Network Southeast girder bridges

[AMD8806]

Hi all,

 

Did at any point during the NSE era did they paint girder bridges any particular colour? Or for that matter was there any consistent colour scheme?

Thanks in advance,

 

 

[uax6]

The underpass bridge here at Littleport was painted in the dark NSE blue, but I'm guessing that was because it is right next to the station... From memory no other bridges down here were repainted in any NSE colours, being left in grey/rust.

 

Andy G

[phil_sutters]

One from 1991 at Oxford - http://www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/26435973/in/album/871204 - boring pale grey.

One the other hand, nearby in 1990 - http://www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/26436881/in/album/871204 - could be a pale blue - unless Dad's colour print was a bit off colour.

[AMD8806]

In that case i'll probably just stick with a dull rusting grey bridge, just since the application for it on my own layout is the road bridge above the station.

[Oldddudders]

Far from it. When colleagues started going through the Civil Engineer's budget, they found Bridge Painting to be an unnecessary frippery. It emerged that this 'painting' was not prettifying, but effectively Forth Bridge stuff - to keep the weather out. It was henceforth called 'bridge proofing'. So as a rule, NSE was not spending money on pretty bridges.