Whiskers for No. 69003

PICTURED in primer in December’s The RM, Class 69, No. 69003 emerged from Arlington Fleet Services in Eastleigh in late November, in standard GBRf blue and orange with cab front ‘speed whiskers’.

It is the first appearance of the regular livery and ‘whiskers’ combination, although class leader

No. 69001 Mayflower also carries them in addition to the Union Flag and the ‘Stars and Stripes’ of the United States.