Robert Shrives Posted January 22, 2021 Posted January 22, 2021 https://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/albums/72157636435273666 Interesting take on your favourite locos and liveries, had to share but possibly some seen before . Robert 3 1 Quote
Westcorkrailway Posted January 22, 2021 Posted January 22, 2021 18 minutes ago, Robert Shrives said: https://www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/albums/72157636435273666 Interesting take on your favourite locos and liveries, had to share but possibly some seen before . Robert Some interesting, some cursed!, although i always wanted to see black and tan on an 071 or green on the 141s Quote
jhb171achill Posted January 23, 2021 Posted January 23, 2021 Superb!! I had seen some of his work years ago, very well done! Quote
Joe Keegan Posted January 23, 2021 Posted January 23, 2021 I would like to see a 201 in Black and Tan and SuperTrain livery Just saying 1 Quote
murphaph Posted January 23, 2021 Posted January 23, 2021 It's a real pity the 201 wasn't ever given the tippex treatment. Would have looked great. 1 Quote
Niles Posted January 24, 2021 Posted January 24, 2021 The NOHAB is inspired... quite possibly what they should have gone with back in the 50s. Quote
Mayner Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Niles said: The NOHAB is inspired... quite possibly what they should have gone with back in the 50s. A Nohab is certainly a possibility NOHAB tendered to supply locos to the GNR (I) during the 1950s possibly its standard European and North African GM powered design. The proposal was for a GM powered A1A A1A which was too long to fit the Dundalk Works traverser. 1 1 Quote
Noel Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 On 23/1/2021 at 9:26 PM, murphaph said: It's a real pity the 201 wasn't ever given the tippex treatment. Would have looked great. Well yes the livery the prototype was given was a mistake and a botch job not matching the existing corporate branding or existing coaching stock at the time. A failed attempt to bring the mountain to Mohammed was made with the hideous and failed galway livery on coaches. No doubt a branding consultant was paid handsomely to convince CIE at the time to go for the confused botch livery. Aside from the boring shape of the prototype that confused orange yellow and black livery is one of the reasons I didn’t particularly like the prototype until it was redeemed with its current intercity green and grey livery that at least matched the coaching stock it hauls. A similar mistake was made by British Airways about 25 years ago with its colourful ethnic tail livery replacing the BA Speed bird corporate union flag logo on the vertical tail fin. Consultants and focus groups can regularly confuse common sense in marketing. BA reverted back to original scheme after an angry uk PM covered the tail of a model at a trade show with a handkerchief. I did like the retro BOAC livery they repainted some 747s in latter years before they took all their 747s out of service, like the Aer Lingus A220 in its legacy 1960s ‘Aer Lingus Irish’ green stripes on tail livery. the NOHAB in CIE Black and Tan looked interesting. 1 Quote
minister_for_hardship Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 Apart from the front, the original Arrow livery really stood out. The current silver and green only looks attractive when clean and out in rare bouts of bright sunlight, any other occasion it appears dowdy. 1 Quote
jhb171achill Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 I particularly like the 071 in black’n’tan. If delivered just four years earlier, they’d have had it! 3 Quote
Noel Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 1 hour ago, jhb171achill said: I particularly like the 071 in black’n’tan. If delivered just four years earlier, they’d have had it! I might respray one of my 071s in B&T just for the fun of it, or better still my sole 201 model which is in that ghastly orange and yellow livery. 3 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 5 hours ago, Noel said: Well yes the livery the prototype was given was a mistake and a botch job not matching the existing corporate branding or existing coaching stock at the time. A failed attempt to bring the mountain to Mohammed was made with the hideous and failed galway livery on coaches. No doubt a branding consultant was paid handsomely to convince CIE at the time to go for the confused botch livery. Aside from the boring shape of the prototype that confused orange yellow and black livery is one of the reasons I didn’t particularly like the prototype until it was redeemed with its current intercity green and grey livery that at least matched the coaching stock it hauls. A similar mistake was made by British Airways about 25 years ago with its colourful ethnic tail livery replacing the BA Speed bird corporate union flag logo on the vertical tail fin. Consultants and focus groups can regularly confuse common sense in marketing. BA reverted back to original scheme after an angry uk PM covered the tail of a model at a trade show with a handkerchief. I did like the retro BOAC livery they repainted some 747s in latter years before they took all their 747s out of service, like the Aer Lingus A220 in its legacy 1960s ‘Aer Lingus Irish’ green stripes on tail livery. the NOHAB in CIE Black and Tan looked interesting. Oh come on! The 201's were gorgeous when delivered. The only flaw in the Galway livery was that it wasn't a continuous black and yellow stripe the full length of the coaches. The upwards angle at the ends looked wierd, but that could have been rectified. 3 Quote
Westcorkrailway Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 2 hours ago, jhb171achill said: I particularly like the 071 in black’n’tan. If delivered just four years earlier, they’d have had it! I think the 071s were very unlucky to not get this livery Black and tan was easy to maintain and certainly one of if not thee best livery ever by CIE 1 Quote
jhb171achill Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 31 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said: 2 hours ago, Noel said: I might respray one of my 071s in B&T just for the fun of it, or better still my sole 201 model which is in that ghastly orange and yellow livery. Hmmmm - you’ve got me thinking! 1 Quote
Niles Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 16 hours ago, Mayner said: A Nohab is certainly a possibility NOHAB tendered to supply locos to the GNR (I) during the 1950s possibly its standard European and North African GM powered design. The proposal was for a GM powered A1A A1A which was too long to fit the Dundalk Works traverser. Hmmm... I've been looking for an excuse to get one. Quote
hexagon789 Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 5 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said: Oh come on! The 201's were gorgeous when delivered. Well said that man, I fully agree! 5 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said: I think the 071s were very unlucky to not get this livery Black and tan was easy to maintain and certainly one of if not thee best livery ever by CIE I mean I like it on 141/181s but I'm not sure about 071s. 1 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 Just now, hexagon789 said: Well said that man, I fully agree! I mean I like it on 141/181s but I'm not sure about 071s. We may be lucky and see 072 draped in black and tan for her 45th birthday, who knows? 1 Quote
hexagon789 Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said: We may be lucky and see 072 draped in black and tan for her 45th birthday, who knows? I wouldn't mind seeing that, 071 and 073 look superb in their respective repaint schemes. It would complete a nice trio as well - 071, 072, 073. 1 Quote
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