NATEX New liveried HST's

[Demps]

First of, Froth.

How many is there now in this livery, last time i was on here there was only one, and it was MTU.

Thirdly, is it possible for me to hitch one of these to newcastle? I mean, knowing im going to travel on a NATEX hst in the new livery. I guess not, but its worth a try on here.

Dempsey.

 

[Max]

There's still only one, and this picture from Paul Bigland's site would suggest that the powercars have possibly been split from the set!

http://paulbigland.fotopic.net/p47883097.html

So really, it depends whether you want the reliveried powercars or the rolling stock

 

[djw1981]

The PCs are being reliveried at EC and IIRC there are now 3 if not 4. There is only one set of coaches though. The PC will be separated from the coaches, as they are on different maintenance schedules, and also get re-jigged if there are PC failures (an HST cannot operate on only one PC north of Perth / Dundee)

 

[37402]

There are TWO sets of stock. EC58 (painted) came out of Wabtec at the start of last week and went straight into service. EC60 (vinyled) was the launch set.

 

[me123]

Woo! I was on the only set last week! Looks very nice in real life, nicer than in any photos I've seen anyway. Suits the coaches really well, but I don't think the power cars'll look fantastic TBH. It too had GNER power cars at either end (last Wednesday).

 

[O L Leigh]

I have to say that the 'one' mainline set in the new livery is beginning to grow on me. In some respects it's very reminiscent of the original prototype HST livery of BR grey and blue and looks to my eyes very classy. In fact, I think I'm going to have to do something about my siggie line, as the Mk4 mock-up does the real train no justice whatsoever.

one TN

 

[Daniel]

Yorkie, me and Josh saw a set through Doncaster, which, IIRC, had two blue power cars and a full rake of NXEC MK3's.

 

[37402]

I have to say that the 'one' mainline set in the new livery is beginning to grow on me. In some respects it's very reminiscent of the original prototype HST livery of BR grey and blue and looks to my eyes very classy. In fact, I think I'm going to have to do something about my siggie line, as the Mk4 mock-up does the real train no justice whatsoever.

one TN

The original NatEx HST (vinyled) is getting very dirty and is starting to look hideous. It doesn't look too bad when clean, but white for a diesel train is not a sensible livery!