Poll
Question:
The West Midlands has had a few Liveries over the last few decades. Which one is your favourite and would like to see in a heritage livery on the current fleet
Option 1: TWM Toothpaste
votes: 17
Option 2: TWM Red, Blue and White
votes: 8
Option 3: Travel Merry Hill
votes: 4
Option 4: Travel Your Bus
votes: 1
Option 5: West Midlands Travel Blue and Grey with Red Stripe
votes: 13
Option 6: Birmingham Corporation
votes: 5
Option 7: Wolverhampton Corporation
votes: 1
Option 8: West Bromwich Corporation
votes: 7
Option 9: Walsall Corporation
votes: 3
Option 10: Midland Red
votes: 3
Option 11: Coventry Corporation
votes: 0
Option 12: Timesaver Livery- Blue and Gold
votes: 6
Option 13: Other:- Please State In The Comments
votes: 2
Option 14: WMPTE Blue and Cream
votes: 7
Option 15: Travel Coventry
votes: 2
Option 16: WMPTE Blue and Silver
votes: 2
Option 17: Timesaver Silver
votes: 3
I would love to see a Platinum bus in the Timesaver Livery on the X1
WMPTE Blue and Cream.
A WMPTE blue & cream Trident or a Gemini would look good,
@SL 16 YPN would that be the original livery like 2912 or the French Blue & Gold like 2957??
Quote from: Squiz1971 on September 02, 2018, 03:22:37 PM
A WMPTE blue & cream Trident or a Gemini would look good, @SL 16 YPN would that be the original livery like 2912 or the French Blue & Gold like 2957??
I was thinking like 2957, what's the original livery like?
Quote from: SL 16 YPN on September 02, 2018, 03:26:58 PM
I was thinking like 2957, what's the original livery like?
Like this 2912 in preservation
https://www.flickr.com/photos/29426589@N02/29263838251/in/dateposted-public/
Quote from: Squiz1971 on September 02, 2018, 03:47:59 PM
Like this 2912 in preservation
https://www.flickr.com/photos/29426589@N02/29263838251/in/dateposted-public/
Ooooo I like that livery!
Quote from: SL 16 YPN on September 02, 2018, 03:54:07 PM
Ooooo I like that livery!
Could have a X1 Platinum in each of the liveries eh
The old West Bromwich livery without any doubt!
Personally, I remember my first memories of buses to be the Toothpaste livery. Tridents in them brings back an older time.
Damn, I'm getting old....
Quote from: tuthertony on September 02, 2018, 05:36:14 PM
The old West Bromwich livery without any doubt!
Here, here!
Quote from: tuthertony on September 02, 2018, 05:36:14 PM
The old West Bromwich livery without any doubt!
3033 always looked very smart when carrying the West Brom livery & I agree wholeheartedly. Hopefully a West Brom bus may carry this livery again maybe an E400 perhaps
Quote from: GeminiFan1991 on September 02, 2018, 05:54:13 PM
Personally, I remember my first memories of buses to be the Toothpaste livery. Tridents in them brings back an older time.
Damn, I'm getting old....
There were never any Tridents in the toothpaste livery
@GeminiFan1991 In East B'ham, I'd assume your either perhaps remembering Acocks Green Presidents and Lea Halls 97 branded Omnilinks in the toothpaste livery, or Tridents in the Travel West Midlands livery.
Though only 4 or 5 Year's back there were still loads of Omnilinks in the Toothpaste livery and Tridents in the TWM livery, so it wasn't that long ago there were still buses in service in those liveries.
See Tony's older pictures of 1809, 4115 , 4679, and 4472 for pictures in TWM and toothpaste liveries
1809 - https://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/1750-1953/1809.html - Toothpaste
4472 - http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/4225-4474/4472.html - TWM livery.
4679 - http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/4475-4699/4679.html - TWM livery.
4115 - http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/4001-4224/4115.html - Toothpaste and TWM livery.
Quote from: 2206 on September 02, 2018, 07:15:23 PM
There were never any Tridents in the toothpaste livery @GeminiFan1991
I'd assume your either perhaps remembering Acocks Green Presidents and 97 branded Omnilinks in the toothpaste livery, or Tridents in the Travel West Midlands livery.
Though only 4 or 5 Year's back there were still loads of Omnilinks in the Toothpaste livery and Tridents in the TWM livery, so it wasn't that long ago there were still buses in service in those liveries.
See Tony's older pictures of 1809, 4115 , 4679, and 4472 for pictures in TWM and toothpaste liveries
1809 - https://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/1750-1953/1809.html - Toothpaste
4472 - http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/4225-4474/4472.html - TWM livery.
4679 - http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/4475-4699/4679.html - TWM livery.
4115 - http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/4001-4224/4115.html - Toothpaste and TWM livery.
Perhaps
@GeminiFan1991 means the Enviro 400s on the Trident chassis? @2206
A fairly underused way of referring to the early E400s - as its mainly associated with ALX400s - but still valid, in my opinion
Quite a few liveries missing from your list! WMPTE blue and cream, WMT blue and cream, WMT blue and grey/silver, Travel Coventry. There's three different Timesaver liveries.
Quote from: Gareth on September 02, 2018, 07:59:46 PM
Quite a few liveries missing from your list! WMPTE blue and cream, WMT blue and cream, WMT blue and grey/silver, Travel Coventry. There's three different Timesaver liveries.
They have been added
What about the Premier 997 liveries?
Like that carried on 4128 - albeit not branded - then later on 4680-5. I mean I don't think it's worthy of a bus to go in for repaint into this livery; simply because it was dedicated to one route. It was more of a glorified route branding!
Quote from: CL on September 02, 2018, 10:15:09 PM
What about the Premier 997 liveries?
Like that carried on 4128 - albeit not branded - then later on 4680-5. I mean I don't think it's worthy of a bus to go in for repaint into this livery; simply because it was dedicated to one route. It was more of a glorified route branding!
Didn't some 41** tridents, some Gemini's and even some enviros get this "premier" livery
Quote from: SL 16 YPN on September 02, 2018, 10:17:42 PM
Didn't some 41** tridents, some Gemini's and even some enviros get this "premier" livery
4128 was the only Y reg that had the Premier 997 livery with a massive Travel West Midlands logo. 4680-4686 was white with red lines and 'Premier 997', and a nice hint of blue on the front. 4768-4776 were for Premier 997 in NXWM livery - massive grey roundel with 997 and tiny 'Premier' underneath it.
4128 (offside) at Showbus by Jon Oakley: https://flic.kr/p/26QFWuA
4128 (nearside) in Birmingham by JE1791: https://flic.kr/p/9Ag47C
4685 (offside) in Birmingham by Jon Oakley: https://flic.kr/p/27RFsPQ
4686 (nearside) in Walsall by Simon835: https://flic.kr/p/hH5XW3
4770 (offside) in Aldridge by
@John: https://flic.kr/p/9N5FZc
4770 (nearside) in Birmingham by David Ralley: https://flic.kr/p/ov5JAs
My favourite it Toothpaste, suited everything it was on. Made the Presidents and B10's look brand new with 1, 377 and 451 branding. It's a shame it didn't last long :(
My favourite was the red, white and blue TWM livery.