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« Reply #165 on: September 11, 2015, 14:49:24 »
Interesting.  I am booked on the sleeper from Plymouth on Sunday night.  I wonder what will be left in the West Country to form it!

I also note, according to RTT» (Real Time Trains - website), 5Z40 arrives in platform 1 at 15:14 on Saturday, followed into the same platform just over 15 minutes later by the 12:28 from Swansea.  Could be a bit crowded!
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« Reply #166 on: September 11, 2015, 16:36:05 »
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I am booked on the sleeper from Plymouth on Sunday night.  I wonder what will be left in the West Country to form it!

Appears to run back to Laira a couple of hours later
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/V18900/2015/09/12/advanced
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« Reply #167 on: September 11, 2015, 17:04:25 »
Some kind of test-run or for publicity purposes..?
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« Reply #168 on: September 11, 2015, 18:52:57 »
Publicity purposes.  I believe it's the first fully refurbished sleeper set.
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« Reply #169 on: September 12, 2015, 08:50:33 »
Note: user.videocloud.com/54f871d6d8412/video205410/mp4_sd.mp4
Good screenshot I got too https://www.flickr.com/photos/privicy_of_charlie/21142492999/in/dateposted/
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« Reply #170 on: September 12, 2015, 09:22:59 »
3D Silver? That'll catch nicely in any carriage washer!
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« Reply #171 on: September 12, 2015, 09:49:52 »
Lol!  Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
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« Reply #172 on: September 12, 2015, 13:47:04 »
Quote from: richwarwicker on September 11, 2015, 14:45:07
5z40 tomorrow 0920 from Long Rock is planned to be a 57 with full rake of green GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) sleeper carriages.

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/V18897/2015/09/12/advanced

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« Reply #173 on: September 12, 2015, 14:00:16 »
Maybe a phoney to fool everyone? :-)
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« Reply #174 on: September 12, 2015, 14:32:36 »
Popped down to THA to see it pass through (having left the house just prior to PhilWakely's post).

Interesting to see a full sleeper rake pass through in the middle of the day, but that was all that was interesting about it.

The 57 at the front looked very smart though!
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« Reply #175 on: September 12, 2015, 14:36:13 »
Yes, a quick mile jog for me and my boy to RDW....to see some normal blue coaches, but as TC‡(resolve) says, the 57 did look smart
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« Reply #176 on: September 12, 2015, 16:04:15 »
Quote from: Thatcham Crossing on September 12, 2015, 14:32:36
The 57 at the front looked very smart though!

Probably because it was moving (FGW▸ (First Great Western)'s 57s have a habit of not doing so) and was in the excellent DRS▸ (Direct Rail Services Ltd) livery.
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« Reply #177 on: September 12, 2015, 18:31:31 »
Quote from: PhilWakely on September 12, 2015, 13:47:04
Quote from: richwarwicker on September 11, 2015, 14:45:07
5z40 tomorrow 0920 from Long Rock is planned to be a 57 with full rake of green GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) sleeper carriages.

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/V18897/2015/09/12/advanced

Blue is the new Green  Angry

A major disappointment!

The down version later could be the green ones then? They are moving the coaches to have all green in one rake and blue in the other. I was lead to believe it was so the all green rake are in London next weekend which would need the blue rake in Penzance for tomorrows up and green rake on the down tomorrow.
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« Reply #178 on: September 12, 2015, 19:10:34 »
That was a bit disappointing, I shall have words with my source!!

5Z69 Paddington to Laira is now on the move with a sleeper set with 57602
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/V18900/2015/09/12/advanced
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« Reply #179 on: September 12, 2015, 20:13:24 »
Just for the record, Sunday's up sleeper starts from Plymouth because of engineering work in Cornwall.
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