Deltic green to blue repainting dates

[TravisM]

I read somewhere that all the Deltic's were repainted from green to blue fairly quickly because of the small class and all done by 1969.  I was wondering if anyone has the the repainting dates for the class?

 

Any help would be great.

 

Julian Sprott

[Flood]

I read somewhere that all the Deltic's were repainted from green to blue fairly quickly because of the small class and all done by 1969.  I was wondering if anyone has the the repainting dates for the class?

 

Any help would be great.

 

Julian Sprott

 

55001          26/7/69

55002          18/10/66

55003          14/2/68

55004          12/1/68

55005          21/8/69

55006          21/6/69

55007          24/10/67

55008          1/7/67

55009          14/6/68

55010          1/2/68

55011          8/7/68

55012          20/3/68

55013          18/12/67

55014          18/11/69

55015          2/5/69

55016          7/10/67

55017          4/10/69

55018          10/5/69

55019          10/11/67

55020          30/12/67

55021          6/12/67

55022          3/11/67

[Kubes]

Are you sure about 55001 St Paddy being repainted in 69? The reason I ask is that I remember being invited as a small boy into the cab of St Paddy in new blue livery at Edinburgh Waverley and I am sure we glimpsed a steam loco at Newcastle on the way up which would place the date a bit earlier. I may be conflating memories of course but I used to have a photo of my cab visit (sadly long lost alas) and as a Londoner it wasn't a regular trip,!!

Kubes

[Flood]

Are you sure about 55001 St Paddy being repainted in 69? The reason I ask is that I remember being invited as a small boy into the cab of St Paddy in new blue livery at Edinburgh Waverley and I am sure we glimpsed a steam loco at Newcastle on the way up which would place the date a bit earlier. I may be conflating memories of course but I used to have a photo of my cab visit (sadly long lost alas) and as a Londoner it wasn't a regular trip,!!

Kubes

That is the date given in the list I have which and the livery change was stated as part of an intermediate repair. 001 received full yellow ends in 30/3/67 at a general repair so that is why she was that much later changing to blue.

[Kubes]

Ah that's what confused me . The photo as I remember it showed just the cab with mini me peering out of the side window. It was a black and white snap taken by my mother and I guess that I subsequently thought it must have been blue because of the full yellow end. It's funny how we build memories over the years!

Kubes

[royaloak]

Ah that's what confused me . The photo as I remember it showed just the cab with mini me peering out of the side window. It was a black and white snap taken by my mother and I guess that I subsequently thought it must have been blue because of the full yellow end. It's funny how we build memories over the years!

Kubes

But they are still precious memories.

[Russell Saxton]

55001          26/7/69

55002          18/10/66

55003          14/2/68

55004          12/1/68

55005          21/8/69

55006          21/6/69

55007          24/10/67

55008          1/7/67

55009          14/6/68

55010          1/2/68

55011          8/7/68

55012          20/3/68

55013          18/12/67

55014          18/11/69

55015          2/5/69

55016          7/10/67

55017          4/10/69

55018          10/5/69

55019          10/11/67

55020          30/12/67

55021          6/12/67

55022          3/11/67

 

I've got the same dates. 9001 was AB fiited in early 1968 but was outshopped in patched up green.