Germany class 103. I have a soft spot for many German loco types but once spent an entire long weekend just trying to do 103s just before they finished in normal service and, even now, will often go out of the way do one of the diagrams even though the remaining locos have long been cleared for 1,000 miles each.
Maroon and cream is the only decent livery for these IMO, I didn't much like the Orient Red livery on anything, let alone 103s, especially when it faded and went pink. 103.233 was the only one that made it into Verkehrsrot livery which was an improvement on the earlier red and whoever designed that Railadventure livery should not be let near a paintbrush again!
But that doesn't really answer my question. Did DB change their minds after the 101s were delivered regarding liverie, hence why the Fernverkehr 146s that have recently come into services are painted in this livery:
http://www.railcolor.net/index.php?nav=1000006&file=bomb_35043_53&action=image
I don't know why, but I find the 481 photobombing in the background rather cute!
I don't know why, but I find the 481 photobombing in the background rather cute!
Actually that was one of the reasons why I chose that image, it reminds me of my time in Berlin.
But that doesn't really answer my question. Did DB change their minds after the 101s were delivered regarding liveries, hence why the Fernverkehr 146s that have recently come into services are painted in this livery:
http://www.railcolor.net/index.php?nav=1000006&file=bomb_35043_53&action=image
And not the standard Verkehrsrot.
http://www.railcolor.net/index.php?nav=1000001&lang=1&file=adtranz_33122_70&action=image
I like the 101s in red but they are a tad dumpy and I wonder if they'd look better in Intercity/ Fernverkehr livery. It's not as if the livery didn't exist when the locomotives were introduced back in the 1990s. They weren't really intended as mixed traffic locos although they have appeared on the odd freight.
