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classes AL1-5 were electric blue but the AL6s were delivered in rail blue

 

also just noticed some AL6 had red bufferbeams but others had blue

That's not correct, what AL6s were delivered was NOT BR rail blue, it is darker than that.  The repaint of "Alstom Heritage" at Willesden about 15 years ago was very close to the original dark blue.

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Hi Folks,

 

Shades of Blue !!!!

 

There is some info on this thread about the various shades of blue and also red and blue buffer beams. Note that some class 25's had a similarly strange shade of blue applied by Brush (traction at Loughborough, not with bristle and a handle !) as can be seen in the Derby Sulzer thread.

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/135475-al6-later-class86-did-they-initially-run-without-yellow-warning-panels/

 

I'm still confused about all of this.

 

Gibbo.

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That's not correct, what AL6s were delivered was NOT BR rail blue, it is darker than that.  The repaint of "Vulcan Heritage" at Willesden about 15 years ago was very close to the original dark blue.

The Intercity21 repaint of 86426 was probably the best, the heritage liveries carried by Alstom Heritage (86233) and 86259 look nice but don't have any historical accuracy. best

 

86228 was Vulcan Heritage, and like 86213 were painted into Virgin then immediately back into Intercity, which sort of makes them heritage repaints....

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With a friendly wave from the driver - Russ,  90014, Norwich and Norfolk Festival, and 82133 on 5Z90, 11:02, Norwich C.PT. T.&R.S.M.D - Bounds Green T&R.S.M.D (14:10) pass Great Moulton on 13 February 2019DAS806303.jpg.c9b702f09ac8771acf395c812f5bfeb7.jpg

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On 7 December 2018 at 19:02, Northmoor said:

That's not correct, what AL6s were delivered was NOT BR rail blue, it is darker than that.  The repaint of "Alstom Heritage" at Willesden about 15 years ago was very close to the original dark blue.

 

I respectfully disagree. A few years back there was a proposal to repaint a Freightliner example in original livery, to mark their 50th anniversary and that of the company. This was approved at high level (I still have the emails) but sadly approval was then rescinded, reasons unknown.

Anyway, I was involved in this project so I took paint samples from around 12 of the 16 in traffic, and the original topcoat over the primer was Rail Blue. Not lighter or darker, just Rail Blue.

 

i can do this again if Heljan want confirmation.

 

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9 hours ago, beast66606 said:

With a friendly wave from the driver - Russ,  90014, Norwich and Norfolk Festival, and 82133 on 5Z90, 11:02, Norwich C.PT. T.&R.S.M.D - Bounds Green T&R.S.M.D (14:10) pass Great Moulton on 13 February 2019DAS806303.jpg.c9b702f09ac8771acf395c812f5bfeb7.jpg

 

 

Cheers Dave, good picture without my hand!

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On 10/12/2018 at 19:32, Rugd1022 said:

Photro c/o Craig Donald, an unidentified Leckie at Banbury Lane on the 'old line', a term we still use today when conversing with signalpersonages…

 

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A class 81. That pan must be extended to around full height for the wires over Banbury Lane crossing.

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87 001 seen shortly after its (re) naming Ceremony at Euston on 11th July 1977. Knew nothing about this beforehand, but just happened to be there on a "spotting" trip to London in the school holidays!

The "Royal Scot" plates replaced the "Stephenson" ones that had been carried for a couple of years.

 

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On 12/08/2016 at 19:38, Rugd1022 said:

Unidentified 86 enters the old platform 2 at Rugby with an up service, circa 'Winter of discontent'... I can remember snow on the ground here in '78 / '79...

 

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Unidentified 85 at Rugby...

 

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81 002 in the old platform 1 at Rugby, October '88, probably the last AC loco I took a photo of...

 

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82 008 on the blocks at Euston, c.1978...

 

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AL6 E3146 at Crewe...

 

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E3196 at Northampton Castle station...

 

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Those lights on the loco in the top photo look very bright. Wonder if they were a trial?

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On 16/02/2019 at 10:37, rodent279 said:

Those lights on the loco in the top photo look very bright. Wonder if they were a trial?

The red signal lights also seem quite bright there - maybe the low light levels are a factor in making them look bright on film (it is misty and horrible in that photo)

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6 hours ago, Johann Marsbar said:

A couple more from early 1980.......

 

86 214 in "Rocket 150" colours at Manchester Piccadilly, 29.3.80

 

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83 008 at Warrington Bank Quay, 31.3.80

 

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I'd love to see one of the preserved 86's done in Rocket 150 colours.

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Pass on the location.....Springs Branch? Pure guess. But the red (ish) coach is an ex-LMS P1 in departmental use parked up with a departmental conversion ex- LMS coach used for electrification tasks (flat roof) 

 

Regards 

 

Guy

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