Class 114 Derby 2-car DMUs
Liveries
Green with no whiskers
The sets were delivered in lined DMU green (the lighter shade) with no speed whiskers. Unusual for this shade of green, the lion over wheel was carried. All the vehicles except the first set (50001/56001) had white cab roof domes.
They were the first vehicles to have the route indicators, and when delivered this two-character system was not in use, so the were wound to the white part of the blind. This caused a few rumours as to a new kind of warning panel!
The image shows E50033 (and presumably E56033). Location and date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The numerically final set - E50049 / E56049 - seems to be the only set delivered where the waist-level lining was not painted across the top of the headcode box cover, breaking this lining on the cab front. See this image for an example. By the yellow panel era it had reverted to the normal style.
Green with whiskers
When whiskers appeared their was a large variety of styles for such a small class. E56019 shows its version at Birmingham New Street on September 15th, 1962, forming the 4.23pm service to Derby. Michael Mensing.
The coaching crest was now carried on the power cars replacing the lion over wheel.
Sometimes during maintenance the covers for the headcode boxes would become accidently swapped, as in the example where a cover from a vehicle with whiskers was added to one without! This also shows that the height of the waist lining may have varied between the vehicles.
Green with yellow panel
In the early 1960s whiskers gave way to yellow panels, as carried by E50005 on a Peterborough - Grimsby Town service on September 28th, 1965 at Littleworth. Note the odd placement of the blue square on the left. Michael Mensing.
Green with full yellow ends
At least one set was noted in 1969 with both vehicles carrying full yellow ends while still in lined green. An image showing this can be found on flickr.
In the image featured here (at Bottesford on the 3rd May 1970) the DTC is in green with a full yellow end, the DMBS is in rail blue. David Page.
Rail Blue with small yellow panel
In the late 1960s corporate rail blue livery was introduced, a version included just a small yellow panel. E50001 and E56007 are seen at Firsby waiting to leave for Skegness, July 9, 1969. Steve Davies Collection.
Rail Blue with yellow cab doors
They also carried the other short lived early blue variation which had a full yellow end and also yellow cab doors. A sample picture can be found in the book BR in Colour 1968-1980 by John Glover (page 73).
Jon Stubley has a clear memory of a set in appearing for a few weeks in blue/grey livery around 1967 which he saw more than once. Could this be linked to the set in the Paytrain handbill?
Rail Blue with full yellow end
Plain Rail Blue with full yellow ends became the standard livery for about a decade. Such a set is seen in Sheffield Midland station - believed to be late 1960s due to the presence of green liveried vehicles. Unusually, it lacks the yellow line above the first class accommodation, although window stickers are visible. Graeme Phillips Collection. The last two vehicles to remain in plain blue are believed to be 50010 and 56009, still carrying it in January 1983.
Refurbished Livery
Refurbishment saw them in off-white with blue stripe, as is this example at Selby on 12/10/1978, carrying the South Yorkshire PTE logo. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Blue Grey with South Yorkshire branding
Blue Grey started to appear in 1979 and all vehicles seem to have had the SYPTE logo, applied on the drivers side only. This example, 56012 DTC, is seen at Doncaster in 1981. Andy Cole.
The first class yellow stripes seemed to be removed when the May 1983 timetable was introduced.
On the non-drivers side the BR logo was carried. I have found no evidence of this logo being carried on the drivers side. This is driver trailer E54010 in Nottingham Midland station, undated, but being renumbered in the 54xx series and with no yellow first class stripe means this is 1983 or later. Phil Deane Collection.
Blue / grey, no branding
No branding is carried on this DTS, presumed to be 54008, in Derby station, circa 1988. Malcolm Clements.
Blue Grey with WM cab markings
Set T231 carried the West Midlands on the cab front on both vehicle (54006 / 53036) when seen at Derby Midland station, circa 1988. Malcolm Clements.
Blue Grey with WM bodyside markings
Class 114 53037 (T232) awaiting disposal at Snailwell in February 1991 is carrying the WM logo on the bodyside. Surface Stock.
Blue / Grey with Midline markings
Tyseley set T228 carried Midline branding on the side, adjecent to the Tyseley bear logo. The image shows the DMBS 53021 at Tyseley on 02.04.1988. Note also the red bufferbeams. Andy Cole.
This image on flickr shows the markings on the side of the DTSL, 54012.
Coffee and Cream with anniversary markings
One set (53045/54004) was painted into SYPTE's coffee and cream colours in April 1984. A mid-body panel celebrated the "10th Anniversary of South Yorkshire Transport 1974 - 1984". It is pictured at Rotherham that year. Eastwestdivide.
Although the side stickers were removed by late January 1985, they made a reappearance only on 54004 only for shuttles to an open day at Shirebrook in July 1987.
Coffee and Cream without anniversary markings
Following the anniversary the markings were removed in 1985 but the vehicles kept their distinctive colours until withdrawal in 1988. They are seen at Sheffield on July 27, 1985. John Carter.