THE CLASS 950 ultrasonic ‘Track-Recording Unit’ is the only Class150 design to receive BR blue and grey livery, albeit enhanced with the red stripe routinely applied to departmental and research stock in the 1970s and 1980s.
This was the second livery to be carried by No. 950001. On introduction, the lower body was finished in light blue, a colour close to Provincial light blue. Legends were applied too: ‘Director of Civil Engineering BRB’ to the right-hand end of each vehicle.
Along the red stripe, the Class 950 was marked with ‘Track Recording Unit’ applied to vehicle No. DB999600 and ‘Testing and Evaluation’ which was applied to No. DB999601.
By the time rail blue had replaced the light blue as in 1990s condition, the ‘Director of Civil Engineering’ lettering was removed, although the legends applied to the red lining survived.
1990s livery
Rail blue and grey is the chosen colour scheme for themodel allowing it to span the 1990s through to the autumn of 2000 prior to its repainting in Railtrack livery. The unit carried miniature snow ploughs while carrying both Railtrack and Network Rail liveries. For much of the 1990s, this was a changing picture and snow ploughs were not always fitted.
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