GWR Loco allocations and lettering

[ianwales]

Hi all

 

Where a GWR loco was allocated to a sub shed would that loco have carried the shed letters of the parent shed e;g Pantyffynnon was a sub shed of Llanelly so would the locos at Pantyffynnon carry LLY as the allocation, also were the shed codes lettering plain white and are there any available in 7mm scale transfer form please?

 

Ian

[Steamport Southport]

Yes, the locomotives allocated to sub sheds would carry the code of the main shed.

 

Yes, they were white. But I think that was a later addition. I believe they were painted in the cabs previously.

 

Don't know about availability.

 

From Ian Rathbones website.

 

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Shed Code –

Shed codes on the hanging bar were introduced during the second world war. The normal place for the code for the engine’s home shed was the front end of the hanging bar before the drop to the buffer plate. The lettering was white block style generally 2” high but variable as it was done on shed and sometimes with stencils. Its location varied too, sometimes on a step plate, or other places at the front end of the hanging bar. Check with a photograph.

The shed code and the engine number were stencilled on the underside of the cab roof above the driver's head.

 

 

http://www.ianrathbonemodelpainting.co.uk/gwr-locomotive-liveries-1923-39.php

 

 

 

Jason