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loco log
Operators:
May 2002-Present: BR Blue
1999-May 2002: VTWC Red & Black
1992-1999: Intercity Swallow
1986-1992: Intercity Executive
1973-1986: BR Blue
2005-Present: National Railway Museum
1997-2005: Virgin Trains West Coast
1973-1997: British Rail
Liveries:
Current Operator
National Railway Museum
BR Blue
Current Livery
Positional Purpose Only
Date
Change
Detail
2005
Operator
Transferred to the National Railway Museuem to become a static exhibit after withdrawal from service
May 2002
Livery
Repainted into BR Blue from it's previous Virgin Trains West Coast Red & Black livery
1999
Livery
Repainted into Virgin Trains West Coast Red & Black from it's previous Intercity Swallow livery
1997
Operator
Transferred to Virgin Trains West Coast as railways are privatised
1992
Livery
Repainted into Intercity Swallow livery from it's previous Intercity Executive livery
1986
Livery
Repainted into Intercity Executive livery from it's previous BR Blue livery
1977
Name
Renamed "Royal Scot"
January 1976
Name
Named "Stephenson"
1973
Status
Built by BREL at Crewe Works for British Railways in BR Blue livery
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