I think that the Pendolinos are getting debranded at more than 1 depot, whereas 221s are only being done at Central Rivers, so it's probably more difficult to schedule them.
I imagine the priority would be on getting Pendolinos refurbished, and I'd imagine that a 390 will form the official franchise launch train.
You're absolutely right, how can Bombardier do anything with the 221s until there is more clarification?
Think it was mentioned that VT have been issuing plain coloured bits of uniform.
The softshell jackets all have VT's logo on the back, so do the polos and coats. Jumpers and blazers don't have the logo.
All but certain now, they both use the same nameservers (provided by CSC, who are also acting as the registrar for both) which could be a coincidence but I think not, as well as this the current public westcoastpartnership.co.uk site for the franchise also uses the same NS and registrar.
It is only a week to wait!
London Midland & Scotland Railway probably
390008 has now also lost Virgin branding.
Wont be. Most likely Avanti West Coast or West Coast Rail. LMS willget confusing as the old LM still exists e.g the livery
Something that puzzles me too, and will it get as exciting as SWR repaints now up to 87 pages. But these are early days.......