RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted August 20, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2017 Not sure where you are getting blue and white from, it's two tone grey! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 (edited) Now I quite like that. Getting fed up of all those ice cream liveries. About time we had more subtlety, class and style, after all you wouldn't by a car that looked like a raspberry ripple. Going off topic a bit, but then again who would buy a grey Ford Mustang? Someone has obviously, saw it a few weeks ago, Red, Yellow, blue, white, even black but grey???? Edit to try to remove double quote Edited August 20, 2017 by great central Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Just popped down to Poole station. Not one item of rolling stock has been de-branded. All the SWT leaflets (except for the current Waterloo blockage one) have been removed from the display holders. No sign of any SWR ones though. There is no need to debrand them as the DaFT (not Stagecoach) own the rights to the South West Trains name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 And GWR have started on the Severn Beach Branch recently running fast from Temple Meads to Clifton and vice-versa. Personally, I'd rather have a late running train rather than no train at all. Maybe I am odd in that way. But that would mean the train running late all day. By skipping a few stops it can get back to being on time as soon as possible, although the Severn Beach line isnt exactly a glowing example of timekeeping at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted August 20, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2017 But that would mean the train running late all day. By skipping a few stops it can get back to being on time as soon as possible, although the Severn Beach line isnt exactly a glowing example of timekeeping at the moment. As has been noted elsewhere, the Severn Beach line is constrained by the need to hit the junction with the main line on time or otherwise a late running Severn Beach train - Bristol could mess things up as far away as Cardiff, London and Birmingham! A legacy of not having anywhere to stand a late running Severn Beech service clear of the main line means GWR ave relatively few options at present. When Filton bank gets its other pair of lines back then things will be a bit easier with pathing and the need to skip stops should be reduced, though the same would be true if the branch had retained double track for a short distance away from the main line allowing branch trains to pass there if necessary. As someone pointed out earlier with regard to the Exeter - Waterloo service, due to the need to hit the passing loops on time to avoid delaying the opposing train service in cases of disruption the service will skip stops or be turned early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Going off topic a bit, but then again who would buy a grey Ford Mustang? Someone has obviously, saw it a few weeks ago, Red, Yellow, blue, white, even black but grey???? Edit to try to remove double quote Grey is an up and coming colour for cars. White is going to have had its day soon and silver is well past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 What a difference a day makes; or maybe not..... Saturday - South West Trains Sunday - South Western Railway 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted August 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2017 In the words of The Who; Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Indeed - having received the unexpected bonus of not having to work until Friday night now I intend resuming my quest to photograph every SWT SWR EMU by playing hunt the 458 on the Windsor side tomorrow .................. back to Mainline side Tuesday .................. Wednesday ........ hmmm might be time to include some freight & capture the Reading - Basing 159's .................... roll on retirement 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptic Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 This has been passed to me by a 'reliable source'. An artist's impression of the new livery. FB_IMG_1503168259331.jpg AAAaaaarrrrrrhhh,....They're re-opening Waterloo Necropolis station !, aaaand, adding / re-installing the bay platform at Brookwood !. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Clapham Junction and Woking have changed places. Oooooops Without even a 24 hour possession, yet three weeks to extend some platforms at Waterloo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 It's all change. Platform staff have SWR high viz... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Maybe Clapham Junction will have full-length platforms too one day..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted August 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 21, 2017 It's all change. Platform staff have SWR high viz... Where? None that I have yet seen. STW, CLJ, WAT and points in between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 (edited) Out and about today ....... the staff have a hot-potch of SWR tabards etc. mixed in with SWT namebadges and equipment. And most 12-car 450's were carrying "SWT" & "South West Trains" in the destination boxes this morning - a touch of collective ?? - I do hope so - at least until the Managers woke up and started travelling. A lot of lamp-posts and Weybridge station have gone grey & white - the fences at Whitchurch & Grateley have gone battleship grey - new First Bland house colours ?? Edited August 21, 2017 by Southernman46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 It's all change. Platform staff have SWR high viz... I never even got an SWT one when I worked for them, it was just a plain one with no logo on at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Where? None that I have yet seen. STW, CLJ, WAT and points in between.I saw them as I was passing BSK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Hawkins Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 The take over was simple and things will run smoothly as we all received a welcoming pack which included some Jelly Beans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted August 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 21, 2017 Noted the new CEO and his crew of "suits" in conversation at the buffer stops as we alighted at Waterloo this morning in the Windsor side terminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 At least one staff member at Bournemouth was wearing a new SWR hi-viz this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 At least one staff member at Bournemouth was wearing a new SWR hi-viz this afternoon. Was that in shades of black, Peter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I have a photo, as you do, but I've not downloaded them from the camera. It might've been a whiter shade of pale...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald Henriksen Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 London Reconnections has an article on the works being done at Waterloo: https://www.londonreconnections.com/2017/back-future-relengthening-shortening-waterloo/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 London Reconnections has an article on the works being done at Waterloo: https://www.londonreconnections.com/2017/back-future-relengthening-shortening-waterloo/ Thanks for the heads-up on this Gerald. A very informative article; superior to much of the "tat" on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted August 22, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 22, 2017 London Reconnections has an article on the works being done at Waterloo: https://www.londonreconnections.com/2017/back-future-relengthening-shortening-waterloo/ Also found via the Southern Electric Group Facebook page. Informative piece and it raises as many questions as it answers. One it does not specifically raise but begs asking is that it correctly states platforms 1-4 were built to accommodate 8 coaches plus a steam loco at each end (incoming and outgoing) and were shortened to 8-car length. But were the steam coaches originally shorter than those subsequently in use? In other words, whilst not denying that the platforms were in fact cut back to accommodate 8x63' coaching stock (or thereabouts) did they ever hold that plus two locos or were they of a length which would hold, say, 8x50-something footers and the locos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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