Liveries!

The stuff of nightmares.....

https://www.facebook.com/LlanfairLine/photos/a.215441891819211/3310729385623764/?type=3

 

Can't really press 'Like' - just wouldn't seem appropriate somehow . . .

 

What's the problem? It's a version of the vaunted British Railways livery, so beloved of the Steam Beano and David Wilcox. As it's well known railways in the UK came into spontaneous existence on the 1st of January 1948.

 

The br blue looks good. I imagined as I have a horny by lms o40 if the lms actually owned the slate railways in Wales what liveries the quarry engines would have had. If I put a longer cab and chimney on it it will show quite well what an lms quarry engine looked like!

 

Time to go to Specsavers

Whatever floats your boat.

Okayyyyy

Keith

 

If it's got to be BR Blue, I'll take this style of it! https://www.flickr.com/photos/dc-7c/8753370495

 

The box marked "For the Sick" is for monetary contributions only!
Ray.

 

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When the login splash screen comes up, click the 'Not Now' link (Under the green Create New Account' button) That should let you view the vandalism!

Keith

 

Wonder what it would look like in lined BR Green? But if we're going BR blue can I say I like Large Logo. (I'll get my tin hat)

 

OK thanks. I wasn't even seeing that, but it worked with a different browser.

 

Sticklers for historical accuracy will indeed be very offended by the painting of the Hungarian coach in BR blue livery.

But things could be worse. I nearly fell off the platform when I first saw Network South-East livery!

 

I preferred the preceding 'Jaffa Cake' ..... but I'm odd anyway!

 

It can't be authentic, no hi-viz or high intensity headlight

 

They ran like this one the rheodol railway and didn’t need lights so it’s not that untrue

 

You mean the version on the 309's when first refurbished with the ESSEX EXPRESS logo on the side...??? I recall bets being made as to how long it would be for the name to be shortened but never heard if this happened to any of them.

 

Very true, however my post (as most of mine are) was not intended to be serious.
Don't think the VoR engines had yellow warning panels though, that would have been going too far.

 

Oh no you are right they didn’t I didn’t spot that. It was a good joke

 

Like this..

 

Yeah ..... pity, that. Anyone got photoshop to redress said oversight?

I actually liked the plain blue ..... all the faffing around with lining made 'em look too fussy. If BR had beaten tbe current management to seat cushions in (what was then) 2nd class, I'd certainly not have complained ..... those wooden seat backs must've been built to Torquemada's specifications!

I've occasionally wondered what the FfR's locos would've looked like had the LMS taken control ..... I could imagine a double Fairlie in plain black, with 'LMS' on one tank and a '5xxxx' running number on t'other. What might've happened had the GW taken over and Swindon got at the fleet doesn't bear thinking about!