[modeleng] Duchess Liveries
- From: "R.L. Roebuck" <rlr20@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:40:02 +0100 (BST)
Didn't the Duchess's only run for a very short period of time in maroon
livery under the LMS? Most of their lives, weren't they in crimson?
For example, crimson at Bressingham...
http://www.bressingham.co.uk/ageofsteam/Locomotives/STANDARD/RoyalScot.htm
...and maroon on a 'bally-joke'...
http://www.theoldtoytrain.co.uk/auction/images/LOT1.jpg
Also, wasn't at least one of the class painted light blue BR experimental
livery at one point?
Yours,
Rich.
PS Did they run in black ever around 1940?
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Ron Head wrote:
> Hi Alan
>
> Don't forget that British Railways painted quite a few of the class maroon
> in the late 1950's and they ran like this until withdrawn. As a young
> spotter, my dream was to see a red "Duchess" and I'm pleased to say that I
> saw at least two that I can remember - 46238 and 46243.
>
> Unlike you, I no longer have my spotting books, and I very much regret
> throwing them away when other interests that attract young men took over!
>
> In recent years we have been treated to the sight of the preserved 46229 in
> BR maroon, but this will be lost forever now as the engine is being put back
> to its original streamlined condition. The other "mainline" Duchess, 46233
> was never a streamlined engine and carries its original LMS maroon livery.
> For those that prefer the BR green, there is always 46235 which is a static
> exhibit somewhere in Birmingham - I'm not sure exactly where as I believe it
> has been moved to a new location.
>
> Regards
> Ron
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "alan stepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 2:09 AM
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>
>
>> However, despite not seeing them in the LMS maroon, I think that it suits
>> them better than the BR green.
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