Frank_the_ piper Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Hi, a question regarding mk3 liveries in the late 80s: Were there "mixed" trains with both CIE supertrain and IR tipp-ex coaches? I never saw pics of a train with both livieries. Same question for mk2d stock! Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 dave182 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Good question Frank! I don't recall seeing mixed rakes. By the looks of things they must have focused on these when rolling out this new image, because all of the other coaching stock and loco's seem to have been done very ad-hoc, and over a prolonged period of time. Hope someone can shed some light on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Riversuir226 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I ve seen pics of a mk3 egv in the older livery with a rake of the newer livery, i ve seen pics of the galway mk2's mixed with regular livery mk 2's . It was far more common with mixtures of liveries in the cravens/park royals, i ve one pic with a gsv in black/orange, park royal with white stripes and 3 cravens in a mix of all liveries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Railer Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I do recall mixed Mk2D liveries with IR orange roofs mixed in with the newer IE black roof livery. I was too young to be around to see any Mk2s or Mk3s in supertrain though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rebelred Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 New Liveries are done on a coach by coach basis, it would be very unusual to take an entire train out of service for a re-spray unless it was for a complete overhaul (Galway Mk 2 or Enterprise) or if it were a railcar, thats why it wasn't unusual to see mixed rakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Blaine Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Enterprise When the De Dietrichs were being upgraded first, there were mixed rakes, might not be the case for the new livery though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Noel Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I ve seen pics of a mk3 egv in the older livery with a rake of the newer livery, i ve seen pics of the galway mk2's mixed with regular livery mk 2's . It was far more common with mixtures of liveries in the cravens/park royals, i ve one pic with a gsv in black/orange, park royal with white stripes and 3 cravens in a mix of all liveries. Forgive my ignorance but how did the galway livery come about and what was it for? Was it supposed to match the first 201s which had that colour scheme? Never understood why the original 201s weird livery didn't match the livery of the mk2 or mk3 coaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Killucan2 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Forgive my ignorance but how did the galway livery come about and what was it for? Was it supposed to match the first 201s which had that colour scheme? Never understood why the original 201s weird livery didn't match the livery of the mk2 or mk3 coaches. Well bit of a story..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Noel Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Well bit of a story..... OK, well if you start with 'In the beginning' . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Blaine Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 In the beginning - there was a branding exercise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rebelred Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 The Galway Mark 2's were different inside also with lilac/purple seats & carpets, it looked the job til after a packed Friday night trip with beer,fag ash & god only what else spilt on to it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jhb171achill Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Providing the carriages were all the same type, mixes of pre- and post- "tippex" would appear in the same train. I remember seeing, on more than one occasion, a Mk 2 in "Galway" livery in a train of identical coaches but in "normal" livery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rebelred Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Providing the carriages were all the same type, mixes of pre- and post- "tippex" would appear in the same train. I remember seeing, on more than one occasion, a Mk 2 in "Galway" livery in a train of identical coaches but in "normal" livery. That was usually because a coach was taken off for a repair or service & when returned to service was stuck on another set to make up the numbers on another set. The 'Galway' set went around for a long while with a 'tipex' Gen Van as the 'Galway' Van was knackered!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Frank_the_ piper
Hi,
a question regarding mk3 liveries in the late 80s:
Were there "mixed" trains with both CIE supertrain and IR tipp-ex coaches? I never saw pics of a train with both livieries. Same question for mk2d stock!
Frank
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