Class 455 and 458 ongoing maintenance updates

[swr444]

Looks like a fresh coat of paint. They must still have some red left over. had they known the 455s were still going to be in service six years down the line, would they have started painting them in SWR livery? (Anyone out there with photoshop skills able to do one?)

I think it’s just had a deep clean that’s all.

 

[Big Jumby 74]

Was a very good paint job when done round about the time the traction was modified. Old school two pack paint, much harder wearing/longer lasting.

 

[Goldfish62]

Was a very good paint job when done round about the time the traction was modified. Old school two pack paint, much harder wearing/longer lasting.

Indeed. A good few years before they'd need a repaint even if they were staying long-term.

 

[WarrenTManager]

Well, SWR haven't exactly rushed to repaint the diesels, which were always going to be retained for years to come, so I rather doubt it. We're over six years on from the FG / MTR takeover, and even the flagship Desiros aren't all reliveried yet.

Diesels had 8 year paint warranty at last C6. First one painted 2015, the last 2019. C6 being scoped now.

 

[DelW]

Diesels had 8 year paint warranty at last C6. First one painted 2015, the last 2019. C6 being scoped now.

Thanks for the explanation, certainly makes sense with that timeline.

 

[swr444]

Looks like 455868 is getting painted into original BR colours!

 

[nctd2306]

Looks like 455868 is getting painted into original BR colours!

Correct, apparently it will do a special staff only run from Bournemouth to Wimbledon depot on the 4th March, then re enter service in the "new" colours the following day on the 5th

 

[WarrenTManager]

Was a very good paint job when done round about the time the traction was modified. Old school two pack paint, much harder wearing/longer lasting.

The first unit Bournemouth painted 5711 back in 2013 had about 15 coats when you totted up all the primer/paint/lacquer. Cost a fortune and probably pushing it out of gauge

The refurb/C6 overhaul/retraction order with the odd exception for first of type was 7s, 9s, 8s. The 58s being C6'd mainly in 2016/7 still come up well with a good clean.

 

[gmaguire]

Looks like 5912 has been overhauled or something. Clean bogies etc.

 

[Big Jumby 74]

The 58s being C6'd mainly in 2016/7 still come up well with a good clean.

That's good to hear. A problem back then was the hammering the bodysides took in the CWM's, although IIRC (albeit not 455 related), NT's CWM being a newbie, was purpose designed to minimise such scratching?

 

[gmaguire]

I see that there is a new SWR route map above the doors on 5865, so no more SWT logo and dated Eurostar reference. Ironically I saw it in car 71701.

 

[gabrielhj07]

I see that there is a new SWR route map above the doors on 5865, so no more SWT logo and dated Eurostar reference. Ironically I saw it in car 71701.

I had wondered where the old maps had been disappearing to.

 

[WarrenTManager]

Looks like 5729 will be having a run out on 5J90/5J92/2J92/5J93/5Y52 on Monday if my powers of deduction are working!!

It's a nice little diagram with one proper trip and then back to the depot to bed it back in after a few months out.

 

[Big Jumby 74]

It's a nice little diagram with one proper trip and then back to the depot to bed it back in after a few months out.

Wonder how many of those hard won short A & B return diagrams are still in the plan? Some (of us) had to fight hard to keep them in place, as opposed to staying out on the road.... a rhetorical ?...no need to answer!

 

[WarrenTManager]

Not many. There’s times where I want to call a unit in between peaks for odd jobs and return diagrams are a godsend for me. There was a spell where there were none on 455s. They are also handy for units low on miles or easing back into the fold.