Delivered in lined DMU green with no speed whiskers, these were soon added. When new 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!

n the early '60s these gave way to yellow panels, and in the late '60s the whole end became yellow when corporate rail blue livery was introduced. Refurbishment saw them in off white with blue stripe, this being replaced by blue / grey. 

One set (53045/54004) was painted into SYPTE's coffee and cream colours in 1984, seen here at Rotherham that year. Eastwestdivide

Parcel cars eventually received the red parcels livery, with twin yellow stripes just above solebar level, and yellow diagonal stripes on the roller shutters.