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Post by q8 on Apr 14, 2005 9:23:52 GMT
I've been doing a bit of fantasising (stand up the boy who said "dirty old sod") about the livery on trains now that the private operators have taken control. I would love to see "line" colours introduced. For instance the "D" stock painted a nice rich green with a lighter shade around the windows and on the doors. Or the Bakerloo in a darkish brown with a kind of tan colour for the doors and black window surrounds The Piccadilly would look superb in a nice royal blue with maybe sky blue doors. The Met would look very regal in two shade of purple too
Oh well we can all dream I suppose
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Post by citysig on Apr 14, 2005 9:32:35 GMT
They contemplated it during the first refurbs that happened. They only went as far as colouring the handrails and adding a few stickers though.
Someone did mention to me that it was in order to maintain the corporate image, and several different liveries could make it look as thought the company had been split up completely. Of course that never happened under PPP. Did it ?
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Post by solidbond on Apr 14, 2005 9:55:02 GMT
Of course the problem would be with C stock - what colours would be used? They would need yellow pink and green - what a mess that would look. (Although undoubtedly, some consultant would be paid a small fortune to come up with a suitable scheme>  ) There were rumours a few years ago about having uniforms relevant to the lines worked. For those at Edgware Road a nice pink and yellow uniform - reminiscent of Mr Blobby? ;D ;D |
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Post by Colin on Apr 14, 2005 18:57:15 GMT
At the moment it's useful at the likes of Earls Court to have different coloured trains when directing tourist's, etc. When the refurb D stocks appear we'll have to use better sign language !   |
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Post by setttt on Apr 14, 2005 20:00:30 GMT
Why don't they just paint the blue skirt into the corresponding line colour. Far easier than painting an entire train (and don't forget, if they did, the East London line stock would look like a bonfire what with those red front ends  ) |
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Post by q8 on Apr 16, 2005 13:37:00 GMT
;D ;D I think the suggestion by young Mr Setttt in an excellent idea. They could do that with vinyl. As to the C stock and the "G" stock when it comes the idea could be modified by making the stripe at the bottom a combination of the different colours required.  |
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Post by tom2506 on Apr 16, 2005 13:53:57 GMT
For the C Stock couldn't they just set aside different trains for each of the lines so the new stip could be added in the line colour and they wouldnt need to be multi-coloured
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Post by citysig on Apr 16, 2005 14:12:00 GMT
The C-Stock is used across the H&C, Circle and District services. Reliability combined with the booked usage of the stock each day make it impossible to "dedicate" units to each service.
Across the 3 services, the stock already uses the advantages of compatibility that the new stock will bring. To brand individual units would remove this advantage, or if not, you would probably see on the first day of operation a "District" train running on the H&C.
It has been hard enough keeping the current Olympic decorated set (the one which looks like someone threw up on it) onto a service which not only stays on the Circle but also stables at Hammersmith overnight.
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Post by setttt on Apr 16, 2005 14:40:16 GMT
Sorry to change the subject, but out of interest, why wasn't the '92 stock on the W&C painted in corporate?
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Post by Dstock7080 on Apr 16, 2005 15:04:28 GMT
Sorry to change the subject, but out of interest, why wasn't the '92 stock on the W&C painted in corporate? Well, the best answer is that the W&C '92 Stock was ordered by British Rail (NSE) and was painted in their livery prior to delivery. The W&C was transferred to LU ownership on 1 April 1994. With no 'proper' facilities to repaint cars in the modern fire resistant standards required (especially at Waterloo!), & the need to remove them by road, they have therefore stayed in the livery as delivered. Vinyl could be an option as long as its kept clean, (not like 7008!), Waterloo still effectively wash their trains 'by hand', so scrubbing the vinyl would be a problem. |
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Post by setttt on Apr 18, 2005 17:30:40 GMT
...And another one ;D I remember seeing a 3 car 59 (or 62??) TS at South Ealing (eb local) coupled to a 4 car 92TS. Firstly the former was painted green, why is this? Secondly, why the hell were they coupled up together in the first place?! (and yes, I realise they were on test :  I saw the duo in the same place almost fortnightly when I used to come back from school on the Picc. |
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Post by Dmitri on Apr 18, 2005 17:38:19 GMT
I remember seeing a 3 car 59 (or 62??) TS at South Ealing (eb local) coupled to a 4 car 92TS. Firstly the former was painted green, why is this? Secondly, why the hell were they coupled up together in the first place?! (and yes, I realise they were on test : I'm almost sure it was a stock pilot unit described here: www.squarewheels.org.uk/rly/stock/1962tubeStock.html#stock-pilots |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2005 17:42:29 GMT
Correct, that is the Pilot Unit! Its a very clever peice of kit! If it was connected to a 95ts for example and all wired up correctly, you can sit in the cab of the 95ts, using the TBC, and drive the pilot unit! Very exciting! |
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