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Old 24th February 2010, 17:54
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FGW 158s

FGW appear to be re-forming their 3 car 15895X units back into their original 2 car sets. 158749 worked the Great Malvern to Brighton whilst 158951 was on the Cheltenham to Swindon service with just 52764 and 57764 but still with its 3 car number.
I assume FGW are reverting to the old 2 car sets to make more of them available as they always seem to be leasing units from SWT and Arriva.


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Old 24th February 2010, 20:24
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I doubt that it's a permanent thing; the 158/9s are used on the Cardiff -Portsmouth run, where a two-car formation can often be totally inadequate. Having said that, I did photograph 158 952 as a 2-car unit at Fratton last Friday on that route:
http://daverowland.fotopic.net/p63395013.html
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Old 27th February 2010, 15:28
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Nice images Dave.
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