South West Railways

Rovering around First Great Western 11th August 2009 Click an image to enlarge
	57604, the only FGW class 57 to remain in the "fag packet" livery sits at Exeter St Davids whilst working the 1A40 2145 Penzance - Paddington "Night Riviera" sleeper service
	The up sleeper sits alongside 5C32 Exeter St Davids - Exeter New Yard, where the set will berth for the night before forming the first train to London Paddington
	57604 sits at London Paddington, under the great trainshed having terminated with 1A40 Penzance - London Paddington
	450015 sits at the head of a 12 car 450 ready to forum the 2L90 0706 Basingstoke - London Waterloo
	A new block of apartments overlooks the station, no doubt supplying many hundreds of commuters
	165120 prepares to form a shuttle service to Reading in the bay at Basingstoke
	165120 seen departing Reading West, less than a mile from the main station, passing the DMU servicing facility
	As the 1P16 0710 Oxford - London Paddington prepares to depart Maidenhead, an HST roars past on the main lines with a service to the west
	166205 sits at Cookham on the Marlow branchline
	The Marlow branchline is seemingly rural, as 166205 approaches with a service to London
	165109 prepares to depart Maidenhead with a commuter service to the capital
	As a class 166 prepares to leave for Reading, one of the main HSTs that ferries commuters to London is seen in the up main platform
	Gatwick Airport has a dedicated express service to London Victoria, calling at London Victoria only. This shuttle running every 15 minutes. Advertising livery 460004 waits to leave
	377407 slows to stop at Gatwick Airport heading for the south coast
	At Wokingham, 166209 prepares to stop with a service to Gatwick Airport
	Along with the half hourly service to Gatwick airport, South West Trains also operate a half hourly service to London Waterloo, however it is faster to get to London by going via Reading and changing!
	The problem with Reading: trains queue to enter the station on the main lines to the west where there is only one platform
	150243 stops at Bath Spa with a Westbury stopper in pleasant sunlight
	Royal skip, 67005 slows to stop at Patchway working the 1400 Cardiff Central - Taunton
	67005 seen shut down at Taunton waiting to be dragged back to Cardiff
	Following the arrival of a Voyager, the set can depart for Cardiff Central seen leaving Taunton
	66065 speeds through Taunton with the 6V62 Fawley - Tavistock Junction
	At London Paddington a C stock train on the Hammersmith & City line departs platform 15
	At Ealing Broadway, a Heathrow Express unit speeds through the last rays of light before passing the station
	An HST set accelerates west through Southall
	Closely followed by the Heathrow Express service which runs every 15 minutes between the capital and Heathrow

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