Lost Liveries

[SNL 824]

RE: Lost liveries

(06/06/2012 21:39)MTL0201 Wrote:  

(06/06/2012 21:24)SNL 824 Wrote:  Attending both the NWVRT and MTT events recently, I have to say the MPTE/Merseybus verona green, cream livery, particularly the later variant with the addition of brown does look magnificent. I'm not sure I appreciated it at the time, as I was still in mourning for the passing of Birkenhead blue some years earlier. These are probably my favourite two lost liveries, but I'm sure others will have different opinions.

Agreed with that the Green/Cream/Brown was my favourite Merseyside livery

Another livery that i loved is the GM Buses White/Orange/Black. Fareway had a great Blue/Yellow livery as the PMT Crosville/Red Rider Red/Yellow livery

I agree with all those other than the red yellow. Also I've seen some pictures of post NBC Crosville VRs in dark green and orange, which I think was at the same time as a dark green and cream livery. This presumably immediately preceded the red yellow that first came to the Wirral with Red Rider. Whilst the green/ cream looked great and was reminiscent of Tilling green just with more cream, the green/orange was a bit odd. Also I think at this time Crosville used the Town Lynx logo for the main fleet.