108 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Hi I saw 071 last Sunday looking ex-works in Supertrain livery, but with a white CIE logo at Drogheda. Is this a heritage livery? It must be 40 years since they were introduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Yes, it was specially repainted to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the 071 class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 Thanks Garfield It was a grand sight on the Branch bridge in Drogheda P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelred Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Keep an eye out for 073 when she comes out of the paint shop.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Keep an eye out for 073 when she comes out of the paint shop.... I'm intrigued..... I am aware of other suggestions that have been made to IE at high levels too...........! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railer Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 (edited) An 071 in Black n Tan 141 livery would be sweet. Edited April 28, 2017 by Railer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Yep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 An 071 in Black n Tan 141 livery would be sweet. Or an ICR in lined 1950s CIE green? Retro Aer Lingus style? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewanderer Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Your's truly suggested it to the right people in IE management. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Your's truly suggested it to the right people in IE management. No pressure, so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Excellent, Wanderer. You and I had that conversation, remember? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricanemk1c Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Would be interesting to see (a retro ICR), but not sure what it would look like. The use of 22133 last year with the advertising livery showed how well the current livery hides the mass of metal around the front of the cab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 An 071 in Black n Tan 141 livery would be sweet. Oh Yes - pic below posted in the original 'retro livery' thread by NIRCLASS80. Superb photoshop. A73 - Black'n'Tan in wonderland livery Now you've tempting me to try this fictitious livery on an 071 model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railer Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Oh Yes - pic below posted in the original 'retro livery' thread by NIRCLASS80. Superb photoshop. A73 - Black'n'Tan in wonderland livery Now you've tempting me to try this fictitious livery on an 071 model That's the one I was on about. I think that would look great if IE rolled out one like that and give the 071 the A designation they missed out on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 That's the one I was on about. I think that would look great if IE rolled out one like that and give the 071 the A designation they missed out on. Agree. IMHO that baby GM B&T loco livery was the sharpest and most eye catching livery until the GM 201 mk4 green/grey era. The super train era livery was dull as ditch water from a marketing perspective as well as classic 1970s colour blind dowdy. Reminiscent of soviet era dullness. At least tippex lifted ST livery substantially until green'n'grey. . I like the freight grey 071s if not a little plain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 I have to say I like the grey 071s too - in a way that's retro too as it is reminiscent in appearance and concept, of the "workaday" functionality of the GSWR / GSR / CIE in just dousing locomotives in plain grey paint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railer Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Pics on Facebook of 073 in the paint shop, Looks like it will re enter traffic in the IR livery. The IR livery launched 30 years ago this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Pics on Facebook of 073 in the paint shop, Looks like it will re enter traffic in the IR livery. The IR livery launched 30 years ago this year. Hi Railer, do you have a link? Thanks. Noel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 https://www.facebook.com/groups/171953576291342/ You'll have to join to see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) I was never a big fan of the Super train livery,so when 071 got its facelift recently it never really done anything for me.But this I can't wait to see Edited May 17, 2017 by jason brady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 I was never a big fan of the Super train livery,so when 071 got its facelift it never really done anything for me.But this I can't wait to see I'm on the same page as you Jason. Its a funny thing, I had a mild fondness for the ST livery when introduced with the actual super train back in 72 (i.e. A class with mk2s). It looked modern with the curves on the A class roof matching the sleek new mk2 roofs. I remember at the time thinking Ireland had finally arrived in the 20th century with a modern looking train, little realising the locos stemmed from the mid 50s. But to my eyes, after a while the livery seemed rather dull and dowdy until the IR era when the addition of white tippex stripes transformed the livery for the better. Noel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Supertrain advert - http://ifiplayer.ie/cie-going-home/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 There's talk of a second 071 in a retro livery...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enniscorthyman Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Well,The cat is out of the bag on that. 073 is going into IR livery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Supertrain advert - http://ifiplayer.ie/cie-going-home/ Classic. I remember those adverts so well, and how modern and uniform the 'super trains' looked, imagining that they were actually 'super' and capable of 100mph - not!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Supertrain advert - http://ifiplayer.ie/cie-going-home/ Sexy in Supertrain, Noel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flange lubricator Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Yes It was a very big campaign at the time , I also have a vague recollection of the 'The Halls Pictorial Weekly' gang doing a parody of those ad's to the music of Glen Millers'Chattanooga Choo Choo' and I think the lyrics were changed to something like "Pardon me boy is this the supertrain to Sligo " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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