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502 is currently sitting on 13 road (lift road) with Wabtec fellas playing with it.

a selection of pictures taken at Wimbledon Traincare Depot

5835 on shed at Wimbledon last week.

Colas class 47, 47739 robin of Templecombe is currently sat at Wimbledon depot top yard , been there all week after delivering two green 456's.

67601,74431,74001,74101,67001 --- old post above --- --- new post below --- apparently drilled right through the 42 way jumper , chewd the whole thing up.

Porterbrook own them, Alstom/Wabtec screwing up the project , sorry i meant managing the project lol

just curious but take the example of SWT , they now recieve no government subsidies and pay a hefty premium back into government coffers, so how could nationalisation be justified in this case? Surely the government is making more money off of them being a private company ??

According to Genius report the following are at works for conversion 8001 (arr date 06/12/13) 8002 (arr date 06/12/13) 8003 (arr date 05/03/14)

Current units at Bournemouth are 5720 (arr date 10/03/14) C64 5716 ( arr date 24/03/14) C64 5851 for a CA overhaul (arr date 17/03/14

The 458/0 will stay with original windows, which is why we are now stocking both types , intrestinly i was talking with a collegue who was actually involved with the design and build of the original family and he tells me the Junipers were originally desgined to be five car.

no the contractors seem to have come from Alstrom with bugger all , we appear to be supplying most of the parts and tools that are needed,amazes me that they are trying to fix them using our gear, they can't even deliver them complete, 533 came in with half the grab poles missing.Whole thing is...

I rode on a 159 from Waterloo to Bath and back in first class , the seats are amazingly comfey and the ride was superb , the next day i rode first class to Portsmouth and back on a 450 then a 444 , ithought that they were more uncomfortabe than the 159.

when i came on duty at Wimbledon Depot this evening the ten car 458 was on 8 road , with the Alstom guys fussing over it , as of 01.30hrs it is still here and the contractors still working on it.

Whilst riding in first class on a 159 down to Bath on SWT for the day , a women got on with her daughter(about 5or 6 yrs old , she was taking her to an audition of some kind) , she started spraying a whole can of hair spray over her daughters head , it was so thick and cloying that it triggered...

Dorking had a lovely little hut on platform one selling tea, coffee and snacks at very reasonable prices , when they refurbed the station they booted him out and put a chain coffee shop in even though a petition was running to keep the hut , it's not the same anymore and it is expensive as well.

Would have thought Eastleigh would've been up there , with all the docks traffic , plus the ballast workings and traffic into and out of the works.

Like they say , you gotta keep trying , i applied for a guard position with SWT , passed the assesments , passed the interview , got the job then failed the medical on a weak left eye , funny as it never stopped me joining the Army , then reapplied for a cleaning position , and got an email back...

At present we have 12 x456's here at Wimbledon depot, some in the shed, some in top yard and some over by the lathe , and a pair on 6 new road all are in Southern livery with decals removed , the two units in the shed are being used for fiier training while undergoing 'B' exams . There is not...