Southern Class 378?

[Ringpull]

Hi all,
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My first post here.. but spotted what looks like class 378’s in Southern livery at the Bombardier works?
I had no idea Southern were receiving new stock... can anyone shed some light on this?
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Britains-train-making-company-axes-1-400.html
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Cheers!

 

[pendolino]

London Midland according to the story. Similar livery though, yes.

 

[90019]

They're LM 172s

 

[fgwrich]

Hi all,
*
My first post here.. but spotted what looks like class 378’s in Southern livery at the Bombardier works?
I had no idea Southern were receiving new stock... can anyone shed some light on this?
*
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Britains-train-making-company-axes-1-400.html
*
Cheers!

Thatd be a delayed London Midland 172 in the background...

 

[Skimble19]

Ahh yes.. when exactly should that 172 have left Derby?

 

[MCR247]

He means delayed as in the whole order being built is late, but yet we should have obviously given another contract to them.....

 

[Skimble19]

Sorry, should have posted it a bit more clearly - am aware the whole order is late, what I intended to ask was how long ago should the last one have left? The dates have changed so regularly I've completely lost track. As for awarding them another contract - some people on certain sites have even been saying we should order one despite it potentially being a worse product.

 

[Mike395]

As for awarding them another contract - some people on certain sites have even been saying we should order one despite it potentially being a worse product.

You don't even have to leave this site to find that suggestion - theres a fairly heated debate going on in the General Discussion topic on the Bombardier redundancies

 

[class377man]

Saw that on the news earlier and thought it was a 377 Didn't know LM's 172s were coming with corridor connections.

 

[bILLOO]

Looking very smart in the LM livery there!

 

[OxtedL]

...yeah... Don't look at it too hard.

 

[A-driver]

Where does that pic come from? Havnt heard any rumours about southern getting 378s-think it's more likely you will see 377s,455s and 456s in LOROL livery than vice versa! Or is that one of those fantasy livery pictures?

 

[cj_1985]

Where does that pic come from? Havnt heard any rumours about southern getting 378s-think it's more likely you will see 377s,455s and 456s in LOROL livery than vice versa! Or is that one of those fantasy livery pictures?[/QUOTE]


it looks rather like a p*ss poor photoshop job... look at the yellow on the cab side...

 

[OxtedL]

Oh yes, absolutely rock bottom photo-shopping. Or rather Microsoft Paint-ing.

I doubt a Southern 378 would look much like that at all.

Ultra observant people might even notice the Dellner is the wrong way round.

 

[lewisf]

Ultra observant people might even notice the Dellner is the wrong way round.

And looks like a tightlock!

 

[OxtedL]

And looks like a tightlock!

Ah yes. Oops. Was an old 375 photo, it seems...