How's this for an unusual colour combination! In 1991 after being transferred to Thames Valley passenger duties, 47701 still carried ScotRail livery (admittedly with the word 'ScotRail' painted out in a different shade of grey) for a while before being repainted into Network SouthEast livery. Here it passes Hinksey with the 1F45 10:00 Oxford to Paddington service on 5 July 1991, formed of the customary rake of Mk1s. This Scotrail /NSE livery combination wasn't unusual at the time, but the inclusion of the Royal Mail liveried van at the head of the train certainly was! |