- First Class 707 unit delivered
- Class 450 Advertising Vinyls
- Class 456 in Quantity Off Peak
- Class 458/5 Stately Progress
- New Power Car for 5913
- Refurbished Class 456 units in service
- Class 458/5 Out and About
- Class 456 at Waterloo
- Class 456 Enters Service
- Class 458/5 Interiors
- Class 458/5 Enters Service
- Class 458/5 Press Launch
- SWT Class 456 Driver Training
- Class 458/5 Early Days
- Juniper Movember
- Class 159 to Swanage
- Junipers in New Platforms at Reading
- 159/1 Livery Variation
- Diversions via Wimbledon Park
- Cigs To Leave Lymington
- Desiro Day!
- First Refurbished 455/8s
- Regenerative Brake Testing
- Desiro Derailment Waterloo
- Lymington 150
- 1498 Carries Passengers on Mainline
- Swanage Beer & Diesel Gala
- 458 Refresh at Bournemouth
- 455 to Chart Leacon
- Early Refurbished 455s Get More Attention
- Maroon Isle of Wight Units
- High Capacity Desiros
- SWT Livery in Far North
- Thunderbird is Go!
- Two Slammers at Wimbledon
- SWT Ends 170 Operations
- Lymington Cigs Turned
- Gordon Returns to Bournemouth
- Gordon Moves to Wimbledon
- First Refurbished 158 Arrives
- Gordon Outing to Swanage
- 444 Most Reliable Train
- Juniper Diversions
- First 159/1 Enters Service
- SWT Gain Another 17 350s
- Desiro on Lymington Branch
- Mixed 455 Formations
- 450101 Finally Enters Service
- 34th Refurbished 455
- SWT 159/1 Preview
- Engineering Work at Woking
- Arrivals and Departures
SWT's first refurbished Class 158 arrives
' plan to increase the capacity of its diesel unit fleet is involving exchanging with its two car Class 170 Turbostar units for three car Class 159/1 units rebuilt/refurbished from Class 158 units, plus (whilst surrendering the lease on its two non-Porterbrook two car refurbished 158s) leasing eleven former two car Class 158s. The first five two-car unit deliveries to Salisbury (158742, 158743, 158744, 158808 & 158814) were pressed into service in TPE livery in original condition but on Thursday 3rd May the first refurbished unit, 158888 (formerly 158802), was delivered. Note all doors are painted full height orange which is the new livery variation that commenced on refurbishments from u159107. In exchange 15808 went to Doncaster for refurbishment. This plan also includes the original Class 159 units, introduced by Network SouthEast, being refurbished and the first 159/0 is expected to depart for this soon.
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158888 arriving at Salisbury on 3rd May photographs by Oliver Ashmole |
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158888 shunting at Salisbury |