Good liveries

[sprinterguy]

I really like the colour (and it works well on the 319 livery), but the stripes go the wrong way and look a bit much like a bus livery from the late 1980s.

That probably goes a long way towards suggesting why I like it: I regard the immediate post-bus deregulation era as something of a "golden age" for livery design! Also hence my allusion to the similarities with the old Provincial "Railbus" livery.

 

[prod_pep]

Have to say that 144 looks dreadful externally. An amateurish look, especially the front end. Come back Class 319 livery, all is forgiven!

 

[507021]

I think the 144e livery does have a nice choice of colours but I'm not sure on the livery design and I think the Northern Rail logo is a bit small. I'm not keen on the front either to be honest - I think it would have looked much better with a full yellow front end

 

[southern442]

I probably will be shot for saying this, but I've decided that I quite like the Heathrow Connect orange livery.

 

[Bletchleyite]

I probably will be shot for saying this, but I've decided that I quite like the Heathrow Connect orange livery.

It's a nice basic one not overly dissimilar to the original 350/1 "reverse BR blue and grey" livery which I also quite liked. 350s do look really odd without a front gangway, though - almost unfinished. I guess a German Desiro-style fancy fibreglass snout would have wasted too much length.

 

[Red_Machine]

The only trains I ever saw with any regularity growing up were my local franchise's. Their livery was pretty similar to the old BR one, and it just seems like the right livery for a train to me.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/165004_Warwick_Parkway.JPG

 

[317666]

Add another vote for the WAGN 317/6 livery and FGW 'Fag Packet'! Also really liked the NWT/FNW blue with gold stars livery, especially with the yellow headlight surrounds rather than black.

 

[AlexNL]

From the UK, I quite like the Virgin livery on their Pendolino's. I think the Midland Mainline livery on a 222 looked good as well:

"MML222009 at Nottingham 2005-11-14 02" by Chris McKenna (Thryduulf). Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons


Another livery which I find striking is that of MTR Express of Sweden:

(own picture)

 

[Strathclyder]

I think the Midland Mainline livery on a 222 looked good as well:

"MML222009 at Nottingham 2005-11-14 02" by Chris McKenna (Thryduulf). Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

This livery did suit the Meridians quite well. Ditto for the HSTs (takes cover)....