The Pride of the Nation Set- Where has it gone?

[ryan125hst]

I've just been looking at the coaching stock and formations on Riviera Trains' website and have notice that the Pride of the Nation set is no longer mentioned. I have looked on this website several times before to look at photographs of the stock and the formations, just for my own interest. There is no mention of the set undergoing maintenance on Riviera's website.

I've done a quick search and Google but haven't found any obvious problems with the coaches, sale of the stock ect.

So what has happened to it?

 

[fgwrich]

I presume your on about the 'Pride of the Nation' Mk1 set? In which case, i'd either say that it's been split and repainted into the Chocolate and Cream 'The Royal Duchy' set and or the Crimson & Cream 'The Royal Scot' sets.

 

[ryan125hst]

I presume your on about the 'Pride of the Nation' Mk1 set? In which case, i'd either say that it's been split and repainted into the Chocolate and Cream 'The Royal Duchy' set and or the Crimson & Cream 'The Royal Scot' sets.

That's right. Why do you think it's been split into the other sets? Is this just a guess or has this been confirmed?

 

[fgwrich]

That's right. Why do you think it's been split into the other sets? Is this just a guess or has this been confirmed?

Just a guess, but Riviera seem to be painting / overhauling quite a few coaches lately. And with West Coast & the SPRS Mk1 sets on the mainline also at the moment, as well as a dozen Mk2s in store & in use with both companies, i cant see any of the set being stored or the need for another rake of Mk1s on the mainline.

 

[bolli]

I'm not sure that it would have been into the 'Royal Dutchy' set - I was under the impression that 'Pride of the Nation' and 'Royal Scot' were air braked, whereas the 'Royal Dutchy' set was dual braked.

 

[sprinterguy]

That's right. Why do you think it's been split into the other sets? Is this just a guess or has this been confirmed?

The "Pride of the Nation Rake" has been split by Riviera Trains, so that carriages from this rake can now be found in Riviera's "Royal Scot" (Set OM02) and "British Classic" rakes (Set OM01). These vehicles are painted carmine & cream or chocolate and cream respectively. Further vehicles from the "Pride of the Nation" set are also with Riviera but are, I believe, presently out of use and are for the most part in plain green livery.

 

[theblackwatch]

The 'Pride of the Nation' rake was pretty much retired 2005, although some of the coaches remained in use for a while longer, appearing in other charter sets. Hertfordshire Rail Tours was the main user of the set, and at the end of that year the promoter started using the 'Blue Pullman' rake of air-cons instead following a takeover by FM Rail.

As others have pointed out, many of the coaches have since been overhauled and used in other rakes. A quick look at this year's Platform 5 Combined Volume shows there are no FO type coaches still in 'Pride of the Nation' livery, but 2 Kitchen Cars (1679/80) and a BFK (21269) are - these are all out of action at Eastleigh.

 

[ryan125hst]

The 'Pride of the Nation' rake was pretty much retired 2005, although some of the coaches remained in use for a while longer, appearing in other charter sets. Hertfordshire Rail Tours was the main user of the set, and at the end of that year the promoter started using the 'Blue Pullman' rake of air-cons instead following a takeover by FM Rail.

As others have pointed out, many of the coaches have since been overhauled and used in other rakes. A quick look at this year's Platform 5 Combined Volume shows there are no FO type coaches still in 'Pride of the Nation' livery, but 2 Kitchen Cars (1679/80) and a BFK (21269) are - these are all out of action at Eastleigh.

Thank you for that. I wondered why it was no longer mentioned.

If it has been retired for so longer, you wonder why they didn't remove it from their website earlier?