greggieboy Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Hi Guys, I know there are people out there who can answer this question....I am trying to find out if the Maroon colour,used on many LMS buildings/delivery vehicles etc. is the same 'Maroon' used by the original old Midland Railway. Thanks in anticipation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 There are people out there who will happily insist that the Midland & LMS NEVER used maroon .... but Crimson Lake ................ which looks sort of maroon-ish to the rest of us ! 🙄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 The Midland and the LMS both referred to the colour as "Crimson Lake" but it was, essentially, the same as B.R. "Maroon" allowing for variations in the colour of the undercoat and coats of varnish used. The locos and carriages used the same Crimson Lake so I think it is safe to assume that the buildings and delivery vehicles used the same. Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggieboy Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 6 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: There are people out there who will happily insist that the Midland & LMS NEVER used maroon .... but Crimson Lake ................ which looks sort of maroon-ish to the rest of us ! 🙄 Lol.....that's why I put 'maroon' in inverted comma's. 😂😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerzilla Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 "Lake" is a general term for a type of pigmented paint. Crimson is hardly the word I'd use for such a dark colour, although there is indeed something slightly pinkish about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Rolling stock went through the works paint shop in a well-controlled environment and the final top coat was subject to a few layers of varnish. That also applied to road motor vehicles, although they would be bought in - possibly already painted to customer specification? Station buildings were painted by teams of blokes in overalls using stepladders, so you can't expect quite the same finish even if the colour is the same. I doubt the overall quality of their work was supervised quite as thoroughly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 And also remember that red has a tendency to fade more noticeably than most other colours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 9 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 9 2 minutes ago, Pete the Elaner said: And also remember that red has a tendency to fade more noticeably than most other colours. Except blue. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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