ianwales Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Hi All While reading the book Heyday of OLd Oak I came across a photo of Pannier no 8763 in BR Mixed Traffic lined black and the caption states there were about half a dozen 57xx's so treated, anyone know the numbers of the others painted and lined and were any of these shedded in South Wales please? Many Thanks ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 http://gwr.org.uk/liveriesloco1948.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Just for old oak empty coaching stock runs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianwales Posted May 15, 2014 Author Share Posted May 15, 2014 Hi all Thanks for the link miss prism, Steve, on the GWR org site linked above it lists 5 57xx's in lined black of which 8764 was a Barry loco! Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Could quite easily have been transferred, but that's why they got the livery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 It has always puzzled me why so many ex-GWR classes that should (in theory) have received lined MT livery were painted plain black. The following classes were all painted plain black in the early BR period (bar a few honourable exceptions mentioned in Miss P's link) but spent a significant amount of time working passenger duties. Granges Manors Large Prairies Small Prairies 54/64/7400 class tanks Oddly, the 10 Manors built by BR (7820-29) were painted in lined livery when first introduced but later lost their lining when they went through Swindon for blastpipe modifications. Was the omission of lining an economy measure by the WR? If so then why were they so fast to slap lined green on anything that went near coaches a couple of years later? Or did they just not want to paint their locos in the livery of their former rivals? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Was the omission of lining an economy measure by the WR? If so then why were they so fast to slap lined green on anything that went near coaches a couple of years later? Or did they just not want to paint their locos in the livery of their former rivals? Probably a mixture of all of those, amidst the general confusion of history and the reluctance of Swindon to bow to Derby's autocracy. Another probable factor was the shortage of chrome green pigment in the aftermath of WWII. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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