Delivered in lined green, the speed whiskers were unique in being the reverse of other classes. The thick section was in the centre, above the coupling, and it tapered to become the waist height lining. They had red buffer beams, and initially white cab roof domes, although these were lost by the time the yellow warning panels were added. In the late '60s Rail Blue with yellow ends became the standard. Being refurbished late in the programme, only three sets received the white with blue stripe livery before blue and grey was introduced in 1979. 

Hammerton St set aside a 3-car set for a day for Hornby staff to measure it for their model. This was at the start of the refurbishment period, and their first release was in the white with blue band refurbished livery. The model was an example from the former NER batch, and the only ex-NER trailer carried this livery was 59707 (as seen below).

	Refurbished white with blue stripe livery. 52073 (+59707+51846) taken on 02/08/79 at Lancaster Castle Station Robert Frise
	Blue & grey livery. York Peter, Lincolnshire & East Yorkshire Transport Review