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They are fantastic pieces of machinery are they not. Looks to be in fine kit too.
De Oppresso Liber
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Its just wonderful to see such a marvellous machine out and about again. Perhaps my memory is playing tricks , but is that the shade of green that it used to steam under? It seems different somehow.
Last edited by Jock Scot; 17th May 16 at 01:07 AM.
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Looks about right to me, Jock. What British Railways called "Brunswick Green".
Alan
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The paint job on her at the moment is that of BR Brunswick green (Her lining is BR too) which is similar, but not the same, as the GWR paint scheme of Middle Chrome Green with lining.
For her LNER life, she would have worn LNER Apple green which is a much lighter colour.
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Thank you Q, in truth I can't give you the exact colour, but the new colour does look different. She has safely carried me North and South quite a few times. The first was in 1947 and I am pretty sure she was painted black then. I don't remember those panel things on the front either.
I remember the event as mother took my brother and me to London to meet my father, for me at the age of 7 the first time, who was returning from the Far East after the war. A memorable event in lots of ways and I shall never forget when we alighted onto the platform at Edinburgh my father taking us all up to the engine to thank the driver for a safe trip AND being lifted onto the footplate by the driver to have a look inside! Do people still thank the driver these days, I wonder? Much to my children's embarrassment, well they are men now, but on the rare event of us travelling by train these days, I still do walk up to the front engine and thank the driver -----if he is about, which is not always the case.
Last edited by Jock Scot; 17th May 16 at 03:37 AM.
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This is her in Modern times but Wartime livery
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Yes, Jock, she would have been painted in "wartime black" in 1947.
The "panel things" are smoke deflectors to a German design which
were put on relatively late; many of the class received them in the
late 50s/early 60s. It's surprising that the choice was made to
apply them to the preserved locomotive since they covered such a
small fraction of the her working life. She also has the double
chimney which was also a late modification.
Alan
Last edited by neloon; 17th May 16 at 12:39 PM.
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