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« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2015, 09:15:09 »
Quote from: ellendune on February 11, 2015, 23:57:18
Is this a move towards having standard liveries that do not need to change when the franchise does - like Scot Rail?
Possibly, if the image of the new livery isn't a photoshop. However, the comments to date are that the new exterior livery (as opposed as the inside of the doors being re-coloured) only applies to the sleeper. The rest of the fleet still seems likely to stay in FirstGroup colours.
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Don't DOO▸ (Driver-Only Operation (that is, trains which operate without carrying a guard)) it, keep the guard (but it probably wouldn't be a bad idea if the driver unlocked the doors on arrival at calling points).
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« Reply #16 on: February 13, 2015, 17:33:00 »
43146 has allegedly been painted in GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) Green
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« Reply #17 on: February 13, 2015, 22:55:52 »
Quote from: thetrout on February 13, 2015, 17:33:00
43146 has allegedly been painted in GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) Green

Not painted. Just a vinyl wrap to tie in with FGW▸ (First Great Western)/Network Rail's current 'Building a Greater West' advertising campaign.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7309/15793337823_91df2f5e02_z.jpg
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« Reply #18 on: February 14, 2015, 09:24:37 »
Quote from: bignosemac on February 13, 2015, 22:55:52
Quote from: thetrout on February 13, 2015, 17:33:00
43146 has allegedly been painted in GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) Green

Not painted. Just a vinyl wrap to tie in with FGW▸ (First Great Western)/Network Rail's current 'Building a Greater West' advertising campaign.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7309/15793337823_91df2f5e02_z.jpg
As far as I can tell from the small picture, that's not GWR green, it's a picture of the sea.
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« Reply #19 on: February 14, 2015, 11:25:36 »
Quote from: Rhydgaled on February 14, 2015, 09:24:37
Quote from: bignosemac on February 13, 2015, 22:55:52
Quote from: thetrout on February 13, 2015, 17:33:00
43146 has allegedly been painted in GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) Green

Not painted. Just a vinyl wrap to tie in with FGW▸ (First Great Western)/Network Rail's current 'Building a Greater West' advertising campaign.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7309/15793337823_91df2f5e02_z.jpg
As far as I can tell from the small picture, that's not GWR green, it's a picture of the sea.

I was imagining middle chrome green with black and orange lining, and perhaps copper exhaust grilles..!
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« Reply #20 on: February 14, 2015, 15:19:58 »
It looks rather fetching: http://www.fictitiousliveries.co.uk/photo.php?43227_gwg.jpg
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« Reply #21 on: February 15, 2015, 13:40:58 »
Saw this picture on Twitter recently reference the Standard class rebrand.
https://twitter.com/alisterbetts/status/565586886295842817
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« Reply #22 on: March 24, 2015, 08:06:31 »
New-look livery, to match the refurbished interior livery

http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/EXCLUSIVE-New-train-fleet-replace-Devon-Cornwall/story-26212611-detail/story.html
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« Reply #23 on: March 24, 2015, 10:20:06 »
This from the WNXX▸ (Stored Unserviceable, Mainline Locos HQ All Classes) fourm, regarding the photo of the potential new livery mk3 I linked to a while back:
Quote from: Tony Miles
The sleepers will be rebranded and reliveried as they are overhauled, but not in the colous scheme in the photo that was on wnxx a few weeks ago - that was a test which was rejected straight away.
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« Reply #24 on: March 24, 2015, 12:21:04 »
That photo was such a Photoshop!
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