Well TRUK says that the First-liveried 66's, (66723-727, 730 and 732) will be repainted first to get rid of the old corporate logo. 401-405 are visiting Longport for air-conditioning units to be fitted in the cab plus repainting and renumbering into the 7xx series (they will become 733-737) with 405 being completed so far. 578 hasn't been taken on lease as far as I'm aware, only 579-581 have. 579 is initially being used as a source of spares before being returned to traffic. 580 and 581 are out and about, I saw them at Peterborough on Thursday. I don't think they will be painted because they're initially on a 1 year lease. 841-845 will be because they're being bought by GBRF outright. As for the 92's I'm not sure, but I will expect as traffic grows they will be repainted. As for the timescale, I don't know, but I expect that they won't be repainted just yet because GBRF are in dire need of traction, and they're using everything they've got, and have even had to hire in a Deltic and a 47 to help out. Hope this helps.
Ahh yes, I've just checked WNXX and that seems to be the case. And 5 ex FL locos and 4 Colas ones? Are you sure its not the other way round, because Colas have 5, 841-845 and GBRF have taken 579-581 from the 578-581 batch. And on WNXX it says that 579-581 have been taken on plus two from Colas's batch, with 843 and 844 the ones expected to join them. I'm not try to rubbish your information, its just what I've read, but if this is the case, GBRF really are growing well! As for the numbering I would expect 841-845 to become 738-742 because of the fact they used to be 406-410 and so would therefore be following on from the 401-405 batch, and then 743-746 to be allocated to 578-581. If they have all been taken on this is.
Ahh yes, I've just checked WNXX and that seems to be the case. And 5 ex FL locos and 4 Colas ones? Are you sure its not the other way round, because Colas have 5, 841-845 and GBRF have taken 579-581 from the 578-581 batch. And on WNXX it says that 579-581 have been taken on plus two from Colas's batch, with 843 and 844 the ones expected to join them. I'm not try to rubbish your information, its just what I've read, but if this is the case, GBRF really are growing well! As for the numbering I would expect 841-845 to become 738-742 because of the fact they used to be 406-410 and so would therefore be following on from the 401-405 batch, and then 743-746 to be allocated to 578-581. If they have all been taken on this is.
