Livery Changes
A BUSY month for locomotive repaints saw no less than four Class 67s reliveried, with the headline being the appearance of a new black and red Transport for Wales livery that will eventually match the former Grand Central Mk.4 sets. Now finished in the scheme, which is proving to be somewhat divisive, are 67020 and 67022. Also rolled out of Toton during October but in conventional DB red was 67002, while former Colas example 67027 has received GBRF blue and orange at Eastleigh Works, leaving 67023 still in unbranded Colas livery until its appointment for repainting occurs.
Now in Rail Operations Group blue is 37800, this including the company’s complex logo, with the transformation taking place at Loram’s Derby workshops (see pages 54-56). At Barrow Hill, 37607 has joined 37405 in HNRC orange, while now in the Freightliner Genesee & Wyoming style of orange is 90016 after repainting at Wolverton.
Still in DRS base blue, 66302 now carries large orange GBRF lettering on the bodysides to tide it over until a full repaint can be carried out. At the time of writing, none of the other recently transferred Class 66s from DRS to GBRF had received bodyside branding.
At Wabtec, Doncaster, 91119 has received a fresh application of Intercity Swallow, this time employing paint rather than a vinyl wrap and looking all the better for it.
The attention to detail has included adding stainless steel Swallow emblems to the bodysides and even reinstating the small swallow on the air horn grille.
It returned to Neville Hill on November 9 in the company of 91114, the latter now sporting the LNER version.
The latest GWR IET to gain promotional vinyls is 802106, with driving trailer 839106 now adorned with colourful branding promoting ‘Lily’s Kitchen – Proper Food for Pets’. Elsewhere, all of the Class 360s are now in East Midlands Railway purple following the release of 360110 from Eastleigh Works. On the coaching stock front, Mk.3 TF 41149 is the latest HST trailer into Midland Pullman colours, while also from the Locomotive Services fleet, Pullman car 310 Pegasus is now in red and cream as part of the chairman’s private train.