Liveries & Operators Directory

In real life, vehicle ownership & usage can change frequently and it can often take time for the current operator's livery to be applied to all vehicles (if at all).

The majority of Ready-To-Run scale model vehicles are reproduced in the colour scheme & branding of the organisation which operated the vehicle.

Categorisation can be a challenging (and often contentious!) topic. Some definitions which help us:

A lot of kit models are supplied undecorated.

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Liverpool and Manchester Railway 1830 - 1845
Ffestiniog Railway 1835 - Present Day
GWR chocolate and cream 1835 - 1947
LSWR - London and South Western Railway 1838 - 1922
MR - Midland Railway 1844 - 1922
NBR - North British Railway 1844 - 1922
CR - Caledonian Railway 1845 - 1922
GNR - Great Northern Railway 1846 - 1922
LBSCR - London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1846 - 1922
LNWR - London and North Western Railway 1846 - 1922
LYR - Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1847 - 1922
Royal Train 1850 - Present Day
NER - North Eastern Railway 1854 - 1922
GER - Great Eastern Railway 1862 - 1922
SDJR - Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway 1862 - 1930
Metropolitan Railway 1863 - 1933
Cambrian Railways 1864 - 1922
HR - Highland Railway 1865 - 1922
GVT - Glyn Valley Tramway 1873 - 1935
Brighton and Hove 1884 - Present Day
Aberdeen Corporation 1898 - 1975
LBR - Lynton and Barnstaple Railway 1898 - 1922
Birmingham City Transport 1899 - 1969
GCR - Great Central Railway 1899 - 1922
SECR - South Eastern and Chatham Railway 1899 - 1922
East Kent Railway 1900 - 1949
KESR - Kent and East Sussex Railway 1900 - 1939
Royal Navy 1900 - Present Day
Reading Buses 1901 - Present Day
Yellow Buses 1902 - Present Day
Yorkshire Traction 1902 - 2005
Ipswich Buses 1903 - Present Day
Longmoor Military Railway 1903 - 1969
Northern Counties Committee (Ireland) 1903 - 1949
Nottingham City Transport 1906 - Present Day
West Yorkshire Road Car Company 1906 - 1989
Finglands Coachways 1907 - 2013
Maidstone and District 1911 - 1998
GWR crimson lake 1912 - 1922
London Underground 1913 - Present Day
Railway Operating Division - WW1 1915 - 1920
Southdown Motor Services 1915 - 1989
Wilts & Dorset 1915 - Present Day
ECC International (English China Clay) 1919 - 1999
Ribble Motor Services 1919 - 1989
Pullman 1920 - Present Day
Royal Mail 1920 - Present Day
LMS crimson lake 1923 - 1947
LNER pre-war brown 1923 - 1947
SR engineers red 1923 - 1947
SNCB - Belgian Railways 1926 - Present Day
Southern Vectis 1929 - Present Day
Eastern Counties 1931 - 1987
London Transport 1933 - 2000
Abbots of Leeming 1937 - Present Day
LMS coronation blue 1937 - 1946
LNER garter blue 1937 - 1947
SNCF - French Railways 1938 - Present Day
SR malachite green 1941 - 1947
NCB - National Coal Board 1946 - 1987
BR black with British Railways lettering 1948 - 1951
BR crimson and cream 1948 - 1960
BR experimental purple 1948 - 1951
BR green with early emblem 1948 - 1957
BR non-standard 1948 - 1994
Ulster Transport Authority 1948 - 1966
BR black with early emblem 1949 - 1957
BR express passenger blue 1949 - 1955
Scottish Omnibuses Ltd 1949 - 1985
BR green with coaching stock roundel 1950 - 1972
Titfield Thunderbolt 1953 - 1953
BR departmental olive 1955 - 1985
BR chocolate and cream 1956 - 1966
BR black with late crest 1957 - 1968
BR green with late crest 1957 - 1972
BR electric blue 1959 - 1968
Blue Pullman 'Nanking blue' 1960 - Present Day
BR golden ochre 1963 - 1967
Stotts Tours Oldham 1963 - Present Day
BR blue and grey 1965 - 1990
Silcock & Collings 1966 - 1990
NIR - Northern Ireland Railways 1967 - Present Day
Freightliner (BR) 1968 - 1994
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway 1968 - 1986
West Midlands PTE 1969 - 1990
BR engineers yellow 1970 - 1994
Eddie Stobart 1970 - Present Day
Amtrak 1971 - Present Day
BR research department 1972 - 1994
National Express 1972 - Present Day
Blue Circle Cement 1978 - 2001
BR large logo blue 1978 - 1994
Cargowaggon 1979 - Present Day
VTG 1979 - Present Day
Stagecoach Scotland 1980 - Present Day
British Industrial Sand (BIS) 1982 - 1987
London and South East 1982 - 1986
Railfreight grey (inc. Red Stripe) 1982 - 1992
First South West (aka Devon & Cornwall) 1983 - Present Day
Metrobus 1983 - Present Day
Provincial Bus Company 1983 - 1995
Stagecoach West 1983 - Present Day
Stagecoach Western 1983 - Present Day
BR Highland green and cream 1984 - 1995
GMPTE - Greater Manchester PTE 1985 - 2000
Strathclyde Passenger Transport 1985 - 2015
Western Scottish 1985 - 1997
Andrews of Sheffield 1986 - 1995
National Express West Midlands 1986 - Present Day
NSE - Network SouthEast 1986 - 1994
Regional Railways 1986 - 2000
Stagecoach North East 1986 - Present Day
ARC - Amey Roadstone 1987 - 1999
Bluestar 1987 - Present Day
Irish Rail / Iarnród Éireann 1987 - Present Day
Railfreight 'Sector' triple grey 1987 - 1994
RFS Engineering 1987 - 2000
Departmental grey 1988 - 1994
Hunslet-Barclay 1989 - 2003
London Central 1989 - Present Day
London General 1989 - Present Day
London General 1989 - Present Day
Metroline 1989 - Present Day
Selkent 1989 - Present Day
Stagecoach South 1989 - Present Day
Stagecoach South East 1989 - Present Day
Aintree Coachline 1990 - Present Day
Civil Engineers 'Dutch' 1990 - 2000
Stagecoach Mansfield 1990 - Present Day
RES - Rail Express Systems 1991 - 2002
Railfreight Distribution (RFD) 1992 - 1997
uno (UniversityBus) 1992 - Present Day
Central Services 1993 - 1995
Mendip Rail 1993 - Present Day
Deutsche Bahn 1994 - Present Day
Eurostar 1994 - Present Day
Mainline Freight 1994 - 1996
Merseyrail 1994 - Present Day
Stagecoach London 1994 - Present Day
Waterman Railways 1994 - 2000
DRS - Direct Rail Services 1995 - Present Day
EPS (European Passenger Services) Grey 1995 - 1998
Stagecoach East (aka Cambus) 1995 - Present Day
Chiltern Railways 1996 - Present Day
EWS - English Welsh and Scottish 1996 - 2009
First Glasgow 1996 - Present Day
Freightliner PLC 1996 - Present Day
Gatwick Express 1996 - 2008
GNER - Great North Eastern Railway 1996 - 2007
Great Western Trains 1996 - 1998
Island Line / Isle of Wight 1996 - Present Day
Midland Mainline 1996 - 2007
South West Trains 1996 - 2017
Stagecoach Manchester 1996 - Present Day
STVA 1996 - Present Day
Travel West Midlands 1996 - 2008
Anglia Railways 1997 - 2004
First Hampshire & Dorset 1997 - Present Day
First North Western 1997 - 2004
First Scotland East 1997 - Present Day
Scotrail (NatEx) 1997 - 2004
Virgin Cross Country 1997 - 2007
Virgin West Coast 1997 - 2019
WAGN - West Anglia Great Northern 1997 - 2006
Cambrian Trains 1998 - 2001
First Great Western 1998 - 2015
Harry Needle Railroad Company 1998 - Present Day
Northern Spirit 1998 - 2001
Unilink Southampton 1998 - Present Day
WCRC - West Coast Railway Company 1998 - Present Day
Western Greyhound 1998 - 2015
Hanson Aggregates 1999 - Present Day
Hull Trains 2000 - Present Day
Advenza Freight 2001 - 2010
GBRf - GB Railfreight 2001 - Present Day
Southern Rail 2001 - Present Day
Network Rail 2002 - Present Day
Arriva Trains Wales 2003 - 2018
South Eastern Trains 2003 - Present Day
First Transpennine Express 2004 - 2015
National Express East Anglia 2004 - 2012
Network Colchester 2004 - 2015
Northern Rail (2004 to 2016) 2004 - 2016
Scotrail (First) 2004 - 2015
Drax 2005 - Present Day
Go North East 2005 - Present Day
Go North East 2005 - Present Day
Go North East 2005 - Present Day
Go North East 2005 - Present Day
Go South Coast 2005 - Present Day
Stagecoach Yorkshire 2005 - Present Day
Fastline Freight 2006 - 2010
First Capital Connect 2006 - 2014
RailAdventure 2006 - Present Day
Colas Rail 2007 - Present Day
CrossCountry Trains 2007 - Present Day
East Midlands Trains 2007 - 2019
Grand Central Trains 2007 - Present Day
Greater Anglia 2007 - Present Day
London Midland (2007) 2007 - 2017
London Overground 2007 - Present Day
Go Ahead London 2008 - Present Day
RSS - Railway Support Services 2008 - Present Day
Wrexham and Shropshire 2008 - 2011
Abellio London 2009 - Present Day
Aggregate Industries 2009 - Present Day
DB Schenker / DB Cargo UK 2009 - Present Day
Devon and Cornwall Railways 2011 - Present Day
Stagecoach North West 2011 - Present Day
Ermewa 2012 - Present Day
Great Northern (GTR) 2014 - Present Day
Rail Operations Group 2014 - Present Day
Caledonian Sleeper 2015 - Present Day
Great Western Railway (2015) 2015 - Present Day
Hitachi Rail 2015 - Present Day
Scotrail (Saltire) 2015 - Present Day
Transport for London 2015 - Present Day
Virgin East Coast 2015 - 2018
Xplore Dundee 2015 - Present Day
Northern Trains (2016 to Present) 2016 - Present Day
TransPennine Express 2016 - Present Day
West Midlands Trains 2017 - Present Day
LNER - London North Eastern Railway (2018) 2018 - Present Day
Saphos Trains 2018 - Present Day
Touax Rail Ltd 2018 - Present Day
Transport for Wales 2018 - Present Day
Avanti West Coast 2019 - Present Day
East Midlands Railway 2019 - Present Day
Loram Rail Operations 2019 - Present Day
Cappagh 2020 - Present Day
Rail Charter Services 2020 - Present Day
Hanson and Hall Rail Solutions 2021 - Present Day
Lumo 2021 - Present Day
Commemorative / Special event (Fictitious)
Harry Potter - Hogwarts Railways (Fictitious)
Not Applicable (Fictitious)
Thomas the Tank Engine (Fictitious)
Uncategorised (Fictitious)
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