RMweb Premium Annie Posted October 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2019 Do any of the wise and learned members of this forum know what the B&ER wagon livery was? Nothing I've read so far gives so much as a hint of it and the old monochrome photos I've seen of B&ER wagons give no clue at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Great Western Way says: Quote One photograph is known which illustrates the painting of freight vehicles. Although it shews only open wagons there is no reason to suppose that the pattern was not universal. The bodies and underframes appear to be grey and on the bottom plank at the left hand end of the body side are the letters "B & E" followed by the serial number in large characters with serifs which fill the depth of the plank, The Tare is in a corresponding position at the opposite end in figures only, e.g. "5.2". The letters and numbers are white, shaded black to the right and below, while just above the Tare the words "To carry x tons" appear in a very small italic script. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted October 24, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2019 Thank you very much Miss Prism. From old photos I knew what the lettering and lettering style was, but I didn't know the livery colour. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted October 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2019 I originally painted my 4mm scale wagon grey, but changed it before I added transfers from the Broad Gauge Society. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted October 24, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2019 Thanks for your input Ian, but that kind of puts me back where I was before with trying to figure out if the wagons were red or if they were grey. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted October 26, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2019 Sorry to add confusion, but I have no idea what the correct answer is either. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted October 27, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2019 9 hours ago, Ian Morgan said: Sorry to add confusion, but I have no idea what the correct answer is either. That's Ok Ian. I think I'll go with what is written in 'Great Western Way' and take it as being holy writ. Nobody else seems to know and that looks to be about the only source of documentation that there is. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnarcher Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 The Awdry BG book gives a fair bit of attention to liveries (as far as possible), but has no more to say than "B&E wagon livery appears to be grey". He doesn't say but I suspect it's based on the same photo Miss Prism mentions. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted October 28, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 28, 2019 Thanks John. Well I guess on that basis grey it will be since there doesn't seem to be any other documentation as to what the wagon livery should be. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted October 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2019 Certainly a grey area of research... coat, hat, long gone.... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted November 1, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 1, 2019 I suppose the next question begging to be asked is, 'What was the South Devon Railway wagon livery?' 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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