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IWSR - LBSCR 6349 is first BR crimson carriage since 1961

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    The Isle of Wight Steam Railway has returned LBSCR Composite 6349 to traffic today (Friday 5th August) in unlined British Railway’s crimson livery. This is the first time in its 40 year history the IW Steam Railway has presented a carriage in such a livery.

    "It's very fitting for us to be doing something new and different in this our 40th Anniversary year," said IW Steam Railway Chairman, Steve Oates. "And in recreating another important aspect of Island railway history, this very much fits in with our core educational objectives. With No 24 'Calbourne' in early BR lined black, these new liveries enable the Isle of Wight Steam Railway to depict Island trains matching those of 60 years ago, when mixed rakes of malachite and crimson trains, and rakes of all crimson trains, were in service!"

    More details can be found on the IWSR website.

    http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk/news/latest-news/285-seeing-red.html
     
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