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AL6 E3186 with small Yellow panels [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

Here's a few more... :D AL6 E3155 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

:D If you think about it, most of them are clones, I'm only changing the numbers and headcodes. I've always liked the idea of variety, even among...

AL6 E3137 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

BR AL6s were built as a result of the running of Classes AL1 - AL5 as pilot scheme testbeds. They were built in 1965 / 66 at 2 locations - 40 at...

AL5 E3077 in Electric Blue with small Yellow ends [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

Moving on to AL5, these 40 locos were built at Doncaster Works by BR. They were successful, with many lasting into 1991. E3064 is in original...

AL4 E3042, Electric Blue with small Yellow panels [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

Class AL4 was built by North British between 1960 and 1961 and comprised just 10 locos. They were probably the least successful of the pilot...

The turn of AL3. Built by English Electric in 1960 / 61, 2 were chosen to be freight-only and numbered as E3303 and E3304. Modified soon after and...

AL2 E3050 in Electric Blue with small Yellow panels [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

The AL2 was the second of the AC Electric designs for BR, but as is often the way with BR, nothing was easy and the AL2s were numbered after both...

AL1 E3005 with small Yellow panels: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

I don't know why, but it always amazes me that BR introduced its first 25KV AC Electrics as early as 1959. For some reason, I expected them to be...

The early NSE with the paler blue did tend to 'whack you between the eyes'! It was such a contrast to Corporate Blue.

:D Sorry, no Anglia. I actually never saw anything in Anglia livery,:( it was during my 'lean' railway years when I didn't / couldn't get out and...

Before I go back to the 1960s, here is 84009 or rather, ADB 968021 in RTC colours. This loco survived until 1995. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

That concludes Team ACLG, but I have also done one other based on 85101, in What If.. Railfreight Grey [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

And Team ACLG Class 87 87002 in BR Blue [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

Team ACLG Class 86/4 86401 in NSE livery [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

Team ACLG Class 86/2 86213. Another loco that was preserved but has subsequently moved on - this time though to Bulgaria! In preserved InterCity...

Team ACLG Class 86/1. 86101. This loco passed through the hands of the ACLG but is now owned by LSL. Here it is in preserved BR Blue. [ATTACH]...

85006 was renumbered as 85101 in 1989. The loco received an unofficial livery during preservation, albeit one it could have received - Railfreight...

Team ACLG Class 85 85006 in BR Blue, as currently preserved. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

Next up on Team ACLG is 84001. Although it has never been owned by the group, it is the property of the NRM, the group did have custodianship for...

If you're doing BR Blue, you need one for every class of loco. And don't forget, if you do other liveries, eg, Railfreight, the lettering is...

It takes me several hours just to produce a data panel. :o I'm not sure I'd call it my favourite thing to do either. :(

Be my guest, David. I couldn't get it to run with MK1s though, only MK2s.

Team ACLG Class 83 (AL3): E3035 in Electric Blue livery as new [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

Team ACLG Class 82: 82008 in InterCity Executive livery [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

Team ACLG Class 81: 81002 in BR Blue with 'Leaping Salmon' [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

I didn't think I would be uploading Electric locos as part of a 'Team' , but actually the preserved AC electrics are in their 'own' Team - Team...

81020 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

More Salmon: 81013 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

You are the driver of a Class 31 about to take some vans from Hemel Hempstead sidings to Wembley Sidings, when the train Guard informs you of a...

81009 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

The BR Class 81s were the only Electric locos allocated to Scotland in the 1980s, with all of them at Glasgow Shields Road. Some of them received...

81018 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

Back to Class 81. In the early 1980s, you could still see Electrics with Black headcode panels. Here are 2: 81007 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

Wow, did not expect that at all! Thank you for you generous words - and the plug - and know the liveries will keep on coming. :D

Just sneaking in 82005 here: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

81017 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

Back to Class 81s. There are a number of variations of Class 81 I can address. First, a few more bog-standard Full Yellow end examples: 81012...

I had to look - my first repaint was 47522 in Parcels Green, uploaded on 14th October 2022. It has 17 subscribers. (The pic is of - I think -...

83005 - I do like the angled yellow ends on these machines. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

Class 83 continues: 83001 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

:D Not sure about that David, I fear it may NOT be better!

Thanks for the comments and suggestions guys. I'll have to think very carefully if I want something 'of my own', as I've tended to livery them...

A break in the current proceedings for a special milestone. 83009 was my 999th upload to Creator's Club. That includes liveries, formations and...

Class 83 is next for a few variations. A couple of months ago I did a 'What-if' of 87036 as a Train Heating unit. Here is the real Train Heating...