Recent content by pigs bay

On a livery issue, when the GBR livery was launched in Brighton, Ms Alexander said that as trains went through a major works programme they would be put into the new GBR livery, but I see 159103 has been done in the SWR livery. Can anyone explain why or was it simply to far gone in the process...

If this is true and they are not permitted to work as 12 cars, so why have they been returned to their previous guise and to 100mph status when there are obviously now no plans to put them on the PDML, and just wasted money when they could have simply done an internal refresh and repaint and...

The 458/4's were suppose to replace the class 442's after covid as that's why the 442's were withdrawn earlier than expected, then SWR said they were withrawing the 442's in favour of keeping the 458' and putting them back to 4-car units for the PML via Guildford. But in true First group...

That's a very good answer cos' that's the most likely route now, going on worst groups history with trains!!

Hi.... Has any body seen or know if 444045 has been released yet from the paint shop

Thankyou for that update. After a while it's easy to loose track (excuse the pun)

How many have been don now as I seem to have lost count

If the 458's are not used, well at least they will look smart going to Newport. Anyway First group will have scored a hattrick then, firstly there was the 442's, then came the 769's , and now the 458's. Well done First group!!!!!

Can anyone give any info on how many 458's have been done now and what units the are please

I find it amazing that when NSE were looking at the renewal of stock for the WoE line, it was considering electrifying the route then to just Salisbury or the whole way to Exeter, with 3rd rail to Salisbury then overhead to Exeter, but the history goes that the regional 158's became available...

That would be good too, seeing that the class 379's are available, surely they could be done to work on both overhead and third rail giving the WofE line a train that WOULD be up to todays standard.

With the 158's/159's now 30 y/o, why don't the DfT/SWR just get on and 3rd rail, electrify from Worting jcn to Salisbury and the infill part to Redbridge-Southampton, and the piece from Romsey to Eastleigh, then they could run Bi-mode trains to/from Exeter on either diesel or battery power, from...

I totally agree with this statement. As a former bus driver we were always told in the training school, that a comfortable driver was a SAFE driver and the same should apply for train drivers and they have far more lives, and going at a lot faster speeds than most road vehicles are permitted. I...

This refurb is sounding like the class 442 and class 769 story. This is becoming a bad habit with first group!!!

I agree de ja vue class 442/769