I expect that that one is still in the Dark Blue DRS livery and hasn't been repainted yet.
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TPE Mark 5A coaching stock progress
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I expect that that one is still in the Dark Blue DRS livery and hasn't been repainted yet.
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Jamesrob637
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Is the one on the right not a DRS example?
Looks all present and correct to me, apart from a TPE logo.
Quite, Chiltern have quite an issue with this. If there's a specific "loco end" coach (like with Mark 4s) maybe that'll have the "star" design too?
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Needs a bit of paint on the yellow Vossloh logo!
Bletchleyite
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The other one has a more DRS-like paint job?
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Correct.
BMIFlyer
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There will be an aluminium TPE star in that location soon.
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No, it's just that the other one hasn't been repainted.
Is there really a need for so much posing over the presence or absence of yellow ends? I have never understood how this is worthy of more than passing attention.
Bletchleyite
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To me it'd have made sense to go all-over blue on the loco then start the "proper" livery on the first coach.
gimmea50anyday
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They tried that with Network SouthEast. The swooshes on the 50s didn't match with the coaching stock therefore the revised livery kept the horizontal lines.
As seen with the swallow 91s you need the logo and stock to blend and match but as the locos are reversible its best to have a reversible livery
As seen with the swallow 91s you need the logo and stock to blend and match but as the locos are reversible its best to have a reversible livery
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My god that looks smart.
Bletchleyite
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There's something about a "proper train", isn't there?
I think all this new TPE stock is going to prove very popular. Hopefully not *too* popular, though, else the existing problem will persist.
I will certainly favour, rather than avoid, the WCML EMUs.
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The windows look a bit low down on the carriages
Bletchleyite
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Do they? They just look big to me. Almost pre-aircon Mk2 big.
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Destroyer? Hope that one's not in a major collision. Also, how can an import be named Patriot?
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The locomotives are named after British Navy vessels.
Patriot was a destroyer in WW1
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I love how traditional it all is. You can just imagine kids dressed in shirt, tie and shorts with their I Spy books ticking them off.
A bit of nostalgia associated with modern kit will I think really help sell this to passengers.
"Look Dad, a proper train!"
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LNW-GW Joint
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Endeavour was James Cook's first (RN) ship which explored the Pacific (also a US space shuttle named after Cook's ship).
61653 HTAFC
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I'd rather the TPE ones had names relevant to the routes/places served. The Warship thing is a bit last-century*.
*=Then again, so is loco-hauled!
*=Then again, so is loco-hauled!
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If they had thought about it why not pick navy vessels that were built on Merseyside or Tyneside.
gimmea50anyday
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The naming of the locos is DRS own doing and nothing to do with TPE, although in an internal competition I did suggest Ark Royal made a return to the main line given RO7s connections to Tyneside, however seeing an 802 share the name with 50 035 might cause some confusion.
Nice to see some class 50 names back out on the road, not that I am biased in any way....
Nice to see some class 50 names back out on the road, not that I am biased in any way....
gimmea50anyday
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Will we see vinyls of Spock, Kirk, Pickard and Ruler adorn 68030 I wonder?...
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gimmea50anyday
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Well, Picard is from Mirfield so it would at least tie in with the route!
That's true. I forgot all about Patrick Stewart being a local!
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How could you forget that? The Sky cameras at Town matches spend more time pointing at him than at the pitch!
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