RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted August 12, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 12, 2019 Hi everyone, In a few things that I have read recently there have been passing comments about Admiralty owned locomotives; what none of these references mention, though, is the livery. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what this may have been? Thanks and regards, Alex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cane Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 According to details in the book "Devonport Dockyard Railway" the livery of steam locomotives was Plum colour (more a dark red) with yellow lining, with exception of one engine in faded green with yellow lining. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted August 12, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 12, 2019 Hi Tony, Thanks for that. Interesting choice of colour as I had wondered if they would have gone for a 'battleship grey' as an economy measure. Regards, Alex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted August 12, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 12, 2019 Dave Marden's The Hidden Railways of Portsmouth and Gosport has photos of locos in WW1 and earlier on the various Admiralty railways there, but no information on liveries. Most appear to be lined out, which may indicate that they were delivered, and remained in, manufacturers' standard liveries. For example the Barclay fireless locos at Bedenham all look similar. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted August 12, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 12, 2019 Whilst not an Admiralty loco as such, ‘Portbury’ on the Bristol Harbour Railway is painted in a grey livery representing Inland Waterways and Docks. It and several other Avonsides were engaged with building the Portbury shipyard in 1917-1918. This is thought to be a close approximation to the livery, it previously had grey wheels but they have been painted black. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pb_devon Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Tony Cane said: According to details in the book "Devonport Dockyard Railway" the livery of steam locomotives was Plum colour (more a dark red) with yellow lining, with exception of one engine in faded green with yellow lining. If you look for colour images of Devonport loco No 19, at Bodmin & Wenford, this is a brighter plum than the original. The single green loco, nicknamed The Green Goddess, was that colour because it was destined for another location. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 13 hours ago, Alex TM said: ....... wondered if they would have gone for a 'battleship grey' ..... 'Dazzle' camouflage was all the rage, of course ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 14 hours ago, Alex TM said: Thanks for that. Interesting choice of colour as I had wondered if they would have gone for a 'battleship grey' as an economy measure. Only above the waterline... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
decauville1126 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Might be worth having a look in the book "Davington Light Railway" as they had three Manning Wardle 0-6-0T's on their metre-gauge line, complete with anchors painted on the tanks. Can't remember if a colour is mentioned though, and I'm not near my copy at present. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 "Fireless Locomotives" (Baker & Civil, 1976) gives livery details of some locos that were delivered to two Admiralty Munitions factories in 1914/15/16. CROMBIE No. 1 - blue, with white lining CROMBIE No. 2 - blue, picked black edged white CROMBIE No. 3 - blue, picked black edged white BEDENHAM No. 2 - green BEDENHAM No. 3 - green, picked black edged white So looks like livery of Admiralty establishments differed between sites. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
decauville1126 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 On 13/08/2019 at 12:15, decauville1126 said: Might be worth having a look in the book "Davington Light Railway" as they had three Manning Wardle 0-6-0T's on their metre-gauge line, complete with anchors painted on the tanks. Can't remember if a colour is mentioned though, and I'm not near my copy at present. Now checked, and according to the Davington book the three Manning Wardles were "Battleship Grey with black lining and red buffer beams". 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) always worth remembering this thread: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/138192-wwi-scottish-naval-bases-ministry-wagons-and-loco-liveries/ Edited August 18, 2019 by Caledonian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted August 18, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2019 Hi Caledonian, Thanks for that. I had forgotten about that thread. It didn't, for some reason, show up on my original search. regards, Alex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 War Department rather than Admiralty 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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