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New Livery?

Dieses Thema im Forum 'Diesel & Electric Traction' wurde von buseng gestartet, 9 November 2012.

  1. buseng

    buseng Part of the furniture

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    Is this the latest livery? Very smart.
    From WNXX.
    [wnxx] Pictures - 66744 Peterborough 071112
     
  2. Sheff

    Sheff Resident of Nat Pres

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    Works grey?
     
  3. Spamcan81

    Spamcan81 Nat Pres stalwart

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    Our local RHTT that is. The loco on the other end isn't quite so bad but still difficult to work out what colour is underneath all that grime.
     
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    Someone overdid the weathering??
     
  5. Victor

    Victor Nat Pres stalwart Friend

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    What the hell happened to that? It looks like it's been coated with fly ash.
     
  6. 22A

    22A Well-Known Member

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    How odd; the loco gets covered in the liquid put down to treat the tracks during leaf fall season. The trackwork doesn't end up looking like that though.
     
  7. Spamcan81

    Spamcan81 Nat Pres stalwart

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    AIUI it's the crud it cleans off the rails that gives the locos their snazzy new livery.
     
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    Thanks for this info. That explains why the cab nearest the wagons is covered, but not he far end.
     
  9. Sheff

    Sheff Resident of Nat Pres

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    I'd say there's a fair chance that the jets are wider than the rail head and most of that is crap off the ballast?
     
  10. Spamcan81

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    Point taken.
     
  11. Stu in Torbay

    Stu in Torbay Part of the furniture

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    Either way, a shed load of crap (or is it a shed with a load of crap?)
     
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    All Loco's on RHTT turns end up caked in crap, the DRS 20's up Yorkshire look like they've spent a couple of months on the MGR circuit under BR.
     

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