(28 Dec 2016, 5:39 pm)tyresmoke Top 7 of those are due to have an influx of new stock so I'm sure their average ages will drop!

(29 Dec 2016, 6:08 pm)8222 Hi all,

Just stumbled across this picture:

http://www.railwayherald.co.uk/imagingcentre/view/457839/PL

Am I right in thinking that that is a 3-car 156? Anyone able to shed any light?

Thanks.

(29 Dec 2016, 6:08 pm)8222 Hi all,

Just stumbled across this picture:

http://www.railwayherald.co.uk/imagingcentre/view/457839/PL

Am I right in thinking that that is a 3-car 156? Anyone able to shed any light?

Thanks.

(05 Apr 2017, 9:20 pm)Thomas43299 Reports that 37603 will be scrapped over the weekend to send parts for 37407, 37413 has also been reported as scrapped but this is unconfirmed as of yet

Spirit Design produced three different concepts for the livery, which were to be tested on 1:1 scale – no illustrations or models produced for board members here – three of Railjet’s Taurus locomotives were painted in each of the colour schemes. Two of the locos received an OBB red base colour, with grey/white and grey/red striping respectively and the final received a bordeaux-red base colour with grey/red striping. They were also duly named as Spirit of Salzburg, Spirit of Linz and Spirit of Vienna. OBB then asked Austrian tabloid ‘Kronen Zeitung’ to conduct a nationwide poll, via its website, to pick a winner.

In late 2007, the results were in, the third colour scheme featuring the bordeaux-red base colour with grey/red striping was the winner and became the new design approach and style for all Railjet rolling stock, uniforms, marketing material and more. A unique approach for a livery taken by OBB which, I suspect, was to match the unique service they were trying to build – plus the more you ask people for their opinions and thoughts on a transport concept, the more they will want to come and try it for themselves, usually with a feeling of ‘I had a hand in creating this’.