Love the narrative! Just like the 'Good old days'! Need to work on your night shots a bit though :D
Thanks Liam :D
May I ask a question? Is the mk1 translator coach accessible in Livery Designer? And if so, can it then be accessed in Formation Designer?
Interesting livery variation, one I have not seen before. And thanks for the explanation of the renumbering too. I have not realised the reason...
I thought it was Newcastle :D Yes, the orange one is the one I remember
Is that the Aussie one? I remember them in a different livery. The headlights are lower down on the nose end too. I don't think 43116 ever ran in...
The final one - 43316 exported to Mexico and in their colours as FIT 3012 LL # 4.16 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Final livery for 43316 in UK was to be EMR, and consisted of the remains of the Virgin / LNER Red & White, but with EMR lettering. 43316 is paired...
43316's ownership changed once again in 2018 when LNER took over running the ECML. 43116 swapped 'Virgin' for 'LNER', complete with a large Red...
43316 received Virgin's full East Coast livery by 2018, as had most of the MK3 coaches. Paired with 43319 LL # 4.13 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
43316 became part of Virgin's East Coast franchise fleet in 2015 and received this interim livery. it is still paired with 43238. Loco Lives #...
By 2013, 'East Coast' had revamped their livery a little. 43316 was a recipient, along with 43238. LL # 4.11 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
National Express did not last long and 'East Coast' took over in 2010. 43316 received a minor livery repaint, along with 43310 in this view. LL #...
43116 had major heart surgery around 2007 / 8 when its Paxman Valenta engine was swapped for a new MTU unit and when National Express took over...
Thank you for your comment dtg.jan, especially on a weekend. Let me reiterate my concerns 1. The word I used is a legitimate word in English...
Joking aside, my posts - our posts - are being censored and edited! Is that even ethical? I've uploaded 1,200 livery creations to CC in the last...
Ah, no, although the first post actually shows the problem - you will see I have put an asterisk next to the words that have been changed.
Images where, Trainsimuser? On here or on the Creators Club?
As you can see above, the name of the HST Power Car has been changed in my post too! It should read, and I'll spell it out for you, "The Black D,...
With apologies to Tina Turner, but what has LOVE got to do with my uploaded HST? Uploading a relivery of a GNER HST from 2006, named by GNER...
OK, is this a joke? I typed the name of 43116, using the letters D, y, k, e for the 3rd word and upload it and it is changed to LOVE. No, sorry,...
We come to the halfway point of livery variations for 43116 - its final GNER livery. By 2006, GNER had named the Power Car, but not with its...
Euston in 1948[ATTACH]
86318, sometime around 1982[ATTACH]
Still unnamed in 2005, 43116 did receive a bodyside logo - an advert for London's bid for the 2012 Olympics! Paired with 43109 (again) LL # 4.7...
1996 was a 'wind-change' for the railways as BR ceased to exist and Private companies bid to run certain parts of the Passenger services. 43116...
Sanity prevailed and 43116 received replacement nameplates by 1991, albeit the 'tinplate' variety. Here she is paired with 43039 LL # 4.5 [ATTACH]...
Manchester Piccadilly 1983[ATTACH]
By 1990, InterCity Swallow livery was dominating the InterCity fleet and 43116 acquired the livery, but without its nameplates, since the style of...
Around 1987, 43116 received InterCity Executive livery, along with most of the rest of the fleet. The Power Car retained its nameplate at this...
I forgot to mention - 43116 has had at least 14 livery variations in its service life! LL # 4.2 is from 1983 when 43116 was named 'City of...
Ex-LMS 10000 (rep), near the end of its service live, in 1963 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
In my occasional series - Loco Lives - I have chosen my next subject, a 'loco' dear to my heart as you will already be aware if you know my livery...
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Glasgow Queen Street 1984 [ATTACH]
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Similar to OldVern, a 25 is a must, as is a Cl124 TransPennine DMU. We need access to Portals and far more sidings, especially around Victoria and...
Virgin Trains introduced their livery around 1997 too and once again Hybrid livery sets were to be seen. Here are 43156 + 43162 in Virgin Red &...
When the Gold lettering and the Crest were first introduced, the Power Cars were still running with Paxman Valenta power units and so remained...
GNER soon made changes to the livery, introducing Gold lettering for its GNER name and elaborate multicoloured cast metal crests for its coaches!...
It didn't take long for the coaches to catch up with the new livery and soon complete sets were gracing the ECML 43054 and 43117 [ATTACH]...
Continuing the 1997 theme, but this time HSTs. GNER quickly began a programme of repaints into its distinctive dark Blue and Red stripe livery,...
Willesden 1959 [ATTACH]
I have TSW3, TSW4, TSW5 AND TSW6. I use the older versions to store Livery Designer uploads, as there is only space for 300 per game, so I...
If ever a loco needed Livery Editor access its the Class 31. 65 years of service on the railways and a multitude of liveries that must be second...
Euston 1948 [ATTACH]
47732 was formerly celebrity 47580 'County of Essex'. The RES livery and number change completely hides this and the loco was renamed to...
Back to the Parcels. 47771 is next - a 47/7 in full RES colours, complete with cast Crewe Diesel TMD 'Leaping Cat' depot emblem and cast BR arrow....
An interloper into the collection - 47599. BR's rush to ETH as many Class 47's as they could in the early 1980s, found many of these locos surplus...
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