43188 Bourton 23 September 2015

First Great Western was rebranded as Great Western Railway (or GWR) on 20 September 2015, complete with a new dark green livery. Initially one HST set was painted in the new colour scheme, and it is seen here passing Bourton just three days after the launch, on 23 September. 43188 leads the 1L32 06:58 Swansea to Paddington service, with 43187 bringing up the rear. I'm not too sure about this livery. It doesn't seem to photograph well at all, sometimes looking nearly black! I always thought that chocolate and cream would look very impressive on the HST fleet, but assumed that First Great Western wouldn't want to use it, as that was looking backwards, not forwards. However, by rebranding the company GWR, complete with a modified 1930s Art Deco style 'shirt button' logo, that is exactly what they are doing!