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Originally Posted by ianrail
I was in Glasgow for a couple of years around 1970-71 but I only ever remember seeing them in plain blue, although as they'd already been around for a few years no doubt it's correct to say that they would earlier have appeared in a more interesting livery. Incidentally I think I can almost pinpoint the date they were withdrawn as we last went on one of the last 101s from Glasgow Central in July 2000 and they disappeared only weeks later.
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Thanks. I am talking about 1964 - 66. I was only 5 in 64 but do remember them when in Springburn with my mother and i liked to stop at the gate at the railway station and look down the stairs at the platforms. In one of the 2 bays back then there would normally be at least one clas 303 EMU [Blue trains] and it would wait for the class 101DMU coming in from Cumbernauld and passengers would transfer from one train to the other. I am not sure but i have a dull vision that i saw them before the thin yellow stripe was put on them. i do remember them in the thicker stripe. My problem is i am planning in building a model railway and want to use the period 1964 - 66 for this and will put 1 or two 101's in it but I need to know the livery. I know it was normally blue but ws there any green ones in service then in Glasgow and was there ever. The only models i have seen are the green ones or the blue with full cab yellow which wouldn't be correct for that period. I have never seen a model in blue with a thin yellow srtipe.