Thanks nhs Vinyl 700.

[fgwrich]

Southern have done the same. Can't help but wonder if this is also a way of trialling a more up to date unified GTR livery too.....

I saw that and thought exactly the same thing too. Don't get me wrong, the current Southern livery was nice. But it's now rather dated. A similar design to these special liveries, which each of the sub brand's colours on, would look quite nice and rather good across all of the TSGN Fleets: Green for Southern, Purple for GN, Blue for Thameslink and Red for Gatwick.

 

[Bald Rick]

Southern have done the same. Can't help but wonder if this is also a way of trialling a more up to date unified GTR livery too.....

It isn’t. It is just a way of saying thank you to the people who work for the NHS. I happen to know one of the people involved in doing this, and it’s a good effort.

 

[phil beard]

Should one of the units be named Captain Tom Moore?

An honorary promotion to Major Tom could see the re-vinyled unit also see a graphic of David Bowie on it!

 

[Whistler40145]

An honorary promotion to Major Tom could see the re-vinyled unit also see a graphic of David Bowie on it!

Isn't that a hint of sarcasm, not well received at the moment

 

[Ladder23]

I would like to see more of these being done especially by Thameslink, like the old days with so much variety on the route!

 

[XCTurbostar]

Apparently, Thaneslink have been pretty poor at naming trains since the 700s.
Many of the 319s had names of drivers and depot staff but these don't seem to have been followed through. I recall that some TL drivers attempted to get a name of a 25yr old driver on a 700 but thus far havent succeeded.

 

[Skimble19]

Photos of the Great Northern 717 attached, courtesy of GN Twitter (@GNRailUK).

Certainly a massive improvement over the rather drab DfT specified grey.

Southern have done the same. Can't help but wonder if this is also a way of trialling a more up to date unified GTR livery too.....

Not heard anything internally to suggest this but it would definitely make sense, all 3 brands have been refreshed but the liveries are still the same. In reality unless a fairly long franchise extension is announced I can’t see it happening.

 

[theironroad]

Apparently, Thaneslink have been pretty poor at naming trains since the 700s.
Many of the 319s had names of drivers and depot staff but these don't seem to have been followed through. I recall that some TL drivers attempted to get a name of a 25yr old driver on a 700 but thus far havent succeeded.

What had this 25yr old driver done to get a named train, can only be driving for 4 years max, so can only guess there is some notable reason.

 

[Mordac]

What had this 25yr old driver done to get a named train, can only be driving for 4 years max, so can only guess there is some notable reason.

Maybe he won a raffle.

 

[phil beard]

Isn't that a hint of sarcasm, not well received at the moment

Not at all. The old chap has been marvelous but a bit of humour does not mean sarcasm.

 

[Whistler40145]

Not at all. The old chap has been marvelous but a bit of humour does not mean sarcasm.

Maybe when David Bowie’s Major Tom was mentioned I thought it was an insult to the wonderful fundraising done by Major Tom Moore at the grand old age of 99

 

[Class315]

Apparently, Thaneslink have been pretty poor at naming trains since the 700s.
Many of the 319s had names of drivers and depot staff but these don't seem to have been followed through. I recall that some TL drivers attempted to get a name of a 25yr old driver on a 700 but thus far havent succeeded.

* Some GN drivers attempted for either a 700 or 717001 to be named after a driver who passed away, not long after qualifying.

Most certainly wasn’t for a raffle.

 

[NORMAN471]

Northern has 331 111 and 195 111, Transpennine has 185 111, TfW has 175 111

Northern also has 150111 which could cover the other parts of Northern England that 331111 and 195111 won't. It was also in Doncaster works recently for mods, but not sure if it is still there as I haven't come across any photos of it in Northern White livery so could possibly be another good candidate to be adorned with NHS Vinyls.

 

[Mikey C]

A great gesture. That 700 in particular looks a LOT smarter as a result, the desperately plain livery the 700s (and 717s) have does make them very suitable for such alternative liveries

 

[PHILIPE]

GWR IET 800025 named Captain Tom Moore yesterday

 

[Strat-tastic]

They just made him a Colonel....

 

[PHILIPE]

They just made him a Colonel....

Out of date already

 

[Aictos]

They just made him a Colonel....

A honorary Colonel which is different from a Colonel promoted though the ranks, eg Prince Charles is the honorary Colonel in Chief of the Welsh Guards yet he's actually a Prince of the realm and a Field Marshal to boot so Tom Moore is just a Captain who holds the position of honorary Colonel.

So the nameplate is quite correct and in date.

 

[Aictos]

Out of date already

Not really!

 

[delt1c]

A honorary Colonel which is different from a Colonel promoted though the ranks, eg Prince Charles is the honorary Colonel in Chief of the Welsh Guards yet he's actually a Prince of the realm and a Field Marshal to boot so Tom Moore is just a Captain who holds the position of honorary Colonel.

So the nameplate is quite correct and in date.

The most important thing is that here is a man who has earned his reank and shown his dedication to others. The rank on the uniform is not the main thing It is the person inside the uniform who we should be proud of, he has put others before himself and for that I applaud him.

 

[theironroad]

He'll always be remembered as Capt Tom to the public and I believe he said as much in an interview today.