Grand Central 221 livery and branding possibilities

[Prestige15]

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Class 221 for Grand Central

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #27 originally in this thread. 221143 is getting an exam and other maintenance work performed. 10 units in total are set to transfer to GC after refresh and rebranding. That is the ROSCO's own information.

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Well i was not expecting the Voyagers are going to GC but at least you'll be going somewhere with these units

Expect to look very similar to this i've done, And it needs a nickname! Dark Voyager/Grand Voyager/Jaffa Cake/Voyager - Tiger 'Voyger'/Tigger Voyager/Garfield Voyager etc

 

[Pete_uk]

Grand Voyager is good.

'Jaffa' could work too

 

[Trainguy34]

Well i was not expeting the Voyagers are going to GC but at least you'll be going somewhere with these units

Excpect to look very similar to this i've done, And it needs a nickname! Dark Voyager/Grand Voyager/Jaffa Cake/Voyager - Tiger 'Voyger'/Tigger Voyager/Garfield Voyager etcView attachment 137770

Hopefully that is the new livery/branding as it looks amazing, I like the name Jaffa Cake

 

[Neptune]

Hopefully that is the new livery/branding as it looks amazing, I like the name Jaffa Cake

How about Super Voyager

Jaffa Cake wouldn’t work as that was used for the L&SE livery of the early 80’s which actually was in Jaffa Cake colours (brown/orange/beige). The Jaffa Cakes I have in my kitchen are certainly not black/orange

 

[Purple Train]

Jaffa Cake wouldn’t work as that was used for the L&SE livery of the early 80’s which actually was in Jaffa Cake colours (brown/orange/beige). The Jaffa Cakes I have in my kitchen are certainly not black/orange

Mine are black and grey with little blue and green bits. That would be an interesting livery to reproduce!

When are the 221s expected to be in service with GC?

 

[Prestige15]

How about Super Voyager

Jaffa Cake wouldn’t work as that was used for the L&SE livery of the early 80’s which actually was in Jaffa Cake colours (brown/orange/beige). The Jaffa Cakes I have in my kitchen are certainly not black/orange

Personally I think 'Grand Voyager' is what i'll go for, It sounds more legit.

Also I believe this would be the first time a Voyager traveling south of Doncaster along the East Coast and what we all thought that there will be no Voyagers serving London once Avanti sends off all the 221's, I don't think that's happening anytime soon now.

 

[Neptune]

Personally I think 'Grand Voyager' is what i'll go for, It sounds more legit.

Sorry but why does Grand Voyager sound more legitimate than Super Voyager? The comment doesn’t make any sense to me.

 

[D365]

Also I believe this would be the first time a Voyager traveling south of Doncaster along the East Coast and what we all thought that there will be no Voyagers serving London once Avanti sends off all the 221's, Dont think thats happening anytime soon now.

Depends on your definition of a Class 222!

 

[Wolfie]

Depends on your definition of a Class 222!

The class 222s have never been called Voyager....

 

[Class15]

Depends on your definition of a Class 222!

I thought they were meridians?

 

[pokemonsuper9]

The class 222s have never been called Voyager....

I thought they were meridians?

They are still members of the Voyager family.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

I thought they were meridians?

Of the Bombardier Voyager Family

 

[TheBigD]

I thought they were meridians?

The Hull Trains one's were called Pioneers, the MML one's were called Meridians.

 

[Neptune]

220/221/222 are all part of the same Bombardier Voyager family.

MML and HT wanted them to have their own ‘brand name’.

Think IET/Azuma/Nova 1. They’re all Hitachi AT300’s in reality.

I can’t see the 221’s having much trouble being cleared on the bits of line they have never previously worked.

 

[Retorus]

Well i was not expeting the Voyagers are going to GC but at least you'll be going somewhere with these units

Excpect to look very similar to this i've done, And it needs a nickname! Dark Voyager/Grand Voyager/Jaffa Cake/Voyager - Tiger 'Voyger'/Tigger Voyager/Garfield Voyager etcView attachment 137770

That looks very smart.

 

[trainswitheddy]

Do we know if they will be reliviried into Grand Central? Or are they only a stock gap while the Adelantes are repaired?

 

[RobShipway]

Do we know if they will be reliviried into Grand Central? Or are they only a stock gap while the Adelantes are repaired?

I thought that the class 221's where only being leased until repairs could be done to the 10 class 180 units that Grand Central already operate.

I wonder what is going o happen to the 4 stored class 180 units 180109, 180110–180111, 180113?

 

[Royston Vasey]

Moderator note: split from

Class 221 for Grand Central

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #27 originally in this thread. 221143 is getting an exam and other maintenance work performed. 10 units in total are set to transfer to GC after refresh and rebranding. That is the ROSCO's own information.

www.railforums.co.uk

Well i was not expecting the Voyagers are going to GC but at least you'll be going somewhere with these units

Expect to look very similar to this i've done, And it needs a nickname! Dark Voyager/Grand Voyager/Jaffa Cake/Voyager - Tiger 'Voyger'/Tigger Voyager/Garfield Voyager etcView attachment 137770

I like this concept, circa 2006:

 

[trainswitheddy]

I thought that the class 221's where only being leased until repairs could be done to the 10 class 180 units that Grand Central already operate.

I wonder what is going o happen to the 4 stored class 180 units 180109, 180110–180111, 180113?

I believe all 4 EMR units are moving to Crofton and will be used with Grand Central https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K06152/2023-08-03/detailed