The contrast between this trains previous livery of London Underground Red, which it would have carried for over 50 years, and its current one could not be greater. For such a livery to be on any unit shows how much things have changed in recent years, but the combination of their age, underground look and dinosaur style livery surely makes them one of todays more remarkable 21st century railway survivors. They operate after all on the main line and you do not have to go to a theme park to experience them. This one was 'captured on film' however when it stopped briefly at Smallbrook Junction on the 30th August 2003.

Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com