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So what if they clash? It brings colour to a bland and awful livery.
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Virgin Trains (VTWC) new livery being introduced
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E_Reeves
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Am I correct in thinking there's a new livery pendo going around with a black window band, or am I mistaken?
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Correct
I hated the one livery.. it was more the use of blue/aqua or whatever than the coloured stripes - and the horrid typeface for the word 'one'. Actually, it was mostly the typeface!
E_Reeves
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Do you know which unit it is? I can't find any photos for it yet.
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No but I think it's 15
E_Reeves
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In your opinion of course...
Not exactly the nicest livery throughout the past though. And the trend of using large blocks of colour instead of lots of striped different colours seems to agree.
Why did you want to know the answer to this?
Is it in the hope that the guy will say "yea, I hate gays!"?
To be fair on you though, the guy just wrote "I don't like it" without particularly giving a reason why; I suppose hence your question, which he still hasn't answered. But don't try and entrap people by giving them a choice of answers when it might be neither of those.
Talk about being defensive!
However, even if the guy hates gay people, everyone is entitled to their opinion and feelings - yes, not very popular, but forcing people to think one way or another... hmm indeed.
Both excellent contributions to a thread about liveries!
I'm not protecting the guy - he annoys me as much as the next person here..
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mikemcniven
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Managed to capture 390045 on a London Euston to Blackpool North service today at Wigan North Western
Virgin Trains 390045 "Virgin Pride" #RidewithPride by Mike McNiven, on Flickr
Virgin Trains 390045 "Virgin Pride" #RidewithPride by Mike McNiven, on Flickr
Virgin Trains 390045 "Virgin Pride" #RidewithPride by Mike McNiven, on Flickr
Virgin Trains 390045 "Virgin Pride" #RidewithPride by Mike McNiven, on Flickr
Virgin Trains 390045 "Virgin Pride" #RidewithPride by Mike McNiven, on Flickr
Virgin Trains 390045 "Virgin Pride" #RidewithPride by Mike McNiven, on Flickr
Halish Railway
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Wow! It looks better than I initially thought. I think that they have worked it in well with the other wise bland livery.Managed to capture 390045 on a London Euston to Blackpool North service today at Wigan North Western
Virgin Trains 390045 "Virgin Pride" #RidewithPride by Mike McNiven, on Flickr
Virgin Trains 390045 "Virgin Pride" #RidewithPride by Mike McNiven, on Flickr
Virgin Trains 390045 "Virgin Pride" #RidewithPride by Mike McNiven, on Flickr
That does improve it a lot. As for the Pride livery it does look nice but there is feel of band wagon jumping from a lot of companies that do this.
Not really, a lot of our staff are gay and if it helps them not to feel like they've got to hide it or be quiet about it then this is only a good thing. Easy to pull this up for virtue signalling etc, but if you're in a majority of something, then you usually don't have to worry about not feeling a part of a group. Personally I think it looks superb (and I am straight before anyone asks)
Bletchleyite
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Network Rail are already there - anyone noticed the rainbow banners at New St?
Up_Tilt_390
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Since Virgin Trains East Coast will be going out of service before the Class 800/801 trains are due to come in, will Virgin Trains still be introducing this Azuma/Flowing Silk livery despite the fact it will based on a sister company that no longer exists? I ask this because at first it seemed like they wanted to unite their stock under a single branded livery once the Azumas were in service, but since the flowing silk will likely not be applied to the new stock then it almost seems pointless to try and rebrand it. Would the DfT prohibit reverting back to the old colours or at least to a livery that matches the trains it is applied to?
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They'll stick with it most likely for the time being but change it if they win the next franchise.
So they'll be using the same livery as their competitor? That's going to be interesting...
How do you know that? Conjecture?
IMO, all bets are off now in terms of livery and naming (branding) of the IETs.
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Re-read it.
ValleyLines142
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Are any of the 11 car sets in the new white livery? Also, are any 9 cars still in current livery?
XCTurbostar
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Yes, here is a full list.
390/0 - 9 Coach Pendolinos
390001 Virgin Trains West Coast
390002 Virgin Trains West Coast
390005 Virgin Trains Silk White with Window Band
390006 Virgin Trains Silk White
390008 Virgin Trains Silk White with Mustache
390009 Virgin Trains Silk White
390010 Virgin Trains Silk White
390013 Virgin Trains Silk White
390016 Virgin Trains Silk White
390020 Virgin Trains Silk White
390039 Virgin Trains Silk White
390040 Virgin Trains Silk White
390042 Virgin Trains Silk White
390043 Virgin Trains Silk White
390044 Virgin Trains Silk White
390045 Virgin Trains Silk White Ride with Pride
390046 Virgin Trains Silk White
390047 Virgin Trains West Coast
390049 Virgin Trains West Coast
390050 Virgin Trains West Coast
390/1 - 11 Coach Pendolinos
390103 Virgin Trains West Coast
390104 Virgin Trains West Coast
390107 Virgin Trains West Coast
390112 Virgin Trains West Coast
390114 Virgin Trains West Coast
390115 Virgin Trains West Coast
390117 Virgin Trains West Coast
390118 Virgin Trains West Coast
390119 Virgin Trains West Coast
390121 Virgin Trains West Coast
390122 Virgin Trains West Coast
390123 Virgin Trains West Coast
390124 Virgin Trains West Coast
390125 Virgin Trains West Coast
390126 Virgin Trains West Coast
390127 Virgin Trains West Coast
390128 Virgin Trains West Coast
390129 Virgin Trains West Coast
390130 Virgin Trains West Coast
390131 Virgin Trains West Coast
390132 Virgin Trains West Coast
390134 Virgin Trains West Coast
390135 Virgin Trains West Coast
390136 Virgin Trains West Coast
390137 Virgin Trains West Coast
390138 Virgin Trains West Coast
390141 Virgin Trains West Coast
390148 Virgin Trains West Coast
390151 Virgin Trains West Coast
390152 Virgin Trains West Coast
390153 Virgin Trains West Coast
390154 Virgin Trains West Coast
390155 Virgin Trains West Coast
390156 Virgin Trains West Coast
390157 Virgin Trains West Coast
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mushroomchow
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That Pride livery looks smart. The extra colours make the ends look far more dynamic. Far better than the standard new livery, which just looks bland and perhaps even unfinished (though a bit better with the black window band).
ValleyLines142
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Amazing! Thanks!
gka472l
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390047 also done now, worked the 0647 off Liverpool South Parkway this morning.
HTH
Which is the re liveried Pendolino which has a mustache on the front and rear cabs?
VTWC still retaining their sense of humor. Just imagining someone somewhere saying 'I propose we vinyl a mustache on the front and rear cab of 390xxx'. And someone else saying how good an idea that was
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Also it may have been going on for some time but how long have some Pendolinos had
'Next stop...xxxx. Its Fridayy! : - )' on the door displays on a Friday?
VTWC still retaining their sense of humor. Just imagining someone somewhere saying 'I propose we vinyl a mustache on the front and rear cab of 390xxx'. And someone else saying how good an idea that was
.Also it may have been going on for some time but how long have some Pendolinos had
'Next stop...xxxx. Its Fridayy! : - )' on the door displays on a Friday?
XCTurbostar
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390008
Ahh just looked the name up on Wikipedia.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Who had a similar mustache to the one the Pendolino has it seems.
fairysdad
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It wasn't done for Movember or something like that? I know a few SWT units had moustaches on the front/back of them a few years back too.Which is the re liveried Pendolino which has a mustache on the front and rear cabs?
VTWC still retaining their sense of humor. Just imagining someone somewhere saying 'I propose we vinyl a mustache on the front and rear cab of 390xxx'. And someone else saying how good an idea that was
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