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London Midland livery class 150 at York?

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Scott M

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Just passing through York and seen this. Anyone know why this was here?
 

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Darandio

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It will be working for Northern now, it's got a white band over the old LM branding.
 

Scott M

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Thanks guys. Wonder why they haven’t rebranded it; maybe it is one of the trains set to go when they axe the pacers.
 

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Thanks guys. Wonder why they haven’t rebranded it; maybe it is one of the trains set to go when they axe the pacers.
PRM mods were more pressing than reprints at the end of last year. They have had PRM mods and internally have Northern seat covers so will definitely be staying.
 

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I saw this yesterday. Another one to add to the long list of Northern units which may or may not get refurbished before being retired.
 

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Maybe they thought - "that's a much nicer livery than ours" - and decided to keep it as it is :D
 

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Maybe they thought - "that's a much nicer livery than ours" - and decided to keep it as it is :D

You are on the right lines there! But having had vinyl decals removed it is quite scruffy close up. Good livery though and better than the orange bits added on new LNW livery.
 

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Wonder how many places London Midland livery has got to. It was a common sight between Dalmuir and Motherwell for a while when the first 320/4s were converted. Has it been seen in the far south west as well?
 

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Wonder how many places London Midland livery has got to. It was a common sight between Dalmuir and Motherwell for a while when the first 320/4s were converted. Has it been seen in the far south west as well?

In the north we had the green Centro livery on lots of 158s that were moved here-15 years ago?? The LM livery was an update of the Centro livery.

I remember those transferred units well as they had all internal signs in English and Welsh because at that time Centro had worked the Cambrian Line. They were externally repainted onto Northern livery but internally the Centro interiors lasted a long time as they were well done.
 

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Wonder how many places London Midland livery has got to. It was a common sight between Dalmuir and Motherwell for a while when the first 320/4s were converted. Has it been seen in the far south west as well?

Yes, would have visited everywhere FGW's 153s would go thanks to 153325 & 333.

It has also visited various destinations in the south - a London Midland 350/1 once visited Siemens Northam Depot in Southampton (Hauled both ways by a 57/3), while the 350/1s had a brief stint operating on the 3rd Rail on the Milton Keynes to Clapham Junction? service while deputising for 377/2s for Southern.
 

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I believe it’s also been seen on GA territory when 321417 came on loan a few years back
 

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I remember those transferred units well as they had all internal signs in English and Welsh because at that time Centro had worked the Cambrian Line.
I assume you mean Central Trains? Centro was the brand name used by the West Midlands PTE in the 1990s and early 2000s.
 

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London Midland branded 350/4s are currently operating to Glasgow and Edinburgh on a daily basis.
 

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London Midland branded 350/4s are currently operating to Glasgow and Edinburgh on a daily basis.
Those are in London Northwestern but the LM livery did run that route for a while when the 350/3s were brand new and helped out on Tpe over the Commonwealth games IIRC
 

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In the north we had the green Centro livery on lots of 158s that were moved here-15 years ago?? The LM livery was an update of the Centro livery.
158s wore Central Trains livery, and London Midland livery was nothing like it. Central Trains worked the Cambrian line until it transferred to the newly created Wales and Borders franchise.

Only 150s (and 323s) carried Centro (The name of the West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority as noted above) livery, and on the 150s it was superseded by a derivation of Central Trains livery to reflect their use on local services within the West Midlands.
 
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the LM livery did run that route for a while when the 350/3s were brand new and helped out on TPE over the Commonwealth games IIRC

Yes, TPE used the LM 350/3 in July/August 2014 before they were delivered to LM as they are virtually identical in spec to the 350/4 and were built around the same time. They ran with one TPE and one LM unit coupled together to increase capacity during the commonwealth games.
 
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