Halls and Prairies Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Hi All, Appreciate this might be chasing rainbows due to the scarcity of photographs in the immediate post-war period, but ….. does anybody have any hard evidence of a GWR Pannier in Wartime Black in mid Cornwall please? Or other loco types for that matter. The closest I can yet identify is a couple of 46xx which were built in Wartime so *should* have been painted that way, which were allocated to Laira, so *might* have found their way over the Tamar on loan to the smaller sheds on occasion. Thanks in anticipation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 There's some pics of GWR locos in wartime black on the HMRS website. e.g. https://hmrs.org.uk/ach334-hoare-brothers-tavistock-20t-steel-open-sx2-no-20-op-1927-f3r-rivetted-const-empty-to-pitts-cl.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted January 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4 You can look up when locos were in for major works. You could check if any of St Blazeys had works visits and that might indicate that they probably got black, even if not conclusive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Bear Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 3 minutes ago, Hal Nail said: You can look up when locos were in for major works. You could check if any of St Blazeys had works visits and that might indicate that they probably got black, even if not conclusive Where would one find this info for panniers? Is this kind of info in the relevant Pannier Paper book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 A works visit did not necessarily mean a repaint, although a refresh would have been more likely after a major. Repainting was not a priority in the dark days of 1942. Panniers that would have been black from new were: 4635-4660 (built 1942-3) 4661-4699 (built 1942-45) 9600-21 (built 1945) but a caveat applies to the first and third of those lots - although the start of the black era is thought to be between February and April 1942, it is not known when in 1945 green started to reappear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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