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East Midlands Trains ex TPE Class 158's
The question i ask about these particular 158's is did they Start life as Cross Country as for example i was on 158 779 last night and have been on sevral of these and the carpets seem to be red and don't match the seat covers which i find unusuall.
Also i do rember when cross country was first operated by Virgin Trains and they used 158's and as i used to ride the 17.00 from St.Helens Central to Liverpool as this was a 158 operated by Virgin Trains Cross Country i do rember them having red seat covers and carpets and the 1st Class being larger than on other 158's.
Is there away of seeing were these units started there life as it would be very interesting to see how far and wide they have traveled.
Also with regards to the seats covers it would be possible that TPE only changed them and not the carpets when first transfered to that operation when the TPE franchise was with MTL as Northern Spirit.
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