 Both vehicles were repainted into a scheme similar to the parcels vans by the late 1970s and officially allocated to the Jolimont yard pilot roster, with small lettering placed above the middle-side .Near the end of its career, 156M was painted in all-over green in place of its previous blue scheme, though retaining the yellow stripe along the sides.The ends were painted white with a yellow outline, and the standard The Met yellow/green stripes along the lower edge of each end.