East Midlands repaints

EAST MIDLANDS repaints

The latest purple and white colour scheme to be applied to East Midlands Railway rolling stock caught the eye of JOHN PILGRIM, who set about repainting a Lima Class 156 and Hornby HST power car in this bang up-to-date livery. He explains all in this step by step guide.

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Above: The Class 156 repaints into EMR purple, white and grey were the initial catalyst for this project. 156912 started life as a Lima Regional Railways liveried set. Mike Wild.

The following step by step guide shows how I took a Lima Class 156 originally in Regional Railways livery into EMR colours, along with a Hornby Railroad HST into the EMR special livery.

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