EddieK Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 On 26/12/2022 at 22:06, markwilson said: I've always thought that other vehicle types wouldn't need it as the Met-Camm vehicle fronts extend higher up the roof - other designs have the cab roof coming down to join the front above the windows (does that make sense)? Fully understand what you mean - other DMU designs had more of a "roof dome". 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold stovepipe Posted October 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2023 (edited) Couple of photos of the prototype refurb 101 working the 1B11/1T53 trip on the Glasgow - Oban line in 1974 and 75. Edited October 12, 2023 by stovepipe 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 19 hours ago, stovepipe said: Couple of photos of the prototype refurb 101 working the 1B11/1T53 trip on the Glasgow - Oban line in 1974 and 75. Nice one, it's rare to see pictures of them in the thin stripe variant of the livery. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonC Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 I'd never seen a picture of the thin stripe - were many done like that? hard to believe, but it looks even worse than the more common version! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Moxy Posted October 14, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2023 3 hours ago, GordonC said: I'd never seen a picture of the thin stripe - were many done like that? hard to believe, but it looks even worse than the more common version! Possibly only that one, and then only on one side. There is more info here: https://www.railcar.co.uk/type/class-101/liveries 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieK Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 The prototype refurbished unit was the only one with the thin stripe, and then only on one side of the three car unit. The other side of the unit had the more familiar thicker stripe, but it was higher up the bodyside than on the "production" version of the livery. On the prototype unit, it was just below the body side lights (windows) but on production units the stripe was located lower down, so as to accommodate the deeper body side lights on Derby built units such as Class 108; the result was that any refurnished units could couple together and give a continuous stripe along the entire train. When first painted, the entire inner end of the body was white, and the blue stripe ran all the way to the inter-vehicle gangway, but practicality soon sew the inner end painted rail blue with a small amount of white livery wrapping around. To see what could have been, scroll to the bottom of this page https://www.railcar.co.uk/type/class-100/liveries#others 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold stovepipe Posted November 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 2, 2023 And another photo of the set in use on daily return Oban workign, this time in 1975. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Bradford Forster Square 1980 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, montyburns56 said: Bradford Forster Square 1980 Feels like there's a micro layout there, looking over the platform and under the canopy, towards the bay :) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 22 hours ago, Ben B said: Feels like there's a micro layout there, looking over the platform and under the canopy, towards the bay :) A bit like BR did with the real station? 😁 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 2 hours ago, montyburns56 said: A bit like BR did with the real station? 😁 Having passed the present station today, the semi-deserted BR incarnation seems a bit more characterful... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 21 hours ago, Ben B said: Having passed the present station today, the semi-deserted BR incarnation seems a bit more characterful... Characterful is one word for it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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