...I thought i had read the same, and, though of course the web doesn't always keep up..... the following extract is from the NRM rolling restoration pages:
It is still anticipated the restoration work will be complete by the end of the year. Test runs are expected to take place in late December/early January in black base coat ahead of its final transformation into BR green by Lancashire-based firm Heritage Painting in the Bury workshop of Riley & Son Ltd. The first opportunity to see the locomotive’s latest guise as number 60103 will be February’s London to York inaugural run.
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