KLee55 Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Can anyone assist as to when VDA vans first appeared in Railfreight red and grey livery please. Would they have appeared in this livery as early as mid/late 1980? Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Have a look at Paul Bartlett's site. A quick trawl through his photos of VDAs suggests there were quite a few in the new livery by 1982, and I found 201014 in the new livery at Horwich in August 1980 https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brvda cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 The SPA plate wagons built from 1979 were delivered new in Railfreight red. There were some experimental red/grey (and yellow/grey) repaints about in April 1979 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nightstar.train Posted May 10, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 10, 2023 There's this photo of a VDA at Kensington Olympia in March 79. https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brvda/e3ede5f39 The livery is slightly different than that applied later and it's incredibly shiny, so this suggests it was a launch event for the new livery. So i would think you can certainly have VDAs in red/grey in the early to mid 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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