Prestige15
On Moderation
Northern 333
-
Our booking engine at tickets.railforums.co.uk (powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!
Slight changes you would make to liveries to make them nicer
- Thread starter DasLunatic
- Start date
- Status
Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; click here to register, or click here to log in
R
RailUK Forums
BurtonM
Member
^do people see what I mean about the lack of App Store links and other such clutter on new Northern now?
LOL The Irony
On Moderation
I made 3 LNWR 350's
Peter Mugridge
Veteran Member
Of those three, I much prefer the third version.
The first version, I have to say, reminds me of Chad peering over his wall... I can imagine the caption... "WOT! No passengers?!?"
The first version, I have to say, reminds me of Chad peering over his wall... I can imagine the caption... "WOT! No passengers?!?"
LOL The Irony
On Moderation
class387
Established Member
- Joined
- 9 Oct 2015
- Messages
- 1,525
The last one is my favourite as someone who doesn't mind non-yellow ends, but it looks good with a full yellow end too - far better than just the idiotic gangway panel on the current livery.
Allwinter_Kit
Member
- Joined
- 12 Jul 2017
- Messages
- 147
Hmm..
Actually it looks alright. If it's cleaned regularly - about which I am sceptical.
E_Reeves
Established Member
Top LM style is spot on IMO
Got to agree with you on this aswell, the photoshopped picture with the yellow lm style surround, looks far better than what is actually used.
I know that there is a "old guard" of forum user, whom remember the days before the yellow panels were put on most types of traction, but to me, seeing UK locomotion having less yellow, or no yellow at all looks awful, even more so if the livery is dark and dingey looking!
On a brighter side, every time I see a picture of the new wm railway livery I want to devour a cadburys milk chocolate bar!
Halish Railway
Established Member
I've so far only seen one dirty train in the new Northern livery. So yeah, the operator is making a lot of effort to keep their trains clean.
LOL The Irony
On Moderation
I've seen one and it was incredibly dirty. There was so much brake dust on the side that it looked like it had been stained orange.
Halish Railway
Established Member
Let me guess, was that on a Class 156? I think that the Northern livery would look a lot better if it was grey and not white.
samuelmorris
Established Member
I'm quite a fan of non-yellow ends, it can look good. In this case, however, that's the far and away the best use of the colour scheme yet. The yellow front deployed in that manner just seems to be what works best on 350s. Perhaps it's the familiarity. I also suspect non-yellow ends work better with non-gangwayed stock.Got to agree with you on this aswell, the photoshopped picture with the yellow lm style surround, looks far better than what is actually used.
I know that there is a "old guard" of forum user, whom remember the days before the yellow panels were put on most types of traction, but to me, seeing UK locomotion having less yellow, or no yellow at all looks awful, even more so if the livery is dark and dingey looking!
On a brighter side, every time I see a picture of the new wm railway livery I want to devour a cadburys milk chocolate bar!
LOL The Irony
On Moderation
Yes. Bonus points for the station I saw it at and the mode of transport I was on!
LOL The Irony
On Moderation
And I do agree. If you look at some of the promotional material, the 331's are silver instead of white.
Halish Railway
Established Member
Newcastle and a Pacer?
61653 HTAFC
Veteran Member
LOL The Irony
On Moderation
That's Northern Spirit and First Transpennine Express fag packet levels of frankenstien's monster.
LOL The Irony
On Moderation
No and yes. To save this going off topic it was at Deansgate.
Goldfish62
Established Member
- Joined
- 14 Feb 2010
- Messages
- 10,030
Dealer stock livery. I really don't understand why they went for a matt vinyl for the Virgin branding. My slight livery change would be to make it gloss.
sga962
Member
- Joined
- 23 Aug 2010
- Messages
- 42
New Eurostar livery on the 373s just with the yellow area and overhead warning line as they are on the original eurostar livery. looks so much more right to me.
(Apologies for my appaling paint work)
(Apologies for my appaling paint work)
Goldfish62
Established Member
- Joined
- 14 Feb 2010
- Messages
- 10,030
L
Looks good. When some were used by SNCF on the TGV network they painted out the yellow ends. I'm trying to visualise what that would look like with this livery.
59CosG95
Established Member
Not sure if it's that visible in your picture but the orange cantrail is still there on 3008...it's just very grubby!
sga962
Member
- Joined
- 23 Aug 2010
- Messages
- 42
it's still there, they've just changed the angle. and i dont like it
Saw another one as I passed Edge Hill tonight. Someone really is taking the mick, they actually got paid to do that!!!! Virgins new "Livery" makes Arriva Northerns look like a work of art.
59CosG95
Established Member
My go at a "no-yellow", improved GWR IEP/IET/800/AT-300/insert nickname here. Only yellow is a 1st Class stripe which I know some on here will approve of!
JordyWM
Member
Have to agree, because matt makes it looked washed out and goes against the silk effect. This is particular evident from the side.
The red vinyl is gloss on the new East Coast 800 that was going around?
- Status