FGW may get "NEW" stock for Bristol area

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[The SprinterMeister]

Just to add a bit more if anyone is interested....

There is an easy way to identify which type of A/C equipment a Class 158 has by looking at the Roof vents above the sliding-plug doors at each end of the 'car' (vehicle).
'Vapour-Stone' (Water Chilled) system:

(Again, has a larger but less 'proud' covered vent & a square vent but, with a much finer mesh grille)

Many thanks for the pics of the roofs of 158s that show what air con system is in board Sprog, very useful.

Again, I might be wrong but I don't think any of the ex-Wessex (Angel) 158's (various between 815-872) with the EBAC - Stones chilled water system ever recieved the Leibherr kit.

That phot I believe to be one of the later imports to Wessex, one of the 158747-751 series that formerly ran with Virgin Trains at one time.

Thankfully Stones chilled water 158 aircon is somebody elses problem now, not FGW^▸ (First Great Western)'s!
 

[Sprog]

Just to add a bit more if anyone is interested....

There is an easy way to identify which type of A/C equipment a Class 158 has by looking at the Roof vents above the sliding-plug doors at each end of the 'car' (vehicle).
'Vapour-Stone' (Water Chilled) system:

(Again, has a larger but less 'proud' covered vent & a square vent but, with a much finer mesh grille)

Many thanks for the pics of the roofs of 158s that show what air con system is in board Sprog, very useful.

Again, I might be wrong but I don't think any of the ex-Wessex (Angel) 158's (various between 815-872) with the EBAC - Stones chilled water system ever recieved the Leibherr kit.

That phot I believe to be one of the later imports to Wessex, one of the 158747-751 series that formerly ran with Virgin Trains at one time.

Thankfully Stones chilled water 158 aircon is somebody elses problem now, not FGW^▸ (First Great Western)'s!
 

The 158 pictured above is 158860.

747-751 are identifiable by having the revised (bodged/makeshift!)-type steel 'snow ploughs' as opposed to the as-built fibreglass obsticle deflectors fitted to the rest of FGWs fleet.

The roof arrangement of the V/Stone & Liebherr system looks very similar from a distance, but they do have differances.

[smithy]

Just to add a bit more if anyone is interested....

There is an easy way to identify which type of A/C equipment a Class 158 has by looking at the Roof vents above the sliding-plug doors at each end of the 'car' (vehicle).
'Vapour-Stone' (Water Chilled) system:

(Again, has a larger but less 'proud' covered vent & a square vent but, with a much finer mesh grille)

Many thanks for the pics of the roofs of 158s that show what air con system is in board Sprog, very useful.

Again, I might be wrong but I don't think any of the ex-Wessex (Angel) 158's (various between 815-872) with the EBAC - Stones chilled water system ever recieved the Leibherr kit.

That phot I believe to be one of the later imports to Wessex, one of the 158747-751 series that formerly ran with Virgin Trains at one time.

Thankfully Stones chilled water 158 aircon is somebody elses problem now, not FGW^▸ (First Great Western)'s!
 

The 158 pictured above is 158860.

747-751 are identifiable by having the revised (bodged/makeshift!)-type steel 'snow ploughs' as opposed to the as-built fibreglass obsticle deflectors fitted to the rest of FGWs fleet.

The roof arrangement of the V/Stone & Liebherr system looks very similar from a distance, but they do have differances.

158860 has got liebherr as fitted in 2000-2001 when it was a central trains unit.

a slight correction vapour stones has got the same roof vent as temperature systems because the roof modules are the same to look at.the only difference between the 2 is tempreature has refridgerent running round it and vapout has chilled water.
have a look at the vents on 745 and 746 for confirmation as they were vapour until being converted to temperature last year.

[Sprog]

Just to add a bit more if anyone is interested....

There is an easy way to identify which type of A/C equipment a Class 158 has by looking at the Roof vents above the sliding-plug doors at each end of the 'car' (vehicle).
'Vapour-Stone' (Water Chilled) system:

(Again, has a larger but less 'proud' covered vent & a square vent but, with a much finer mesh grille)

Many thanks for the pics of the roofs of 158s that show what air con system is in board Sprog, very useful.

Again, I might be wrong but I don't think any of the ex-Wessex (Angel) 158's (various between 815-872) with the EBAC - Stones chilled water system ever recieved the Leibherr kit.

That phot I believe to be one of the later imports to Wessex, one of the 158747-751 series that formerly ran with Virgin Trains at one time.

Thankfully Stones chilled water 158 aircon is somebody elses problem now, not FGW^▸ (First Great Western)'s!
 

The 158 pictured above is 158860.

747-751 are identifiable by having the revised (bodged/makeshift!)-type steel 'snow ploughs' as opposed to the as-built fibreglass obsticle deflectors fitted to the rest of FGWs fleet.

The roof arrangement of the V/Stone & Liebherr system looks very similar from a distance, but they do have differances.

158860 has got liebherr as fitted in 2000-2001 when it was a central trains unit.

a slight correction vapour stones has got the same roof vent as temperature systems because the roof modules are the same to look at.the only difference between the 2 is tempreature has refridgerent running round it and vapout has chilled water.
have a look at the vents on 745 and 746 for confirmation as they were vapour until being converted to temperature last year.

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Ah yeah, sorry my mistake.

I forget that 860 was an ex CT unit.

I see what you mean about the roof vents, ta Smithy.