Red Jubilee’s

[TravisM]

I have a question from a friend in the US, he’s acquired a DCC/sound Bachmann 4-6-0 Jubilee in LMS crimson and he’s asking if the LMS shade was the same as those that were painted red whilst on BR.  I thought that the only BR Jubilee to be painted red is 45699 ‘Galatea’ and only in preserved condition, the rest painted in Brunswick Green apart from the odd few in experimental liveries though I’m happy to be proven wrong.

[Steamport Southport]

Yes. Only 45699 whilst in preservation. The Princesses and Duchesses that did get red livery were the same colour used by the LMS and MR before them.

 

There was a few early BR era ones that got renumbered whilst still in LMS red. But most by 1948 would have been black. either plain wartime or the lined 1946 livery.

 

 

Jason

[LMS2968]

Strangely enough, right to the end of steam, some enginemen referred to them as 'Red 'uns' to differentiate them from the 'Black 'uns'.

[65179]

The number of Jubilees that kept their LMS red into early BR days gets bigger every time a new book is published on the subject.  Even the excellent RCTS book misses at least one (5628).

 

Simon

Edited January 26, 2022 by 65179