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The only units on shed tonight(Friday 18.00 hrs ) are 501 and 535 both on 7 road.

yes robin is still sat in top yard with two translators for the 456 units.

ha,ah god help them , i've seen how Alstom have handled our 458 rebuild,it's been a mess.

i am curious as to why Rebecca came up when Robin and all four translators are already here , i will have to try find out.

some more for the emu lovers.

8030 is sitting on 10 road , awaiting departure, colas 47's Rebecca and Robin of Templecome are still sat in top yard shut down, Robin is coupled to two translators , but has been here all week, Rebecca is light engine and arrived on Friday or Saturday night, don't know which one is heading...

the first of two prototypes , and already several months behind schedule.

Some pictures for any EMU lovers , taken at Wimbledon Traincare Depot:

as of 18.00 hrs Monday, 501 and 532 are the only units on shed , both on 7 road.

everything gets reused on the railway

why would SWT want to do that ? the cost would be prohibitive , and the stock is already close to 40 yrs old , plus southwest region does not have overhead 25 kv and probably never will in our lifetime(other than Southampton-Reading) , the cost of replacing third rail only gets more expensive...

be nice to get rid of all the camshaft parts, a pain from a maintanance point of view

it is a massive project as you can see from the photos, some major reengineering having to take place.

well she's been on 12 road for about four or five weeks and it looks like it will be at least another five or six weeks , they seem to be having a lot of problems.

8535 and 8501 , Sunday morning at Wimbledon.

[/ATTACH] Colas Rail Class 47's Rebecca and Robin of Templecome both now sat in top yard at Wimbledon Traincare Depot Rebecca must have arrived last night.

8030 minus its shoegear awaiting dispatch to Doncaster

Yes the latest is that possibly two units will be done at Wimbledon , then the remaining units will be done at Eastleigh, the first two are gonna take 6-8 weeks , possibly more , once at eastleigh they may be putting out a unit every six days , advantages of AC include easier maintainance ...