1993matias
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Please forgive me for unloading a truckload of questions on you all, but the collective knowledge of this forum seems great! Hopefully you will be able to shed light on some of these mysteries
Irish Rail has three classes of small diesel railcars, 2600, 2700/2750, and 2800. 2600 and 2800 are both Japanese and look quite similar to me, but were delivered in two different production runs. 2700 on the other hand has nothing to do with 2600/2800. Now, question time:
2600: Delivered in 1993-94 with orange and black livery, when were they repainted in the lime, blue and white livery? 2004-ish? After that, they were all repainted in the grey and green livery around 2014, correct? They seem all to have retained the gangway until today.
Are there any noticeable differences between left and right sides?
2700: Delivered in 1997-98 with orange and black livery, when were they repainted in the lime, blue and white livery? 2004-ish? After refurbishment they lost their gangway (around 2010?) but kept the colour scheme, correct? According to wiki they were all withdrawn in 2012, but when did they get the grey and green livery? Did they repaint them while in storage? Was there ever a grey and green with gangway? (And of personal interest, why did they store the trains after only 15 years?)
2750: Same as above
Are there any noticeable differences between left and right sides?
2800: Delivered in 2000 with orange and black livery, when were they repainted in the lime, blue and white livery? 2004-ish? When did they lose the gangway? Were they repainted in the grey and green colour scheme at the same time, or was that not connected to the loss of the gangway?
Are there any noticeable differences between left and right sides?
What are the external differences between classes 2600 and 2800? To me they seem very alike. Are the differences maybe more technical than anything else?
2600/2700 hybrid: Per wiki the accident happened in 2000 (?), were they both "married" sporting the orange and black livery back then? Or did the "marriage" happen later on? There are not many pictures from early 2000s of Irish DMUs.
General information: What is the length of the consists? When driving forwards, what headlight configuration is used - two white lights? NIR seems to only use one, hence my confusion.
When the doors are open there seems to be an orange light halfway down the car to indicate this. Has the light always been there? Or was it added later on?
Do you know of the correct colour codes (Pantone, RAL, HEX, RGB, whatever) of the different Irish Rail liveries throughout the years?
The reason behind all these questions is that I am trying to draw modern Irish Rail stock in some kind of pixel art, I guess you could call it. Not very detailed, but I still want it to be correct.
Please forgive me for unloading a truckload of questions on you all, but the collective knowledge of this forum seems great! Hopefully you will be able to shed light on some of these mysteries
Irish Rail has three classes of small diesel railcars, 2600, 2700/2750, and 2800. 2600 and 2800 are both Japanese and look quite similar to me, but were delivered in two different production runs. 2700 on the other hand has nothing to do with 2600/2800. Now, question time:
2600: Delivered in 1993-94 with orange and black livery, when were they repainted in the lime, blue and white livery? 2004-ish? After that, they were all repainted in the grey and green livery around 2014, correct? They seem all to have retained the gangway until today.
Are there any noticeable differences between left and right sides?
2700: Delivered in 1997-98 with orange and black livery, when were they repainted in the lime, blue and white livery? 2004-ish? After refurbishment they lost their gangway (around 2010?) but kept the colour scheme, correct? According to wiki they were all withdrawn in 2012, but when did they get the grey and green livery? Did they repaint them while in storage? Was there ever a grey and green with gangway? (And of personal interest, why did they store the trains after only 15 years?)
2750: Same as above
Are there any noticeable differences between left and right sides?
2800: Delivered in 2000 with orange and black livery, when were they repainted in the lime, blue and white livery? 2004-ish? When did they lose the gangway? Were they repainted in the grey and green colour scheme at the same time, or was that not connected to the loss of the gangway?
Are there any noticeable differences between left and right sides?
What are the external differences between classes 2600 and 2800? To me they seem very alike. Are the differences maybe more technical than anything else?
2600/2700 hybrid: Per wiki the accident happened in 2000 (?), were they both "married" sporting the orange and black livery back then? Or did the "marriage" happen later on? There are not many pictures from early 2000s of Irish DMUs.
General information: What is the length of the consists? When driving forwards, what headlight configuration is used - two white lights? NIR seems to only use one, hence my confusion.
When the doors are open there seems to be an orange light halfway down the car to indicate this. Has the light always been there? Or was it added later on?
Do you know of the correct colour codes (Pantone, RAL, HEX, RGB, whatever) of the different Irish Rail liveries throughout the years?
The reason behind all these questions is that I am trying to draw modern Irish Rail stock in some kind of pixel art, I guess you could call it. Not very detailed, but I still want it to be correct.
