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Favourite Livery of the Past

Started by BK63 YWP, September 02, 2018, 03:08:08 PM

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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

TWM Toothpaste
17 (40.5%)
TWM Red, Blue and White
8 (19%)
Travel Merry Hill
4 (9.5%)
Travel Your Bus
1 (2.4%)
West Midlands Travel Blue and Grey with Red Stripe
13 (31%)
Birmingham Corporation
5 (11.9%)
Wolverhampton Corporation
1 (2.4%)
West Bromwich Corporation
7 (16.7%)
Walsall Corporation
3 (7.1%)
Midland Red
3 (7.1%)
Coventry Corporation
0 (0%)
Timesaver Livery- Blue and Gold
6 (14.3%)
Other:- Please State In The Comments
2 (4.8%)
WMPTE Blue and Cream
7 (16.7%)
Travel Coventry
2 (4.8%)
WMPTE Blue and Silver
2 (4.8%)
Timesaver Silver
3 (7.1%)

Total Members Voted: 42

BK63 YWP

I would love to see a Platinum bus in the Timesaver Livery on the X1
The Funny sounding Enviro 400

15 Wolverhampton to Merry Hill
15A Wolverhampton Merry Hill
16 Wolverhampton to Stourbridge

X10 Gornal Wood

Steve3229vp


Squiz1971

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??



BK63 YWP

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?
The Funny sounding Enviro 400

15 Wolverhampton to Merry Hill
15A Wolverhampton Merry Hill
16 Wolverhampton to Stourbridge

X10 Gornal Wood

Squiz1971


BK63 YWP

The Funny sounding Enviro 400

15 Wolverhampton to Merry Hill
15A Wolverhampton Merry Hill
16 Wolverhampton to Stourbridge

X10 Gornal Wood

Squiz1971

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

tuthertony

The old West Bromwich livery without any doubt!

GeminiFan1991

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....
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Squiz1971

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

2206

#11
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.
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94/95, 11A/11C, 28.

CL

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
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Gareth

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.

BK63 YWP

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
The Funny sounding Enviro 400

15 Wolverhampton to Merry Hill
15A Wolverhampton Merry Hill
16 Wolverhampton to Stourbridge

X10 Gornal Wood

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