Stock cascade of class 150s

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[Wolvercote Wanderer]

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150109
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If this is wrong please correct me.

I think that 150109 is still with LM^▸ (London Midland - recent franchise). However, 150120 is missing from your list so I think your total is correct.

[phile]

150120 missing from AB Rail also and this is being corrected by Ed at next update.

[phile]

I am always happy to get corrected but I deliberately omitted the 150/0 units as, to my mind anyway, they are not Bristol/Exeter operational units as they are intended for the Reading to Basingstoke service. The 17 x 150/1s I have noted are:

150101
150102
150104
150106
150108
150109
150121
150122
150123
150124
150125
150126
150127
150128
150129
150130
150131

If this is wrong please correct me.

TJ

Sorry, I confused 150001/2 with 150101/2 so miscounted.

[tramway]

First for me today, having to use an umbrella 'inside' a train. The 'new' 150/1's appear to be shower proof not waterproof. 

[Chris from Nailsea]

I've been rather amused, travelling on a 150 on a wet day, watching the accumulating rainwater sloshing about inside a fluorescent light fitting ... 

[Btline]

Get used to it! Here are the specifications of the Class 150:
*Windows don't close - making it deafening at 75mph and bonechilling in Winter
*Heating is always on - you make like the way the trains are roasty toasty at the moment when you get on, but just wait until summer!
*No A/C - open windows don't help when the train is sat in the station, sun blazing in
*Exhaust fumes dispersed into passenger saloons (this feature is only available on selected units)
*Some units cannot go above 50mph (source: CT driver when taking a cab ride)
*Toilets - don't go there (literally)
*Try patting the seats - actually don't or else you'll send a cloud of 10 year old dust all over the carriage
*Doors between carriages don't work on selected models
*Inaudible PA^▸ (Public Address), no PIS^▸ (Passenger Information System)
*Three versions of the West Midlands Network map visible
*Some of the safety notices are HANDWRITTEN
*It is possible to prise the doors open at 75mph I have witnessed someone else do this
*No door controls throughout train, leading to delays
*They struggle up gradients and were BANNED from the Lickey incline in the latter days of CT (due to woeful/non existent maintenance). This ban has since been lifted after Tysely gave each engine a bash with a sledgehammer.
*Despite LM^▸ (London Midland - recent franchise)'s best efforts, the 10 years of CT's "no cleaning" policy left their mark!

But hey - they get people from A to B.

[Chris from Nailsea]

Just out of idle curiosity on my part, Btline:

*It is possible to prise the doors open at 75mph

Why did you try to do that? 

[JayMac]

I'm getting used to 150s on the Severn Beach Line, but still pining just a little for the 143s. 

No plans to prise open the doors. Not at any speed. They don't get anywhere near 75mph anyway. Best is about 40mph down the hill through Clifton Down Tunnel toward Sea Mills....

[Btline]

I've amended my post to make it clear that I saw someone else (yob) prise the doors open, it wasn't me!

[BPWuser]

Refreshed 150126 was at Temple Meads this morning, looking very shiny in a new coat of paint.

Hope the interior smells better than some of the other refreshed 150/1's, which to me smell of disinfectant.

[tramway]

If they can find the seats, 2+2 would get my vote if FGW^▸ (First Great Western) are looking to spend money on them.

Oh and roof sealant. 

[phile]

150s are now being allocated to EX, both 150/1s and 150/2s.     As the process is still taking place best wait for the full details when complete.

[BPWuser]

Refreshed 150126 was at Temple Meads this morning, looking very shiny in a new coat of paint.

Hope the interior smells better than some of the other refreshed 150/1's, which to me smell of disinfectant.

The good news (for my nose) is that the interior on 150126 smells fine. However, what caught my eye were the stickers to advertise the CCTV^▸ (Closed Circuit Tele Vision), 'Smile you're on CCTV'!

[phile]

I have recently quoted plans in regard to 150 formations, but I would ask people to ignore until after the event has actually taken place.    Plans announced previously keep changing.

[phile]

I may have asked this question  myself before due to the fact that I have also seen other posts requesting the same info but with conflicting replies.   Could any member, please, say definitely if the FGW^▸ (First Great Western) 150/1s and 150/2s have separate diagrams or are they all lumped together and just shewn as 150 Diagrams.  I am sure there is somebody out there who could confirm one way or the other to scotch the conflicting reports once and for all.   Would appreciate definite info rather than"I think".   Thanks in anticipation.