Trains4U Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Oh my... https://www.facebook.com/1656838197916498/posts/2196700387263607/ (It’s not quite finished yet...) 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken.W Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Ah, 91119, the one that's been out of service since the 'Beast from the East' in February. Had read it's nearly ready for service again 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted November 11, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 11, 2018 Bloody h££l ken been out that long! Was on bounds green job last week wish I'd poked about a bit more. Do you reckon you can come to work in BR uniform if you have it? I often put BR gear on if I have large logo 37s, if they can wear BR uniform so can I ! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Read on another forum that there was a test run scheduled for today, but latest news is that it has been postponed until the 15th Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted November 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2018 (edited) Looks to have been finished now as LNER have posted this on their Twitter feed; https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dr4ZxkMX4AETo-n.jpg:large There are a couple of paths in the schedule for this Thursday which might be for its test run. 5Z20 13.55 Bounds Green T&RSMD to Doncaster http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/N05903/2018/11/15/advanced 5Z50 18.49 Doncaster West Yard to Bounds Green T&RSMD http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/N05904/2018/11/15/advanced Apparently these paths are for something else. Edited November 13, 2018 by 4630 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted November 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2018 Very nice, looks a slightly better job than GWRs Intercity HST (And no silly lights to spoil it) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 That looks way better now the red A pillars (are they called that on a loco?) have been painted white. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted November 13, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2018 Such a smart livery, really pleased to see this make a reappearance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted November 13, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2018 Just needs a set of mk4’s in the same colours now... Andy g Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 I have a copy of Cuneo's painting of 91001 in Swallow livery - it's a gorgeous piece of art Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM47079 Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 The swallow scheme always suited them. I like it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Like! C6T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Robert Shrives Posted November 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2018 Well done to all involved - humorously perhaps Grayling will get the hint from the operator of the last resort currently running the operation but some how doubt it unless some happy Sir H tells him to like it and do it.... I guess a rake of coaches is just too much but a DVT to match - NRM ? Given news that the Montizumas are canned at his time perhaps this piece of modernity will last a while. Robert 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TomE Posted November 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2018 (edited) Looks great. Brings back memories of sitting at Ranskill level crossing with Dad watching them fly through! Tom. Edited November 13, 2018 by TomE 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LU_fan Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Makes me want to go back to London again, just to catch this. When exactly will they start phasing them out? And, as a side question, is there any way for railfans to know which loco is on which train...? When I went to Hungary last time I actually downloaded an app where you can search for a specific locomotive and see, in real time, where it is. It would help a lot in catching a specific train. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted November 13, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2018 Well done to all involved - humorously perhaps Grayling will get the hint from the operator of the last resort currently running the operation but some how doubt it unless some happy Sir H tells him to like it and do it.... I guess a rake of coaches is just too much but a DVT to match - NRM ? Given news that the Montizumas are canned at his time perhaps this piece of modernity will last a while. Robert There is a problem with the coaches in that colour contrasting passenger doors MUST be used on any new livery - as such the BR InterCity livery can NEVER be replicated in its genuine form (unless a charter operator takes on a rake). The BR Blue & Grey livery applied to the 313 by Southern shows this dilemma - the doors have to be all blue to provide the required contrast. As fr a DVT - no reason one couldn't be done but as the DVTs, coaching rakes and locos frequently get changed around (just like HST power cars and coaching sets on the GWML before the 800s appeared) then the chances of a BR liveried DVT and loco remaining together for any length of time is pretty remote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted November 13, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2018 Looks great. Brings back memories of sitting at Ranskill level crossing with Dad watching them fly through! Tom. I notice however that there seems to be an extra Black painted ventilation grill added since BR days (or maybe they simply haven't painted it right) just behind the drivers door which breaks up the white diagonal stripe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post 4630 Posted November 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 13, 2018 It certainly looked very smart when it arrived at Leeds on 1D22, 16.33 London Kings Cross to Leeds. 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Excellent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cravensdmufan Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Looks absolutely superb. Model manufacturers - please take note of the correct shade of executive light grey! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 The Hornby model of 91001 circa 1991 was the very first loco I acquired through my own choice (as opposed to a gift of someone else's choosing). I still have it somewhere, along with 4 or so mk4s and a DVT. Always the 91s, especially in the Swallow paint, so seeing this is very pleasing. Wonder if it can be put next to GWRs swallow coloured HST power car for some proper 90s nostalgia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted November 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2018 Wonder if it can be put next to GWRs swallow coloured HST power car for some proper 90s nostalgia. Spookily enough, it looks like there's a will to achieve that if this from the LNER twitter feed is anything to go by. https://twitter.com/LNER/status/1062320497122258944 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cravensdmufan Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 The Hornby model of 91001 circa 1991 was the very first loco I acquired through my own choice (as opposed to a gift of someone else's choosing). I still have it somewhere, along with 4 or so mk4s and a DVT. Always the 91s, especially in the Swallow paint, so seeing this is very pleasing. Wonder if it can be put next to GWRs swallow coloured HST power car for some proper 90s nostalgia. I always reckoned the the colours on those original Hornby 91's and mk4's were pretty spot on - I wonder why they changed the executive light grey on their later (and current) mk3's to that horrible cream colour? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGJ Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 The loco looks ace, I think the intercity lettering is a bit smaller and starts further forward and the white on the roof should go further back but that is not important in my opinion, The loco still looks ace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LU_fan Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Spookily enough, it looks like there's a will to achieve that if this from the LNER twitter feed is anything to go by. https://twitter.com/LNER/status/1062320497122258944 That is awesome, but wouldn't King's Cross be a better option than Paddington? I mean, seeing as how the 91's were ordered specifically for the ECML, and have worked side by side with 43's all along. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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