I heard from a few souces a while ago that one of the TOCs had planned to repaint an HST Power Car into a 'retro' BR livery.
I havent heard anything since; anyone know anything more about it?
I heard from a few souces a while ago that one of the TOCs had planned to repaint an HST Power Car into a 'retro' BR livery.
They'd look quite good in 1980s Scotrail.
That will be GWR. 'First built' (production series) 43002, I believe, should appear in blue/grey. Probably about 2 May (the St Philip's Marsh depot open day)!
You believe wrong.
So will 43002 be stored because of this overhaul period or what?
An HST power car is supposed to howl at you, and make children cry at 100 yards distant
In my eyes, I'm not sure that it'll even look right: The new style of headlight clusters make quite a dramatic difference to the appearance of the front end, and I'm not sure how that'll sit with a relatively staid livery (compared to modern efforts) like BR blue and grey.It has to SOUND right as well as look right to be authentic.
They certainly are.An HST power car is supposed to howl at you, and make children cry at 100 yards distant
waste of time unless they retrofit a Valenta into it along with the original supercharger and cooling group
It has to SOUND right as well as look right to be authentic.
An HST power car is supposed to howl at you, and make children cry at 100 yards distant
It's been on the cards for a while , but.....it means spending money aaaaaah !.Given that, through the lack of recent refurbishments to their Mk.3 stock, EMT are the most 'retro' HST operator, wouldn't it be more apt for them to repaint one of their fleet?
Personally I think a whole set ought to be put into a heritage livery, rather than a single power car which will be something of a sore thumb.
This has been discussed in this regard somewhere recently, but I'm not sure whether heritage liveries such as BR blue/grey might benefit from some sort of grandfather rights that negates the need for contrasting doors: The single, former prototype, mark 3 vehicle which received BR Pullman reverse blue/grey for a short while in service with FGW didn't have them, and also note that Chiltern's blue and grey mark 3 rake, some vehicles of which have only fairly recently been repainted into this livery from Virgin red/black to create a matching set, doesn't have them, either.I agree, except for the issue of doors!
This has been discussed in this regard somewhere recently, but I'm not sure whether heritage liveries such as BR blue/grey might benefit from some sort of grandfather rights that negates the need for contrasting doors: The single, former prototype, mark 3 vehicle which received BR Pullman reverse blue/grey for a short while in service with FGW didn't have them, and also note that Chiltern's blue and grey mark 3 rake, some vehicles of which have only fairly recently been repainted into this livery from Virgin red/black to create a matching set, doesn't have them, either.
Ah okay, I thought it had made it out into passenger service for a day or two.But the former prototype Mk3 - 42353 by the way - did not run in Passenger Service like that though. It was only reliviered for RailFest, moved from Laira to OOC in a HST consist as an extra vehicle then onwards to York and back again.
Is that still ongoing? I'm not suggesting that it's not, just genuinely curious as I don't know whether any more carriages have been outshopped after 12094 (which promptly saw fit to remove itself from service in a fairly high profile manner): I'm at the wrong end of the Chiltern route to see the slam door set with any sort of regularity.And as proven recently, Chiltern are now reprinting them out of BR Blue Grey into Chilterns "Mainline" livery with compliant doors.
Is that still ongoing? I'm not suggesting that it's not, just genuinely curious as I don't know whether any more carriages have been outshopped after 12094 (which promptly saw fit to remove itself from service in a fairly high profile manner): I'm at the wrong end of the Chiltern route to see the slam door set with any sort of regularity.
as this is a major milestone for the 125 fleet...ATOC should really be paying for the repaint of an entire set back in to their delivery paintjob, the set should be kept in this paint job for the rest of their life...as a testament to their sisters, their builders, drivers, fitters and everyone who remembers them when they burst on the GWML screaming their hearts out...
Are you sure you don't want it reduced to 2+7 including 2 catering vehicles, and the seats returning to their original layout?Personally I think a whole set ought to be put into a heritage livery, rather than a single power car which will be something of a sore thumb.
waste of time unless they retrofit a Valenta into it along with the original supercharger and cooling group
It has to SOUND right as well as look right to be authentic.
An HST power car is supposed to howl at you, and make children cry at 100 yards distant
Are you sure you don't want it reduced to 2+7 including 2 catering vehicles, and the seats returning to their original layout?
42001 is in prototype condition and is now a runner...the industry has the forerunner of what become the current design.