(29 Jul 2022, 9:50 am)Adrian wrote You're going to have this until re-paints etc are completed. The paint shop only has a limited capacity, and I don't think GNE could win whichever way they did it. Doing re-paints beforehand would have suggested the consultation had a pre-determined outcome, and doing them afterwards ends up in enthusiasts (I don't think the general public care) complaining about incorrect allocations.

Did they ever even finish the repaints from the Unfit for the Future changes, or whatever came next though?  Does seem like someone else said, a bit like the Forth Bridge in terms of needing repaints, as services change before the previous changes have even bedded in.  Pretty sure there's been excess Prince Bishops knocking around for ages now (though to be fair that may be down to the "temporary" timetable introduced last year?)