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White/Blue Refurbished DMU livery


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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".

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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

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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

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1 hour ago, montyburns56 said:

Bradford Forster Square 1980

 

Bradford Forster Square 04/1980

 

 

Feels like there's a micro layout there, looking over the platform and under the canopy, towards the bay :)

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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...

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