, but I was under the impression that as stock was delivered to Kilmarnock for refurbishing, it was to be outshopped in GWR▸ green - or is that still a little way off?
The latest HST▸ set to be returned to Laira this morning from Kilmarnock is still very much First blue in colour (some with and some without transfers) - as per the attached.
Rumour has it Kilmarnock ordered enough blue paint to finish the overhaul/life extension work on the HST trailers and that no one was prepared to sign off the disposal costs of the blue paint and order green, only rumour. (The trains have to be painted regardless as this is part of the leasing agreement with the ROSCO» ) |
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« Reply #145 on: September 01, 2015, 21:16:54 » |
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« Reply #146 on: September 02, 2015, 00:02:26 » |
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Forgive me probably being a little thick, but I was under the impression that as stock was delivered to Kilmarnock for refurbishing, it was to be outshopped in GWR▸ green - or is that still a little way off?
The latest HST▸ set to be returned to Laira this morning from Kilmarnock is still very much First blue in colour (some with and some without transfers) - as per the attached.
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« Reply #147 on: September 02, 2015, 00:18:59 » |
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'Barrier vehicles' (although this is the common term, they are more correctly, 'translator vehicles'). Used when there are incompatible couplers between hauling locomotive and hauled rake. Old rolling stock is fitted with a loco compatible coupler at one end and a rake compatible coupler at t'other. In this case old Mk2s▸ are being used. Sometimes it'll be freight wagons. One at each end for any reversals or recovery end route. http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=5652.0 |
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« Reply #148 on: September 02, 2015, 00:36:34 » |
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Many thanks for reminding me of that November 2009 topic, bignosemac: I rather vaguely thought I'd read something about it here before. |
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