TGFB received from Hattons this morning - before the email to say it was on its way!!
Colour looks OK to me.
Which way round should it be - buffet next to power car or other way round?
( I think) - I never saw any diesels until closure between Friargate and Egginton - I lived not far from the line - within earshot - so never heard any. That said I did have to go to school...
There was a weekend when the B6 Crewe DMU was diverted into Friargate - very early 60s.
Another vote for the beard - nothing to do with saving the planet but just total lazyness!! (and a lifetime of shiftwork - it was bad enough getting up when it was still dark, be b****** to shaving at that time!)