Recent content by jan5468

Was a 195 that do have yellow fronts

Does anyone know the reason why Northern decided to leave the original seats in the 3 car 158's when all the 2 car units had the new type fitted?

Conversion of class 155's to 153's was pretty drastic

Doesn't look like the former Garforth, Kippax, Castleford lines appears

The footbridge at East Garforth was there to link two housing estates on opposite sides of the railway for many years before the station was built. Extra walkways were built onto the existing ramps at that time to access the platforms.

A scud is not a class 158, it is what many people refer to a 153 as.

I can't help but agree. I have been a regular user of the 195's.since they started being used on the Calder Valley line some weeks ago. In fact every service I have travelled on since then has been a 195 until last week when I travelled on an un-refurbished 156. I am sad to say it was a much...

I don't think a 195 has been through Summit tunnel yet. I've looked on Realtime Trains and can't find any evidence of one travelling any further west than Todmorden on the Calder Valley line.

158845certainly does have USB sockets

At least it still has comfortable seats even if they are a bit plain. Let's hope they never get round to fitting new ones

I'm on 150123 now and although it doesn't look bad, is certainly not in as new condition. Has scratches on the internal glass panels, very rattly and the carpeted walls are a bit threadbare in places with oversprayed paint on the edges. It's an ex FGW unit and the carpet is the purple and...

155347 is back and in service. Seen at Leeds about half an hour ago looking very shiny in new livery and refreshed interior with latest version of seat coverings waiting to go to York.