greatvoyager
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I’m not sure what to make of the purple livery.
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Transfer of LNER HST 125s to East Midlands Railway (EMR)
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TT-ONR-NRN
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I think it’s a shame to go to all that effort only for it to clash horrendously with the Virgin red 
Killingworth
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And so obvious that it would!I think it’s a shame to go to all that effort only for it to clash horrendously with the Virgin red
greatvoyager
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Is that why the power car features white towards the rear?
TT-ONR-NRN
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It should have been a white stripe and then red, separating the white and purple neatly. As it is, it’s just white which is wrong because the Mark 3 carriage starts with red. It sounds pernickerty when I say it but it looks odd.
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No. The white is there so the livery matches up with that of the 222s and 156s which are also in EMR temporary branding
greatvoyager
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Ah okay, I got a little confused because the amount of purple/white on the 156/9 and 222 units looks inconsistent.
If a Mk3 set was ever done these would of just been white similar to the center coaches on the 222/180's hence the white area towards the rear. There was a picture shown on an EMR video sometime last year with a purple powercar and mk3.
Probably due to the length of the units.
greatvoyager
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Maybe so, it looks so unbalanced having so much purple compared to the rest.
SteveyBee131
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On the Regional units, the purple sweeps up across the second passenger window (except on the 156 toilet side). On Intercity units it sweeps up at the pillar between the third and fourth windows. I'm not sure why it's longer, perhaps due to unit lengths as @43055 suggests.
However, perhaps this should be in the EMR livery thread
pleased to see that 43274 was out yesterday with 43102 on the diagram including 1534 from STP and 1745 return from Nottingham
WesternLancer
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very nice to see those pics - thanks
greatvoyager
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Nice photos, looks great in this lighting.
WesternLancer
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If only each carriage in the set had been done in different midland main line used liveries from over the years!
I'm sure there must by 6BR Blue and grey
MML Tangerine
The MML white blue grey
EMT stagecoach
I must have missed some
Steddenm
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InterCity?If only each carriage in the set had been done in different midland main line used liveries from over the years!
BR Blue and grey
MML Tangerine
The MML white blue grey
EMT stagecoach
I must have missed some
If only each carriage in the set had been done in different midland main line used liveries from over the years!
BR Blue and grey
MML Tangerine
The MML white blue grey
EMT stagecoach
I must have missed some
I was very fond of the Teal and Orange. Love to see a carriage with that one again !
Just got off the train from Manchester and I saw the purple, but had a nice surprise with the Intercity on the rear too!
greatvoyager
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Is the purple that dark up close?
Perhaps a little lighter, the photo was very rushed as I'd only been on the platform for two seconds.
greatvoyager
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No worries, can’t wait to see it for real.
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still no saturday diagrams? 
Not today due to engineering work - back next week.still no saturday diagrams?
Virgin Voyager
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Although the White does match with the White door at the end of the Red Mk3, Just a shame the white door is really dirty
greatvoyager
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It would probably look more seemless if the Red and White were inversed.
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anyone got a rough idea as to what they are, going off of previous weeks? ta muchlystill no saturday diagrams?
WesternLancer
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see recent posts on here in answer to my similar question eg post #75 with times (link image here shows a different post at head of page but relevant info lower down)
Looks like HSTs on 24 April, and 8 May. That may be it for Saturdays
EMR HST's featured on East Midlands Today on the lunch and evening programs. The link takes to the evening program which the article starts at 07:50. Program expires tomorrow at 18:55.
BBC iPlayer - East Midlands Today - Evening News: 28/04/2021
BBC iPlayer - East Midlands Today - Evening News: 28/04/2021
221101 Voyager
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Thanks for pointing this out.
I've done a screen recording so I can watch it again in say 5 years time and think wow, how time flies!
WesternLancer
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I thought that news feature was nicely done!
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