66721 LU Map Livery

[FGW_DID]

Just seen this retweeted by WNXX:

GBRf 66721 in a LU map livery

https://twitter.com/ianvisits/statu...ampaign=wnxxuk&utm_content=397675330351427584

 

[158722]

66718 isn't much better - largely black (with blue roof!) and lots of people walking all over it...

 

[tsr]

I don't mind the livery but I don't think it looks quite right on the side of a 66. The crinkly/corrugated/etc. panels aren't an ideal backdrop for something of that detail, in my opinion.

 

[zn1]

looks different, makes a change as well....I like that ...

 

[jon0844]

I hope it doesn't move too fast, as I don't fancy running along the side of it to work out where I need to change to get on the Central line...

 

[cj_1985]

Livery isn't too bad IMHO... the thing that ruins it in my mind (apart from being mostly white at a very dirty time of year) is the cab front being white with just the yellow warning panel... would probably have looked better if the cab front/s had been the usual yellow warning panel with the orange over the rest....

66718 doesn't look as bad with it being mostly black... but I would still stick to my point about the cab end treatment.

 

[GB]

721's roof should have been GBRf blue in my opinion...unless the red has some other meaning?

Whats the livery of 718 as I don't think I have seen that yet?

 

[cj_1985]

721's roof should have been GBRf blue in my opinion...unless the red has some other meaning?

Whats the livery of 718 as I don't think I have seen that yet?

From the "Rail Express" twitted feed....
https://twitter.com/railexpress/status/397692547234951169/photo/1

But I think your right about the red-ish roof... it doesn't even look like its finished.. almost like its just a primer

 

[GB]

Ah, thank you.

 

[thetangoman]

Just a thought

Would it not be an idea to start a thread just for images of unusual (non Standard) liveries

Feel free to shoot me down

Cheers
Russell

 

[swt_passenger]

Are these a couple of the five locos that were previously in the (now redundant) 'Metronet - renewing the tube' livery?

Are they going to do all five then?

 

[cj_1985]

Are these a couple of the five locos that were previously in the (now redundant) 'Metronet - renewing the tube' livery?

Yup.... 66718-66722 were the batch delivered in the GBRf/Metronet hybrid livery.

 

[Loki]

Looks great. We need more white 66s.

 

[FGW_DID]

Just a thought

Would it not be an idea to start a thread just for images of unusual (non Standard) liveries

Feel free to shoot me down

Cheers
Russell

I agree, perhaps a sticky in the traction forum for new / non - standard liveries.

Keep em all in one place rather then starting a new thread for every one.

 

[Peter Sarf]

Ere I just seen a new EWS loco number 2013 - what class is that then ?. Someone has painted it white - except for the roof that is .

 

[Temple Meads]

Livery isn't too bad IMHO... the thing that ruins it in my mind (apart from being mostly white at a very dirty time of year) is the cab front being white with just the yellow warning panel... would probably have looked better if the cab front/s had been the usual yellow warning panel with the orange over the rest....

66718 doesn't look as bad with it being mostly black... but I would still stick to my point about the cab end treatment.

Agreed.

 

[zn1]

whilst they at it - lob one in NSE - just to make a change.....

 

[GatwickDepress]

Is the red roof due to the LU roundel being wholly red? Even if so, that roof doesn't really complement it; it looks unfinished!

whilst they at it - lob one in NSE - just to make a change.....

Oh and paint one in BR Blue with the arrows of indecision, just to give the purists a reason to be annoyed.

 

[dannyandy]

Quite like 721 although im not too sure about 718, still I suppose adds variety to a otherwise virtually identical class

721 would look great after working a RHTT train

 

[Cliveblackpool]

Interesting, not a great theme lol, but this example demonstrates that everything is possible and someone who has a flair for art, could put some great artwork /pictures on locos, trains etc.

 

[ash39]

I think that looks superb! What's the nameplate on the side?

I'll have to track it down for a pic.

 

[ModernRailways]

I think they both look like great liveries. I've seen some other shots of the white one and it actually suits it really well. The black tends to look worse in my view.

 

[jopsuk]

Is the red roof due to the LU roundel being wholly red? Even if so, that roof doesn't really complement it; it looks unfinished!


Oh and paint one in BR Blue with the arrows of indecision, just to give the purists a reason to be annoyed.

Surprised no-one has suggested Load Haul yet.

Could go for a complete set of BR "heritage" liveries. How much upset would "Intercity" cause?

 

[Keith Jarrett]

I think that looks superb! What's the nameplate on the side?

I'll have to track it down for a pic.

66721 = Harry Beck, the designer of the tube map as we know it today.

For the benefit of the photographers out there, each side of 66721 is different - one side is today's tube map while the other seems to be a retro 1930s version.

66718 has new name - Sir Peter Hendy CBE

 

[Boothby97]

66721 = Harry Beck, the designer of the tube map as we know it today.

For the benefit of the photographers out there, each side of 66721 is different - one side is today's tube map while the other seems to be a retro 1930s version.

66718 has new name - Sir Peter Hendy CBE

66721 was already named Harry Beck, 66718 was formerly named Gwyneth Dunwoody

 

[Blaahh]

721 does not look great in that livery when it is on Crossrail duties and covered in grime, as it has most of the last two weeks!