(17 Jun 2013, 7:01 pm)Daniel wrote(17 Jun 2013, 6:34 pm)aureolin wrote(17 Jun 2013, 1:49 pm)Daniel wrote Trent have had their "Red Arrows" brand since 2008, I believe. Go North East had their "Red Arrows" brand before then, didn't they? 2007 or so the coaches were de-branded..?
Pretty sure the Red Arrows brand appeared circa 2004. It was certainly around a year or so before I started working where I am (2006), as I used to get the coaches through to Newcastle which were red arrows branded.
For Trent I thought it was around 2008 and had a brief look on Flickr and the earliest example I could find a photo from was 2008, so I went with it. Didn't have a proper look though.
I had no idea when GNE's started though, as I didn't look. I'm sure the coaches from the "Red Arrows" brand were de-branded in early 2007 when they moved onto driver training duties. I thought branding was only started in 2006 or so though?
The coaches went on the X23 before some went on Driver Training and others were sold I believe. The coaches were only used on Red Arrows due to the order of the Citaros being severely late and also why the Omnicities were also on the X2 etc in 2006 before going on the 21.