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Green diesels, blood and custard coaches


DaveArkley
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This is a combination often seen on model railways, and occasionally on preserved lines. Here I'm talking of a complete rake in blood and custard, not a rake predominantly maroon with the odd blood and custard in the consist.

 

In reality how common was this combination? I guess if it did occur it would have been mid 1950s?

 

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Dave

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I think the Maroon rolling stock livery was introduced in 1956, so the only 'diesels' around are the LMS twins, the fell, the SR 1co-co1s, and GWR Gas turbines. That assortment (and the Woodhead electrics) would have started appearing in green so the window for your scenario would be closing, not saying it didn't happen. 

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Mainline diesels didn’t really appear until 1959. Crimson and cream coaches were still around but from the photos I have seen there were only ever one or two in a rake. I dare say there were exceptions that some learned folk can tell us about. As diesels didn’t start getting yellow panels until 1962 (maybe a few in 61?) I would say that a diesel with a yellow warning panel pulling crimson and cream coaches would be extremely rare indeed, if not impossible.

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