I'm not sure if this is actually fictitious (other than the TOPS number), but what the heck.

InterCity Mainline 04, anyone?

Yep, Load Haul still looks good on just about anything...

One for fans of Rats and McRats. 25 in Trainload Metals, and how the 27s might have looked if retained for Glasgow-Edinburgh push-pull runs (yes, I know it's a 26).

Just to see if it could be done - a scrap-line of NSE 31s, two in old-style and two in later-style.
By the way, for those wanting them ex-works, the condition of the locos in the original shot determines the condition of the locos in the relivery... Usually.

If Jaffa-Cake livery had spread more widely...

Class 33 in Railfreight red-stripe livery.

Midland Main Line abandon units in favour of classic traction.

Nope, can't think of an excuse for this either.

A Stagecoach-liveried HST, developing the theme of what if Stagecoach had the 51% share in Virgin Trains.

A Pride of Lions: 1. First of five images depicting BRCW prototype 'Lion' sitting in the yard at Barrow Hill alongside a 37 and 73!

OK, not a fictitious livery, but an experiment to see if the BRCW prototype could be recreated from bits of a 47, 33, 20 and 83!

A Pride of Lions: 2. A 1961 illustration by BRCW showed Lion wearing what looks like (in the B&W shot) two tone green. (It also showed the number D8500...)

A Pride of Lions: 3. If, like the Brush 'Falcon', BR had taken Lion into capital stock, maybe it would have reached Rail Blue. (It would have probably had a different running number too.)

A Pride of Lions: 4. If BRCW had built the Sulzer-engined Type 4s instead of Brush, maybe this would have been a familiar sight around the country. (Running number for illustrative purposes only.)

A Pride of Lions: 5. Finally, Lion dressed up in full INTERCITY Swallow regalia, as might have been the case if the BRCW design had been perpetuated to a production run.

I'm outa here..

Preserved Class 49, 49008 'Thunderer' in BR Blue at Barrow Hill on 15th September 2007, undergoing engine repairs.

(Class 49 - one before 50 - geddit? DP2? Oh dear.)

Here's the FP version! 49045

Can't think what provoked this one.

Now that Arriva have won the Cross Country franchise from Virgin, here's a little glimpse of what their proposed livery (based on mock-ups shown on their website prior to launch) might look like on some traditional XC stock. (Update: now that the livery has started to be applied for real, XC have opted for a dark red instead of grey/black for the darker areas.)

TransPennine Express luxury...

Network Pacer! Created as a commission, the original for this image was taken by Allan Hedley - thanks to him for permission to reproduce here.

The 153 returns in GWR livery.

Voyages of Discovery 1... OK, so not something that immediately springs to mind with Voyagers.

Voyages of Discovery 2... Plain old InterCity blue/grey on a Voyager.

Voyages of Discovery 3... Voyager in IC Swallow livery.

Voyages of Discovery 4... They must be good for something...

Voyages of Discovery 5... Curiously this version of Stagecoach livery (with East Midlands Trains branding) on a Voyager. EMT Meridians now carry a 'more swirly' version of Stagecoach livery, obviously much better than my version.

Thank heavens for InterCity livery...

Another application of Cross Country's proposed new livery - what might have been if more of the XC network was electrified. (Update: now that the livery has started to be applied for real, XC have opted for a dark red instead of grey/black for the darker areas.)

Another narrow gauge fantasy... The WHR (reopened by BR in the 1970s), just as sectorisation is kicking in...

If, like the GWR and SR before it, BR had operated narrow gauge lines... Of course, whether Regional Railways would have kept the copper as shiny as the Heatherslaw chaps do is open to question.

Well, it's an A2 in BR Blue.

If the DVTs had arrived before the dawn of InterCity livery, perhaps they'd be given the loco treatment. Well, looks like this isn't fictitious any more! DVT 82115 now bears this scheme, albeit with black window frames, and yes, they did get the idea from here!

Or perhaps a straightforward carriage style...

Or maybe with a bit of styling.

Following on from the earlier DVT blue/grey images, a lot of people have suggested HST-style blue/yellow. Well, here it is: can anyone suggest a reason why this livery wouldn't be permitted on a DVT?