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Class 205, no. 205032 at London Bridge on 15 August 2003, with a service to Uckfield.This unit is now preserved on the Caledonian Railway.. The British Rail Class 205 diesel-electric multiple units were built by BR at Eastleigh from 1957 to 1962, and in service for 47 years from BR Southern Region to Connex South Central and finally to the Southern franchise.
The history of British Rail's corporate liveries is quite complex. Although the organisation was associated with Rail Blue from the mid-1960s to the 1980s, a number of other schemes were also used, especially when it was split into operating units (or sectors ) in the mid-1980s.
Numbers carried (Current in bold) Name Location Current Status Livery Image 13000 D3000 - 13046 - Peak Rail: Awaiting overhaul; first one built BR Black 13002: D3002 - - - Plym Valley Railway: Operational BR Black 13014 D3014 - - Samson: Dartmouth Steam Railway: Operational BR Green, Dart Rail insignia 13018 D3018: 08011 - Haversham
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The "Clerk to the Company" is the most senior permanent member of staff, who as chief executive officer runs its day-to-day activities. The livery companies elect a majority of the members of the Livery Committee, a body administered at Guildhall. The committee oversees the elections of Sheriffs and the Lord Mayor, educates liverymen regarding ...
The liveries include heritage versions of the black "Day 1" livery on ALC-42 No. 301, a Phase I livery on P42 No. 161, a Phase III "Pepsi Can" livery on P42 No. 160, a Phase V livery on P42 No. 46, and a Phase VI livery on P42 No. 108 that is similar to the first ALC-42 units. [46]
Despite these successes, the number of innovations introduced at the same time made the class unreliable and difficult to maintain. A great deal of money was wasted on resolving the problems of a class designed for duties that could have been undertaken by cheaper 2-6-2 or 4-6-0 mixed-traffic locomotives. [ 7 ]
The following table sets out the names, numbers and other vital statistics of the locomotives that comprised the class. The 'Merchant Navies' represented a publicity success for the Southern Railway in highlighting the names of Merchant Navy shipping lines that used Southampton Docks , which were served by the Southern Railway.