East Midlands Railway 158858/158847 'Lincoln Castle Explorer' (25.07.2025)

Today saw the first fully repainted 158 in revenue earning service and on a route that the fleet is predominantly used on, as illustrated here. 158858, still in East Midlands Trains colors, and 158847 in its new EMR Regional livery, the exact same as worn on the class 170 fleet, arrive into Nottingham from Liverpool Lime Street, the EMT unit forming the Norwich section of the train with the EMR unit working as far as Nottingham.