S.A.C Martin Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 The Race for the Livery The Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust are holding a telephone vote to decide on the livery of 6233 when she returns from overhaul, the votes being counted from the 21st Feb to the 31st August. It's a first for preservation, I think!!! PLEASE NOTE:LINES NOT OPEN UNTIL 00:01 on MONDAY 21st FEBRUARY 2011 The call will cost you £1.50 from a BT landline and £1.50 plus network charge from a mobile phone. Please note: this is an automated telephone voting service being handled on behalf of the PRCLT by an external body via BT. Votes cannot be accepted via the West Shed office telephone number. Voters must obtain permission from the bill payer before voting and phone voters under the age of 12 should obtain parent/guardian consent before voting. Should anyone wish to vote 10 or more times, a form can be downloaded, filled in and posted to us with a cheque, thereby avoiding telephone charges. The Duchess of Sutherland will be outshopped in the winning livery. She will run in the winning livery for a minimum of 12 months, after which she will return to the Trusts preferred livery of LMS Crimson Lake for the remainder of her mainline certificate. Click HERE for full televoting terms & conditions All proceeds from this project will used to pay for the painting of the locomotive in the winning livery. Any excess funds will be contributed the 'Heavy General' overhaul of Stanier Pacific 'Duchess of Sutherland' This chart will be updated every Sunday afternoon subject to availability of data For the record, my vote would be for Express Passenger Blue! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 1946 straw-lined black. We don't see that type of livery demonstrated in preservation often enough. BR blue would be my second choice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Good grief - will they be calling on Ant and Dec to announce the winning scheme (with suitable long pause, of course) - "lines have nuw cloased, youar voate woant count, but you may still be charged"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted February 14, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 14, 2011 gotta be green for me, prefer the LMS Crimson Lake, but hey it's going back to that anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted February 14, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 14, 2011 gotta be green for me, prefer the LMS Crimson Lake, but hey it's going back to that anyway Nah, I hear Mr. Branson is placing an awful lot of votes for Virgin Trains livery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed-farms Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 If she is going to be LMS Crimson Lake after the first 12 months why is that livery in the vote? Shouldn't BR Maroon be there as well? I don't think she carried it but for the purpose of the vote it would be nice to have it. If our chosen livery does not win can we accuse them of rigging the votes? Perhaps the bottom 2 liveries can go into a "paint-off" to decide which goes home with nothing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WR Tim Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I like that. Now the frothers can (1) actually influence the livery of the loco and (2) more importantly, help pay for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Nah, it should borrow the full metal jacket off the one in the NRM and parade the streamlined livery on the mainline....! And yes I know thats impossible.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted February 14, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 14, 2011 Nah, it should borrow the full metal jacket off the one in the NRM and parade the streamlined livery on the mainline....! And yes I know thats impossible.... or a blue and silver one B) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 If two colours come equal they could mix them, so possibly turquoise or purple? Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 If two colours come equal they could mix them, so possibly turquoise or purple? If the loco only ends up hauling the wrong coaches in the wrong liveries, they could paint the Duchess sky-blue with pink fairies for all I care. If on the other hand it was painted BR green with early crest to haul a full rake of blood & custards or with late crest to haul maroon Mk.I's, then I'll turn out to see the ensemble.B) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted February 14, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 14, 2011 Sounds like a good idea to me. Raises some money towards the loco, and it's not as if you are forced to vote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 14, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 14, 2011 I don't give a stuff what colour this loco ends up being painted - but I do applaud the novel way of involving the enthusiasts and raising funds at the same time. When times are not great, that sort of lateral thinking will sort the preservation wheat from the chaff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 ....If our chosen livery does not win can we accuse them of rigging the votes? They'll just send the Army in. .... a "paint-off".... Nitromors is quite good at taking paint off, and.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Blue or black please, we've got enough 'Municipal Lamppost Green' on the circuit! Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 1946 straw-lined black. We don't see that type of livery demonstrated in preservation often enough. BR blue would be my second choice. Definitely- as much as I like Crimson Lake, I though 'Sutherland' looked magnificent in '46 black recently http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KWnXNycpHI http://www.flickr.com/photos/don_gartside_railway_photography/4930997855/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 The paintbox has numerous as yet untouched choices..... Experimental LNWR lined black Experimental Prussian Blue with LNWR lining To be strictly accurate (pedant mode) this loco never carried wartime black, and only ever carried LMS lake, LMS postwar lined black, BR 1949-52 blue and BR green. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I wonder what it would look like in GWR green!?!?!?! :lol: Ducks for cover and runs away very quickly! John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beacon Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Porterbrook are quite good at coming up with tasteful purple schemes aren't they!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR lives on Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Experimental Prussian Blue with LNWR lining Now that choice would be something not seen for a very long time, Im liking it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 For those that cannot visualise it..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR lives on Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 For those that cannot visualise it..... Just gorgeous, gets my vote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Pannier Tank Posted February 14, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 14, 2011 I don't remember seeing many BR Green Duchesses (probably too dirty to tell the difference) so I would like to see it in BR Green. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 For those that cannot visualise it..... Hey, that's almost Great Eastern blue! There you are - paint it in full Great Eastern livery, allocate it to Ilford and put it on station pilot duties at Liverpool Street (except that it's all underground now). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 If two colours come equal they could mix them, so possibly turquoise or purple? Paint one side one colour and the other side the other colour Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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