Breadface
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Anyone know what unit this 195 is and whether is still has the vinyls on?
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What happened to the welsh vinyl class 195?
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Peter Mugridge
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That was only for the launch PR for the factory, I think, and they were removed before the unit entered service.
Only the one vehicle was done, and only on the one side.
Only the one vehicle was done, and only on the one side.
Breadface
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Thats a shame, would be nice as a sort of special livery
Whistler40145
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Indeed, quite a striking livery, but considering that Transport for Wales doesn't have a fleet of Class 195s or that Northern Rail 195s visit Welsh destinations, it will be a memory
Some people seem to count Chester as being in Wales (see Arriva bus website)!
Bletchleyite
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Also, there's junk all over the windows. Liveries shouldn't block windows.
The doors are contrasting, blue instead of white?
If it was going into service, they would probably use the one-way stickers that are used for bus advertisements :
Not my photo, taken from Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/emdjt42/50349237876/]
Image shows a Stagecoach Newcastle Enviro400 with an all-over advertisement for the BBC.
fgwrich
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The doors are contrasting, blue instead of white?
If it was going into service, they would probably use the one-way stickers that are used for bus advertisements :
Not my photo, taken from Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/emdjt42/50349237876/]
Image shows a Stagecoach Newcastle Enviro400 with an all-over advertisement for the BBC.
Official name - Contravision. You can still see out though it as it is perforated, but cant easily see in.
That's right! I was trying to remember what the name for it was, and couldn't. It's not too common over here, but in Singapore and Hong Kong lots of buses have them.
Bletchleyite
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Wouldn't surprise me to see a Class 197 done like that and put into service in Wales?
It's crap though - like looking out through a fog. Northern tried it a few years ago on the 158s, then got a load of complaints because people couldn't see out properly (really smart move to put them on the units which run the Settle-Carlisle line, where people often travel specifically to look out!). They eventually removed the bits over the windows, fortunately.
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