31444 Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 In 1979, Motherwell painted several 37s with silver or rail grey roofs. I can confirm 37137/154/156/157 received them. Were there any others ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted February 14, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 14, 2016 In 1979, Motherwell painted several 37s with silver or rail grey roofs. I can confirm 37137/154/156/157 received them. Were there any others ? It's a time since you asked, but as you don't seem to have had any answers, this shot maybe of interest. The small collection of Dad's photos of 37s can be seen at http://www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/album/508771 It is quite difficult to work out what is silver and what is shiny blue reflecting the grey sky, but this one does look different to the rest! There are approximately 350 class 37 photos in the ipernity group 'Class 37 diesel locos' http://www.ipernity.com/group/329583/doc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonC Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 It's a time since you asked, but as you don't seem to have had any answers, this shot maybe of interest. The small collection of Dad's photos of 37s can be seen at http://www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/album/508771 It is quite difficult to work out what is silver and what is shiny blue reflecting the grey sky, but this one does look different to the rest! There are approximately 350 class 37 photos in the ipernity group 'Class 37 diesel locos' http://www.ipernity.com/group/329583/doc yeah that livery does have a grey roof, but it came probably 5 years later than the OP was asking for. In that livery with the large logo, yellow cabsides and black windscreens it was fairly standard to have a light-grey roof but there were of course exceptions too. The West Highland terrier shows the loco in the pic was based at Glasgow Eastfield depot, the Motherwell ones had a leaping salmon with a ring in its mouth. Back in 1979 would have been very much the Corporate Blue era and nearly everything would have been covered in Blue paint so it would have been very unusual for anything to have escaped with anything more being a different colour than just the yellow ends Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted February 19, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 19, 2016 yeah that livery does have a grey roof, but it came probably 5 years later than the OP was asking for. In that livery with the large logo, yellow cabsides and black windscreens it was fairly standard to have a light-grey roof but there were of course exceptions too. The West Highland terrier shows the loco in the pic was based at Glasgow Eastfield depot, the Motherwell ones had a leaping salmon with a ring in its mouth. Back in 1979 would have been very much the Corporate Blue era and nearly everything would have been covered in Blue paint so it would have been very unusual for anything to have escaped with anything more being a different colour than just the yellow ends Thanks for clarifying that. I am not well up on the differences in classes and liveries. I am quite prepared for photos that I offer to be ruled out, but if I don't show what I have in Dad's albums, people might miss out on something of interest. Have a good weekend, Gordon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonC Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 no problem, it can be a minefield but every now and then pictures can turn up a diamond! ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractor_37260 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 In 1979, Motherwell painted several 37s with silver or rail grey roofs. I can confirm 37137/154/156/157 received them. Were there any others ? Loco roof colour is always very subjective, especially once it gets dirty/wet etc. The daylight conditions/reflections on a given day will also affect what colour the roof appears to be. Rail Grey was also quite commonly referred to as "Silver Grey" Do you have any photo links showing actual "Sliver" roofs on 37 137/154/156/157 ? Edit: These 37's were originally spruced up for a Royal Train special at IS TMD - which included unusual SILVER roofs. 37251 37152 1H93 Loch Achanalt 031093.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
31444 Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 In 1979, Motherwell painted several 37s with silver or rail grey roofs. I can confirm 37137/154/156/157 received them. Were there any others ? Found another one, splitbox 37026, another ML allocated machine in 1979. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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