anamyd
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1994 was when the BR sectors were split into "shadow franchises" (I watched a 1994 "South West Trains" training video on YouTube; Stagecoach then took that over in 1996) but 1996-1997 was when operations transferred, not all at once - for example in 1996 the GWML transferred from BR to Great Western Holdings (later bought by FirstBus), along with the ECML to GNER, yet BR were still running the WCML until it was handed over to Virgin in 1997, and BR were also still running many regional services until 1997 when they transferred to operators like Wales & West and Central Trains (two of the once many National Express-owned TOCs). BR continued to exist until 2001 for winding down.Oh OK - I assume the footage did come from the GWML. Thanks for the info about the Merlin livery. Interesting!
-Peter