61653 HTAFC
Veteran Member
Noticed today that 185123, whilst in the new scheme, still has the unit numbers on the cab ends, instead of the sides as with the rest of the newly livered units. Does anybody know why?
I think it was the first one to be done.
123 and 108 were the launch units for the new livery, and had set numbers on the ends as before. All later reliveries did not have the numbers on the ends (apart from, IIRC, the one which carried Manchester Pride vinyls for a few weeks).
As for the why, I guess someone at FirstGroup feels they look untidy and there's no practical reason the numbers need to be there. I personally feel that without the numbers it looks like something is missing.