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Rail Minister Baroness Kramer opens new £53m train platform at Gatwick Airport Station with CEO Stewart Wingate Dept for transport twittered it earlier with a picture of them on a 442 See @transportgovuk

At 0600 this morning Atlantic Concert approaching 13 degrees west. Approx 200 miles from the most northerly point of Ireland.

18TH December snapped picture at 0940. Heading London direction, don't know anymore about it. Could well be an empty working.

The notes with the photo suggested wabtec, so could be elsewhere. My last visit to Wolverton was 1975ish to an open day Ive no hope of recognising it.

If it is Swt or Porterbrook it seems likely it will be the start of overhaul to Swt 455 standards. I dont know if already posted but this is link for pdf about the proposed refurbishment. http://www.porterbrook.co.uk/downloads/brochures/456%20Brochure.pdf

Thanks for info on that. SWT are a little secretive over these things. My contacts dont like letting any information out.

Allelys heavy haulage has posted a photo of a 456 vehicle at Wabtec. No information as to why it is there, but may be for overhaul. Perhaps other forum members will have this information. Talk in low places has suggested the next move of 456 units from Southern may involve 5 units moving...

Colas livery on new 70's https://www.facebook.com/centralpalocos https://www.facebook.com/altoonaworks 4 Photos of 70803 and 70805 loaded on flatcars on their journey. Link was posted on RM Web forum. Should they follow the route via ACL ships to Liverpool, then the likely candidate is...

Control special Selhurst Wimbledon eta 1543 has been whispered. If the 456's start to arrive now will they be in service before the 458/5 ?

Was advised that certain Swt staff were looking for a 2 x 456 move to Wimbledon on Wednesday just gone. The person who passed this info said it didn't run due to a paperwork issue. Has anyone else info regarding a move ? Other than that basic info, and that nothing had moved yet, they...

http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=78273 Hopefully this will lead you there.

A short report in Rail technology magazine about the viaduct piling coming to a conclusion. 20,000 metres of pile has gone into the ground using re-bar and pumped concrete. http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/reading-viaduct-piling-success

Newsnow railtravel section had the following report from ITV Meridian television but it disappeared during the morning. It gave the impression of train being in service today. Also says they are new.:lol: 5:38am, Tue 22 Oct 2013 New carriages on South West trains New carriages on...

Thanks for reply. Confusion sorted. Have been advised November 17th for driver training and hope to get 1 unit in service by the end of the year. 5000 fault free miles for 1st unit then 1000 for next before acceptance. With the weather conditions at this time of year and ongoing signalling...

I have a message that 458531 was moved 7Z56 2208 Doncaster Wimbledon arriving around 0600 this morning. Can anyone confirm this move ? Thanks.

3 beams were lifted between 0900 and 1400 today. 2 more lorries with beams on site at 1900 by the cranes. Beams visible in this image.

So far today 3 concrete beams have been lifted onto the piers forming the viaduct west of the station. Good progress on that part of the project.

http://www.carlswatson.com/trains.html Carl Watson who writes the blog also has a webpage with his photographs. Lots of inside the works photos. Well worth a look. Link to site above.