Garethp8873 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) On 31/03/2020 at 18:00, brushman47544 said: Must say that black livery grows on me. Never thought I’d say that - perhaps it’s the G (crest) W on the tender that makes the difference compared to BR black with early emblem or late crest. Once I know a GWR engine went into GWR Wartime Black, then I make it an aim to add that engine into the collection as I find it to be a unusual livery which has very little to go by unless you documentation or photographs to show an engine in the livery. So far a Hall, 2251 and 28xx have gone under the repaint scheme into War Black. Future projects include a Dean Goods, 38xx, Grange and ROD. Also looking at a Castle and King but of course in GWR green with cab shielding Garethp8873. Edited April 1, 2020 by Garethp8873 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 1 hour ago, gwrrob said: Totally agree and I feel the same way with the all over brown too. Bachmann are hopefully releasing their pannier in this livery in May, world events permitting. A brown pannier......? You'll have Miss Agutter waving her bloomers at that! 1 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted March 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 31, 2020 37 minutes ago, Nick Gough said: A brown pannier......? You'll have Miss Agutter waving her bloomers at that! Wishful thinking Nick, it were Petticoats. Philth 3 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted March 31, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2020 3 minutes ago, Mallard60022 said: Wishful thinking Nick, it were Petticoats. Philth If anyone knows it will be the Duck. 1 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted April 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2020 17 hours ago, brushman47544 said: Must say that black livery grows on me. Never thought I’d say that - perhaps it’s the G (crest) W on the tender that makes the difference compared to BR black with early emblem or late crest. In our model world of the third decade of the 21st C it does indeed look very fetching. However,back then in the late 1940’s such a sight would be rare if not impossible.Pure filth all but obscured the delicacies of both lettering and livery. I agree though,it does “look nice”. 3 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted April 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2020 3 hours ago, Ian Hargrave said: In our model world of the third decade of the 21st C it does indeed look very fetching. However,back then in the late 1940’s such a sight would be rare if not impossible.Pure filth all but obscured the delicacies of both lettering and livery. I agree though,it does “look nice”. We are blessed Ian to have guys like you around who we can tap into knowledge wise as you was there. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted April 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2020 For a good photographic record of the late 1940’s and into the 1950’s ,the work of Huw Daniel and others in ‘The Red Dragon and Other Old Friends’ is hard to surpass.It covers GW/WR and LMS/LMR in the Swansea/Neath area between c1947 and c1963. Highly recommended but now rare.Many of the photos illustrate the sorry run down state of the railways at the time. Some however seem to buck the trend.Catch it if you can 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45568 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Greetings to all Nodders, A couple of shots that may be of (G)WR interest... An N34 loco coal wagon from a 3D print by Stafford Road model works. And for no other reason than it is cute..a Hornby IOW terrier repainted to BR Black! This self-isolation really concentrates the mind! Cheers from Fortess WestOZ, Peter C. 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted April 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2020 22 hours ago, Ian Hargrave said: For a good photographic record of the late 1940’s and into the 1950’s ,the work of Huw Daniel and others in ‘The Red Dragon and Other Old Friends’ is hard to surpass.It covers GW/WR and LMS/LMR in the Swansea/Neath area between c1947 and c1963. Highly recommended but now rare.Many of the photos illustrate the sorry run down state of the railways at the time. Some however seem to buck the trend.Catch it if you can Another one worth having is Great Western Pictorial No. 2: The Hubback Collection. Lots of wartime and late 40s shots with many commendably clean Castles & Kings, various oil burners and a Saint in wartime black. (Loads of good 30s stuff in there too, which was why I bought it!) 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted April 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2020 Another big plus to the Hubback Collection is that it's not one of those full of 3/4 loco views where the photographer seems to have treated the surroundings as a distracting irrelevance. Many of the pics are taken from the angles from which we view our layouts, with plenty of landscape, civils and railway infrastructure. Many of the scenes just cry out to be modelled. 5 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted April 2, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2020 Inspired by the recent @checkrail King photos on SC we see mine , 6022 King Edward 3 on an up service. 27 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted April 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2020 2 hours ago, gwrrob said: Inspired by the recent @checkrail King photos on SC we see mine , 6022 King Edward 3 on an up service. Wonderful - keep 'em coming! Plenty pics of Kings like that in the Hubback book I mentioned. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted April 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2020 Hey Rob. How about a photo shoot with a Grange on freight. Don't recall you doing that???? 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted April 4, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2020 I don't recall ever doing one of my Granges on a freight turn so here we see Newton's 6822 Manton Grange doing the honours on a class F freight. 27 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold A Murphy Posted April 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2020 Vol 1, GWR in the 1930s, Fraser, Geen and Scott, illustration 73 (there are no page numbers!) is of Kingstone Grange, 6820, on coal empties when only a few months old. Lovely pic too. Alastair M 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted April 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2020 That’s a lovely shot of King Edward III from the road bridge as it thunders through Brent on the straight. I’m feeling the ground shake! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted April 4, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2020 More anon. 21 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted April 4, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2020 A final few for today as 6822 Manton Grange heads west and meets Hall class 5998 Trevor Hall which is on an up parcels. 34 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted April 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2020 20 minutes ago, gwrrob said: A final few for today as 6822 Manton Grange heads west and meets Hall class 5998 Trevor Hall which is on an up parcels. Lovely finish on both those locos. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted April 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2020 We resume our shoot this morning with some more of 6822 Manton Grange. 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted April 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2020 Meanwhile the Hall class 5998 Trevor Hall continues east with its parcel train. 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Judging by that last shot, we can be pretty certain that they didnt have social distancing in 1947! Those people are never a scale 2m apart! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted April 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2020 3 hours ago, gwrrob said: We resume our shoot this morning with some more of 6822 Manton Grange. All good, but those first two platform-level shots with the footbridge are fab. 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted April 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, checkrail said: All good, but those first two platform-level shots with the footbridge are fab. You started it. 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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