Slight changes you would make to liveries to make them nicer

[Prestige15]

 

[td97]

Has anyone done a 323 in the new Northern livery yet?

 

[Prestige15]

 

[Surreyman]

On the class 345, remove/overpaint the small purple 'end strips' on each car so that there is just a continuos blue band on the lower half of the carriages.

 

[Peter C]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Railways_DP1#/media/File:Preston_Riverside_-_Deltic.JPG ?

I think that the early BR Green Deltics also didn't have yellow ends (before it became a rule). But all I can find is a Graham Farish N Gauge model:

May I ask;
Would a heritage railway be allowed to run a diesel engine without yellow ends? They run steam engines without yellow ends all of the time (I know that they have lights at both ends) and no-one minds, presumably because they've always been like that. If an early diesel never had yellow ends, would it be alright to repaint it without them and run it if it was of historical significance?

 

[Peter C]

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That doesn't look too bad! May I ask; where does everyone get these images of the train liveries from? I have seen some on Wikipedia before...

 

[Goldfish62]

I think that the early BR Green Deltics also didn't have yellow ends (before it became a rule). But all I can find is a Graham Farish N Gauge model:
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May I ask;
Would a heritage railway be allowed to run a diesel engine without yellow ends? They run steam engines without yellow ends all of the time (I know that they have lights at both ends) and no-one minds, presumably because they've always been like that. If an early diesel never had yellow ends, would it be alright to repaint it without them and run it if it was of historical significance?

There were plenty of examples of well known classes that operated without yellow warning panels. I believe that the Class 47 was the first where all members of the fleet had a yellow panel from new.

Preserved railways don’t require yellow panels because the Light Railway Order restricts max speed to 25mph. There are plenty of examples of diesels without yellow panels to be seen on these railways.

 

[Ted172]

Has anyone done a 323 in the new Northern livery yet?

 

[LOL The Irony]

SWR 159View attachment 58426

That's very good!

 

[TRAX]

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This doesn’t look like a 323.

 

[delt1c]

Grey window surrounds and prodominatly blue body. Sorry just realised that was BR.

 

[Bletchleyite]

This doesn’t look like a 323.

It is (in terms of the window layout, anyway), but I agree it is a bit of a poor representation.

 

[Prestige15]

That doesn't look too bad! May I ask; where does everyone get these images of the train liveries from? I have seen some on Wikipedia before...

They are from wikipedia, If you look for south west trains for example they do show some diagrams of cass 159/444 etc

Heres a link to see for yourself
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_(Govia_Thameslink_Railway)

Not all classes are shown such as 180

 

[Prestige15]

 

[TRAX]

It is (in terms of the window layout, anyway), but I agree it is a bit of a poor representation.

The headshape seems like it is from a 319/320/321/322.

 

[K.o.R]

They run steam engines without yellow ends all of the time

I believe with steam locomotives it is the red buffer beam that is the high-visibility element.

 

[Goldfish62]

I believe with steam locomotives it is the red buffer beam that is the high-visibility element.

I believe that steam locomotives are exempt from the requirement, apart from needing a single headlight.

 

[Peter C]

There were plenty of examples of well known classes that operated without yellow warning panels. I believe that the Class 47 was the first where all members of the fleet had a yellow panel from new.

Preserved railways don’t require yellow panels because the Light Railway Order restricts max speed to 25mph. There are plenty of examples of diesels without yellow panels to be seen on these railways.

Oh ok. So the Light Railway Order is the reason for the 25mph limit as well... cool. Every day's a school day and all that! (sorry for the late response).

 

[Doomotron]

I'd like to see a Networker in SE Blue, that would be interesting. Maybe also a Class 390 with the 375's blues.

 

[CR165022]

heres some i made

 

[CR165022]

and a few more. creds to all original picture owners

 

[K.o.R]

"159 revised" is an MS Paint masterpiece

Amazingly I think those all look quite nice. Mainly because the fronts are not black.

 

[Parallel]

Although I like yellow ends, the blue fronted Chiltern Railways 165 looks very nice/modern!

 

[K.o.R]

I think the SWR 158 would look good if the stripe was the same dark blue as the ends, rather than black which isn't already as part of the livery.

 

[laseandre]

The blue fronted Chiltern 165 really reminds me of some kind of Japanese EMU, which I really like! Good job!

 

[CR165022]

SWR 159View attachment 58426

I really like that!

 

[IamTrainsYT]

Black around the lights on the new livery 323 and a logo on the front

 

[Speed43125]

I'm not used to seeing 91s, but where has this been changed?

What has already been said but also the swoosh off the headlight has been removed.

 

[CR165022]

Black around the lights on the new livery 323 and a logo on the front

Not I great edit but here

 

[py_megapixel]

A few which may be unpopular opinions:

• Invert the new Northern livery (i.e. blue with white 'swoosh') and use a lighter shade of blue
• I like yellow fronts. Bring them back. (Not on 345s though, that would just look wrong)
• 'Flowing Silk' on the Azumas, as originally planned. (The current livery looks like Flowing Silk reproduced on a faulty inkjet printer).