QUOTE (bro sewell @ 8 Jan 2009, 10:02)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[...] as of yet no one has made aircon MK2 coaches yet..Hornby did have some old non-aircon stock many years ago, I think it was the old Airfix stock recycled (someone correct me if I am wrong) [...]
I bought some old Airfix Mk2 stock at a swapmeet some years ago, and it's certainly meant to be 2D/E/F with sealed windows. Doesn't that mean it's air-con, working on the logic that unopenable windows indicate the presence of air-con equipment?
QUOTE (hairyhandedfool @ 8 Jan 2009, 12:59)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I thought, for coaching stock atleast, 'Swallow' livery and 'Executive' livery were basically the same, the difference being the lettering. 'Executive' had 'Intercity' on the side whereas 'Swallow' had '
INTERCITY' on the side.
That's correct.
This
and this
were part of the same identity, introduced in 1989.
All InterCity liveries were based ultimately on the APT-E, and it seems Swallow was the final development of that. The
'Livery' section of the Wikipedia article on BR InterCity is quite useful. Apparently 'mainline' was the designation for the grey/white/red livery with no written branding.
QUOTE (Edwin @ 8 Jan 2009, 13:25)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I can't see the video for some reason, but I'm pretty sure the swallow only ever appeared on locos, power cars and DVTs. As HHF suggests the coaches were lettered
INTERCITY
Pretty sure you're right about the swallow on rolling stock, Edwin -- I don't remember it.
Cheers,
Tom