Fictiona: Modern trains in older/original liveries

[Prestige15]

How would they look in the late 90s/early 00s livery, Lets see....







Hope you all like, Very soon i'll be making the opposite version (older trains in today's livery).

 

[zwk500]

The Chiltern Loco hauled looks very nice, and the GNER livery is almost timeless. Less sure about some of the others which were very much 'of their era', however I do wonder what a 700 in NSE livery would look like.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Always liked the Valley Lines livery, but seeing it depicted on a newer unit it hasn't aged so well. I wish TfW had "done a Scotland" and adopted a livery based on the Welsh flag- but with the green on the lower section like the flag- doors and branding in red as per the dragon on the flag.

 

[InkyScrolls]

I will never tire of Northern Spirit's blue and green!

 

[Bletchleyite]

Always liked the Valley Lines livery, but seeing it depicted on a newer unit it hasn't aged so well. I wish TfW had "done a Scotland" and adopted a livery based on the Welsh flag- but with the green on the lower section like the flag- doors and branding in red as per the dragon on the flag.

The problem with red and green, as per the Valley Lines livery, is that it clashes horribly in most uses. I don't think it looked nice on any unit.

I am however VERY surprised the TfW livery doesn't include a dragon anywhere. There's barely a single business in Wales that doesn't have dragons all over it.

 

[Prestige15]

Just so you all it took me almost a week doing these! Tpe 800 and silverlink were rushed. I didn't bother doing Heathrow/Stansted express (nothing special about it) and Island line. Way too much effort to do.

 

[RPM]

The Chiltern loco-hauled stock was originally going to be blue. This changed when the plug got pulled on Wrexham & Shropshire and Chiltern inherited their stock. It was more cost effective to just do some vinyl modifications to the WSMR silver.

 

[Farmer1997]

Always liked the Valley Lines livery, but seeing it depicted on a newer unit it hasn't aged so well. I wish TfW had "done a Scotland" and adopted a livery based on the Welsh flag- but with the green on the lower section like the flag- doors and branding in red as per the dragon on the flag.

Yes I do too, perhaps on their existing livery replace black with green from the Welsh flag and replace the ‘T’ logo with a red dragon logo

 

[m79900]

I think Midland Mainline really suits the 180.

 

[xotGD]

I was expecting to see blue and grey or blood and custard, not a load of modern colour schemes.

 

[InkyScrolls]

I was expecting to see blue and grey or blood and custard, not a load of modern colour schemes.

OP: "Older", not "BR".

 

[Strathclyder]

The older loco-hauled/HST Virgin Trains livery sits really rather well on the 220 imho, makes me wonder how it would look on a 390 tbh (although I think Fictitious Liveries produced something along those lines back in the day).

The Anglia 745 doesn't look half-bad either (have always had a soft spot for that livery), though I'm slightly less sold on the ONE 755 (maybe a slightly darker shade of lilac).

My personal faves from that selection are the Chiltern 68/Mk5, the NWT 175, the Midland Mainline 180, the Silverlink 350, the ScotRail (Nat X) 385, the 'BR' SWT 444, the FGE & WAGN 710s and the GNER & Great Western Trains IETs.

Some hot takes contained within this post, but meh lol

 

[Intercity110]

These’re very good! Can i request a 321 in LNR and a 730 in silverlink?

 

[Prestige15]

These’re very good! Can i request a 321 in LNR and a 730 in silverlink?

The 321 or maybe even a 313 in LNR livery I may do just that, I will be making older stocks in current livery very soon. You may also see a Avanti West Coast HST or Class 312 in Greater Anglia livery.

 

[Farmer1997]

I was expecting to see blue and grey or blood and custard, not a load of modern colour schemes.

Would be good to see the current fleet in rail blue and grey, perhaps adding grey and blue versions for inter city services

 

[bussnapperwm]

What would one look like in the Centro livery

 

[ShadowKnight]

I do have a class 373 in a Nightstar livery saved on my computer somewhere...

 

[Prestige15]

What would one look like in the Centro livery

Do you mean this livery?

Would be good to see the current fleet in rail blue and grey, perhaps adding grey and blue versions for inter city services

That will come when i've finish doing the older stocks in currently livery

 

[bussnapperwm]

Do you mean this livery?
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That will come when i've finish doing the older stocks in currently livery

Yes, that Centro livery (I miss the days of 150s on the Snow Hills in that livery!)

 

[m79900]

Yes, that Centro livery (I miss the days of 150s on the Snow Hills in that livery!)

If LNWR are in a good mood, they might put one of the new Marston Vale 150s into it!

 

[hvordan]

I am unsure as to whether it was ever implemented, given the short life of the company, but did LTS rail (pre-c2c) ever have any trains in their own livery? I remember the green seats but cant find any pictures of the exterior.

 

[m79900]

I am unsure as to whether it was ever implemented, given the short life of the company, but did LTS rail (pre-c2c) ever have any trains in their own livery? I remember the green seats but cant find any pictures of the exterior.

I believe they replaced the red band on the NSE livery with green on some 317s.

 

[hvordan]

I believe they replaced the red band on the NSE livery with green on some 317s.

So I'm guessing none of the 357s received a livery

 

[Strathclyder]

I am unsure as to whether it was ever implemented, given the short life of the company, but did LTS rail (pre-c2c) ever have any trains in their own livery? I remember the green seats but cant find any pictures of the exterior.

I believe they replaced the red band on the NSE livery with green on some 317s.

This was certainly the case with some 317/1s:

20040831 Scan2017 317301 Sawston

317301 working the 0805 CAMBRIDGE - LONDON LIVERPOOL STREET passes Sawston on the 31st August 2004.

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LTS rail class 317 no 305 passing Tilbury Freightliner Terminal

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317304 - Harpenden

Ex-LTS Rail liveried 317304 arrives at Harpenden with a service from Moorgate on a late October afternoon in 2004.

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[Prestige15]

So I'm guessing none of the 357s received a livery

The original 357 were delivered in white with green doors and lower part of the front end, Then went to that 'love night purple/blue' livery

 

[DynamicSpirit]

Looking at those very good and professional-looking mock-up pictures in the starting post to this thread, my only thought is that someone clearly has way too much spare time on his/her hands!

(EDIT: And my second thought is, how much more nice and colourful trains looked 20-30 years ago compared to the drab shades-of-grey-and-white-everywhere of today. I especially liked the old red design of Virgin trains - would have loved to see that transfer to the Pendolinos instead of the dull grey that they ended up painting them).

 

[Prestige15]

Here are some i've done so far of older stocks in current liveries

 

[FlyingPotato]

Transpennine livery works on so many trains, is there a way to get it on Avanti or a Eurostar

 

[Mat17]

Go on do a 142 in Intercity livery.

 

[150249]

390 in SWR!!!!