1165Valour Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Does anyone know when D5701 was repainted into rail blue? It was withdrawn in 68, and I suspect it received the repaint somewhat late, but just when is the issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ikcdab Posted October 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 6, 2020 I assume you know that it definitely did get painted into blue. According to the BR Database, the last works visit was 1963. Was repainting done outside of a works visit? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, ikcdab said: I assume you know that it definitely did get painted into blue. According to the BR Database, the last works visit was 1963. Was repainting done outside of a works visit? There are plenty of pictures of it in blue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ikcdab Posted October 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 6, 2020 1 minute ago, bigherb said: There are plenty of pictures of it in blue. Yes I just found them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 From my copy of locomotive illustrated, repainted blue at Crew works 1966 on a classified overhaul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted October 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 6, 2020 According to ‘The Metropolitan-Vickers Type 2 Co-bo Diesel Electric locomotives’ book (recently released and well worth getting) it was painted blue at Crewe Works in October/November 1967. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1165Valour Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 13 hours ago, ColinK said: According to ‘The Metropolitan-Vickers Type 2 Co-bo Diesel Electric locomotives’ book (recently released and well worth getting) it was painted blue at Crewe Works in October/November 1967. Thank you, this was just what I needed. I wonder if the 66 date was a typo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Border Reiver Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 I have a photo of it still in green taken in August 1966 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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