Locomotives
One of Riviera locomotives, 47839, was the first to be painted in the corporate Oxford Blue livery. Most of the fleet retained the livery of their previous operators until late-2006. 47805, 47843 & 47848 received the Riviera touch of Oxford blue in 2006 leaving 47812 painted into BR Two Tone Green in late November 2005 to match its sister no. 47815. In September 2006, all operational Class 47 locomotives, with the exception of nos. 47769 and 47815, were due to be hired to Direct Rail Services for a period of one year. However this turned out to be just over 4 months hauling flask trains. In May 2007 Riviera bought another locomotive - class 47747.
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