NIR 70/80s livery

[Liverbird81]

Need help folks ordered a rake of enterprise coaches in 70/80s livery for my GM 111 now the Q, had an email this morning askin wether I would like them painted in blue stripe only or with blue stripe with thin white stripe with intercity I am lost as to which to choose

[Kirley]

Hope this helps:

 

1978 blue/grey Enterprise livery was introduced for the coaching stock. This replaced the Maroon top & blue bottom livery.

 

GM 111 & 112 appeared with 12 2nd hand BR Mk2b coaches in Feb 1981 on a re launched Enterprise service. 113 entered service July 1984.

 

NIR in 1987 introduced a Suburban and Intercity livery. All coaching stock was painted in the Intercity livery. This was blue top half of coach & grey bottom with a white, black and yellow band between the two colours.

 

In 2002 the Gatwick Stock appeared (8 2nd hand MK2f ex-Gatwick Express stock) blue top half of coach & grey bottom with a green stripe separating the two colours.

Edited August 28, 2013 by Kirley

[Liverbird81]

Good stuff kirley thank u my child hood memory's are coming back thanks ever so much

[Blaine]

Hope this helps:

 

1978 blue/grey Enterprise livery was introduced for the coaching stock. This replaced the Maroon top & blue bottom livery.

 

GM 111 & 112 appeared with 12 2nd hand BR Mk2b coaches in Feb 1981 on a re launched Enterprise service. 113 entered service July 1984.

 

NIR in 1987 introduced a Suburban and Intercity livery. All coaching stock was painted in the Intercity livery. This was blue top half of coach & grey bottom with a white, black and yellow band between the two colours.

 

In 2002 the Gatwick Stock appeared (8 2nd hand MK2f ex-Gatwick Express stock) blue top half of coach & grey bottom with a green stripe separating the two colours.

 

But there was a modification to the InterCity livery as mentioned, a white stripe and Intercity branding between approx(??) 1986 and 1989 when the new livery was introduced....

[jhb171achill]

I think those whit lines came in about 1986.

[33lima]

Not my period really but it looks like the original grey/blue was common in the GM era so you can take your pick.

 

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6182/6126271077_83c9d91bc1_o.jpg

 

 

Presumably your GM is in the original 'sky blue' scheme and not the later 'royal blue'.