What Does Gwg Mean?

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  1. Mr heff

    Mr heff Well-Known Member

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    On the Great Western route, the class 43 is called 'high speed train GWG' what does GWG mean?
     
  2. Northerner

    Northerner Well-Known Member

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    I'm pretty sure it refers to the livery - Great Western Green.
     
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  3. Clumsy Pacer

    Clumsy Pacer Well-Known Member

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    Yes it does. Don't know why they did GWG for Great Western Green, and not GWR for Great Western Railway though. Would've made more sense IMO.
     
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  4. Northerner

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    On the same subject, what does BLG stand for after the class 101? I guess it refers to the livery like the other trains, but I can't think of anything that fits those letters.
     
  5. Clumsy Pacer

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    Probably Blue/Grey.
     
  6. Northerner

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    Ah that would make sense, thanks.
     
  7. stujoy

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    In case Great Western come up with a silver livery or something in the future. That would then be GWS and distinguish two Great Western Railway liveries in the game. In the same way, the different CSX liveries aren’t all just called CSX, as there would be no way to distinguish them.
     
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    Would be better not to be abbreviated. These livery codes are meaningless to anyone new to the game.
     
  9. Clumsy Pacer

    Clumsy Pacer Well-Known Member

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    I have a feeling it may actually be something internal in case they add extra liveries for that train and that route (like the GWE Class 66, which was originally only in DB Red).
     

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