First Great Western is having to hire in locomotives for the Night Riviera services due to their own fleet prooving to be unreliable. At the stops of Paddington's platform one, DRS' 57303 rests having worked the 21.45 Sleeper from Penzance. Next to it 43025 will soon power at the rear of the 08.00 to Bath Spa terminating due to electrification preparation works between there and Bristol. 43025 wears nameplates that must have one of the longest names, 'IRO The Institute of Railway Operators : 2000-2010 Ten Years Promoting Operational Excellence'.
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