Plain Blue Livery
Plain Blue Livery |
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| Provincial • NWRR • N.Spirit • First • Plain Blue • Northern.1 • Northern.2 • Northern.3 | |
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156.459, photographed at Hindley near Wigan on 21 August, 2004. |
| 4 units | 156.426,429,455,459 (also car 57424) |
| First | 156.459 (August 2004) |
| Last | - |
Following the anouncement of Serco-Nedrailways as prefered bidder for the new Northern franchise in July 2004, several units were painted in all over indigo blue - the base colour of First group livery.
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156459 at Blackpool North, 25.September.2004 Full yellow cab ends are carried, with black painted window frames, the same arrangement as First Group livery. |
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The cabside of 156459, 25.September.2004 Doors are silver-white and the foot step is yellow. The door-open button is highlighted with an orange rectangle. Solebars are painted the same blue as the main body. |
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150203+156455 at Bolton, 09.June.2005 The class 150 unit carries the blue livery with gold stars used by First North Western before the adoption of 'barbie' livery. |
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156455 at Preston, 25.September.2004 |
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156429 at Manchester Piccadilly, 30.October.2004 |
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The first of the four plain blue 156s to receive Northern branding, was 156455 by October 2005. The unit is seen at Sheffield, 21.January.2006 |
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156429 was the last of the four to receive Northern logos in March 2006, and on this unit they are positioned under the first large window. 156429 Departing Manchester Piccadilly, on 18.August.2006 |
 Photo: James Rawlinson |
Northern Rail's 156424, seen here at Liverpool Lime Street on August 24th 2007, with carriages in two different liveries.
Originally in First Group 'Barbie' livery, car 57424 has been victim of graffiti attacks twice, first on the left hand side in October 2006, and then on the right hand side in April 2007 (photo). In July 2007, 57424 had the remainder of it its vinyl stripes removed on the right side, and the white roof stripe was been painted grey. The left hand side features a Northern Rail logo (photo).
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