Siphon208 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Hi, All! I've just started a bit of research into this loco, from its origins as "Turbomotive" to its renaming as "Princess Anne", and its' tragic role in the events at Harrow and Wealdstone, in 1952 Can anyone tell me, what livery she would have been carrying at the time of the accident? the few grainy photos I have seen, don't give much away. I am interested in the "Royal" class of locos, and may look into this as a new build/ conversion from a suitable loco. Can anyone shed light on some further reading? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
44690 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Hi Siphon208, The locomotive you are referring to is LMS 6202, and was numbered by BR as 46202 at the time of it's accident. As it was only in it's rebuilt form for a few months before it's accident there are very few pictures, and I have never seen a colour picture of it. It was most likely in BR lined green livery and with the early emblem on the tender. Regards, Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamperman36 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Being as it was a rebuild of an LMS princess couldn't it have been in the BR crimson lake colour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 65179 Posted October 20, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 20, 2015 What I assume to be the same colour photo and one or two b&w ones appear in Ozzyo's Anne and Me thread in the Kitbuilding and Scratchbuilding section. I can't seem to add links in at the moment unfortunately. He's building 46202 in 7mm. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmay2002 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Being as it was a rebuild of an LMS princess couldn't it have been in the BR crimson lake colour. No. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Photo by W.H. Foster / Colour-Rail from The Colour of Steam - The LMS Pacifics Derek Huntriss (1988) Atlantic, Penryn ISBN 0 906899 28 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted October 21, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2015 No. To elaborate: I think it was not until the later 1950's that LMR Class 8 locos began to be painted in red. Just as it was in 1956 that the Western Region introduced chocolate and cream coaches and lined green livery for mixed traffic locomotives. And I suppose it was about then that the Southern Region started painting its coaches green. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I suppose the Eastern region 'repainting' its coaches teak was a bit too much of a challenge... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizerba Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Hi Siphon It is basically a princess boiler on a duchess chassis, the duchess chassis being less complex to replace than the princess. bizerba Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 21, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2015 I suppose the Eastern region 'repainting' its coaches teak was a bit too much of a challenge... In reality probably not as there were still painters at York who had become very proficient in spray painting 'teak finish' on steel panelled stock according to a relative (who used to work study the painters at one time). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Who else was expecting Elephant vans .................................. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siphon208 Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 Looks like a nice streamlined loco to build! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FelixM Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 I suppose the Eastern region 'repainting' its coaches teak was a bit too much of a challenge... In reality probably not as there were still painters at York who had become very proficient in spray painting 'teak finish' on steel panelled stock according to a relative (who used to work study the painters at one time). Somewhere I had read that BR Eastern Region did trials with teak paint on Mk1 stock. I didn't find it again though. Does anyone have any information about it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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