66587 repainted and renamed

[Darandio]

Didn't notice this elsewhere, apologies if it's in a thread already.

66587 has been repainted in Ocean Network Express colours and named 'AS ONE WE CAN'. Certainly not one for the livery purists.

Image embedded from @RailFreight Twitter

 

[CosherB]

Maybe, but it's ONE's corporate colour, so not much choice of paint required!

 

[sprinterguy]

I noticed the pink 'ONE' containers just last week and thought they looked very bright, even compared to the usual colourful consist of container trains. I wasn't expecting to see a loco in the same scheme, and never would have predicted a bright pink 66.

 

[Ladder23]

Looks fantastic, looking forward to seeing it!

 

[DarloRich]

Let the paint wibble begin!

Someone has actually paintrd a train pink! Superb! I really like it.

I am assuming that the usual railway enthusiast love for affected nicknames will see this christened the pink panther in no time

 

[edwin_m]

Looks like a liquorice (spelling?) allsort...

 

[FrodshamJnct]

Looks brilliant!

 

[The_Train]

Yes! Yes! Yes!

I love that

 

[Ladder23]

When can we expect to see this working?

 

[Darandio]

When can we expect to see this working?

Already out, worked a Southampton to Lawley Street service earlier today.

 

[Ladder23]

Already out, worked a Southampton to Lawley Street service earlier today.

Fantastic! How can I find out the workings for this, I work around Milton Keynes, do you think I could see it pass by?

 

[TheSel]

Surely has to be nicknamed 'Lily' ?

(Or am I showing my age?)

 

[The_Train]

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Surely has to be nicknamed 'Lily' ?

(Or am I showing my age?)

We'll drink a drink a drink........

 

[gazthomas]

We'll drink a drink a drink........

I feel a need for some medicinal compound

 

[a_c_skinner]

A second pink locomotive IIRC. Wasn't 57316 pink?

 

[gazthomas]

A second pink locomotive IIRC. Wasn't 57316 pink?

No, just it's nameplate

 

[pdeaves]

A second pink locomotive IIRC. Wasn't 57316 pink?

The Porterbrook locos (47, 57 and 55) had vast amounts of pink (or a shade very close to it).

 

[a_c_skinner]

Ah, I was struck by doubt. A wise choice not to go beyond the nameplate now we've seen the effect. Porterbrook was purple was it not?

 

[strimmer]

Ah, I was struck by doubt. A wise choice not to go beyond the nameplate now we've seen the effect. Porterbrook was purple was it not?

Indeed it was.

 

[randyrippley]

wasn't there a pink Deltic?

 

[66Yorks]

What. A. Belter.

 

[43096]

wasn't there a pink Deltic?

No, it was purple. Porterbrook purple.

Wessex Trains had a pink coloured livery that 31601 carried for a while.

 

[a_c_skinner]

It is time HMG told railway companies to have standard liveries with only modest branding.

Green on Western and Southern, Maroon on the WCML. Black for freight locomotives.

 

[mpthomson]

It is time HMG told railway companies to have standard liveries with only modest branding.

Green on Western and Southern, Maroon on the WCML. Black for freight locomotives.

Because we don't want a bright modern looking railway, we want to remain stuck in the 1940s.....

 

[a_c_skinner]

Because we don't want a bright modern looking railway, we want to remain stuck in the 1940s.....

I was really thinking of saving money, not having a patchwork of liveries over the time it takes to repaint and something that wouldn't show the dirt too much. Mainly the latter. Navy blue on the ECML BTW.

Oh and PS, back on topic, something tasteful, I'm thinking Freightliner here.

 

[Llanigraham]

It is time HMG told railway companies to have standard liveries with only modest branding.

Green on Western and Southern, Maroon on the WCML. Black for freight locomotives.

Why?
Nice to see some brightness and colour.

 

[sprinterguy]

I was really thinking of saving money, not having a patchwork of liveries over the time it takes to repaint and something that wouldn't show the dirt too much. Mainly the latter. Navy blue on the ECML BTW.

Oh and PS, back on topic, something tasteful, I'm thinking Freightliner here.

I personally don't see an issue with an operator repainting a loco to honour a customer. In this country, I believe that EWS were the first to do so with their pair of British Steel blue liveried class 60s.

 

[Darandio]

It is time HMG told railway companies to have standard liveries with only modest branding.

Green on Western and Southern, Maroon on the WCML. Black for freight locomotives.

I was really thinking of saving money, not having a patchwork of liveries over the time it takes to repaint and something that wouldn't show the dirt too much. Mainly the latter. Navy blue on the ECML BTW.

What business do they have telling a private operator what colour to paint their trains?

 

[61653 HTAFC]

I personally don't see an issue with an operator repainting a loco to honour a customer. In this country, I believe that EWS were the first to do so with their pair of British Steel blue liveried class 60s.

BR had a British Steel blue 37 a decade earlier...

 

[a_c_skinner]

What business do they have telling a private operator what colour to paint their trains?

They tell them what services to run and the rolling stock they can have, colour is a modest matter.