gchst
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will the grand central hsts have the orange stripe like the 180s
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Grand central hst livery
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GNERman
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i don't think that the plan is to give the hst's the stripe, yet, they don't need them, whereas some of their 180's aren't even in gc livery, so I don't think it's high in the agenda...
gchst
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I suppose but the time table has an orange stripe on the hst and the grand central 180s are called zephrs
GNERman
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this was new graphics so I suppose it was incase they were to put the amber stripe on, they wouldn't have to redo every timetable, leaflet etc...
the 180's are being called "Zephyrs" to continue the American theme...
the 180's are being called "Zephyrs" to continue the American theme...
Lampshade
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Aha, but it's not the official class name. For example, I know many people who refer to the 142s as 'awful crocks of s**t' but they're still Pacers. AFAIK the Class 395 isn't officially called the Javelin either. I think Pioneer became a sub-class name for the 222/1s as opposed to Meridian but I'm not sure on that.
That is quite a good idea I just call them Adelante cause I'm used to it. It's a hard habit to break!
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starrymarkb
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I beleive Adelante is a trademark of First.
Voyager is often claimed to be a Virgin Trademark but it was never registered as such. Pendolino is a trademark though - it belongs to Alstom.
Voyager is often claimed to be a Virgin Trademark but it was never registered as such. Pendolino is a trademark though - it belongs to Alstom.
GNERman
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yeah, I was told that the adelante name was a first name, zephyr sounds good though...
GNERman
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i think it looks great in plain black, it hides the muck well!!!
Surprisingly, that is not so.
A white or silver vehicle 'looks' less dirty than a black one.
Check this out on cars you see!
I run a fleet of vehicles, we stopped buying black because the dirst/mud/water spoilled the 'look' far more quickly than it did on our silver coloured cars.
GNERman
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if u look closely at a gc hst u will see they are muckky, but it is disguised reasonably well...
Sir_Clagalot
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You've obviously not seen the NXEC liveried HST when it hasnt been washed for a while...
Crossforth
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The GCs don't look to bad when mucky but NXEC it is awful
I hope the next operator get rid of the white
Goodridence to bad rubbish
Long live GNER
I hope the next operator get rid of the white
Goodridence to bad rubbish
Long live GNER
gchst
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I wounder what livery east coast will have when it is state owned?
90019
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Probably just what they are now but with the National Express removed.
GNERman
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yeah, or they won't even bother with that, there will be nothing special done with the interim company, we will have to wait for the franchise winner...
gchst
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I hope virgin get it richard branson has already bought the brand name GNER.
GNERman
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no he hasn't, doesn't Ian Yeowart own that now, with his new open access ideas...
Crossforth
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It doesn't matter who owns the name, it won't bring back the same livery on the same stock. 
They are MTU's anyway, who cares
Not yet they arn't
gchst
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No richard branson bought the brand name a couple of months ago.
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Only grand central have the old valentas.
starrymarkb
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So why is Ian Yeoward launching a new GNER company if the name is Virgins?
GNERman
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because Ian Yeowart said in a statement to a magazine he found that the gner brand was not owned by anyone, so he bought it for use with his open access...
Being 13, you obviously have a wealth of knowledge that the rest of us don't? The name is Ian Y's.
GNERman
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woah, he may have misheard something, we could be wrong but the evidence prevented shows that we aren't...
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