Just curious as how virgin will deck out their new toys. My autistic lad is a big ecml fan and he's getting a bit nervous because of the change. Bless him ??????
Thanks for that ash. I wonder where the old locos will go, my lad has a love affair with class 91s. Cheers Ian
The whole fleet will be going through a refresh in the first two years of the new franchise, so we might yet see HSTs in Virgin red/silver It depends if the £13.4 million set aside for the refresh stretches to the cost of the vinyls, I suppose.So we won't finally be seeing any Virgin Challengers then? Shame
So we won't finally be seeing any Virgin Challengers then? Shame
The whole fleet will be going through a refresh in the first two years of the new franchise, so we might yet see HSTs in Virgin red/silver – It depends if the £13.4 million set aside for the refresh stretches to the cost of the vinyls, I suppose.
Has anyone noticed that it's red, silver and blue rather than grey, i.e. together with the red doors it's Stagecoach inter-city livery with a Virgin nose and silver instead of white?
Neil
Will we see a 91 & Mk 4 set vinyled up any time soon?
Trains will be branded in red and greyHas anyone noticed that it's red, silver and blue rather than grey, i.e. together with the red doors it's Stagecoach inter-city livery with a Virgin nose and silver instead of white?
How will the trains be branded?
All of our trains will be branded Virgin, with the recognisable red and grey.
Yes, Stagecoach will be operating Virgin-branded trains.please delete as I cant be bothered explaining again that Stagecoach and not Virgin are going to be running ECML!
Will some of the 91s have BREL branding, like the Alstom and Bombardier ones on Virgin West Coast?
That got me thinking, when the 91s were new, did not 91001 carry a GEC logo/branding on its front grill? Or was this just for publicity shots and removed when entering revenue earning service?
The loco's were allocated GEC works numbers but the loco's only carried reflective stainless steel plates reading 'Supplied by GEC Alsthom'.
That got me thinking, when the 91s were new, did not 91001 carry a GEC logo/branding on its front grill? Or was this just for publicity shots and removed when entering revenue earning service?
please delete as I cant be bothered explaining again that Stagecoach and not Virgin are going to be running ECML!
Everyone knows this. Being pedantic and acting clever does not contribute anything to the conversation.
Everyone knows this. Being pedantic and acting clever does not contribute anything to the conversation.
Not until at least the 1st March officially.