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4470 Great Northern Livery
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 8:44 am
by 60526
I'm looking into the liveries that Great Northern carried after it's Thompson conversion. All my books are stored away pending a house move at the moment. Was it first outshopped in black, then a GER blue? then BR blue? then Brunswick green?
Regards
Charlie
Re: 4470 Great Northern Livery
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 9:06 am
by mick b
GER/Royal Blue and Doncaster Apple Green for LNER period.
Re: 4470 Great Northern Livery
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 11:33 am
by greenglade
Sept 45 she was launched in GER royal blue with red lining and a half cab. This was quickly changed back to a full Gresley cab in Dec 45. IIRC some reports suggested the blue was slightly different to the old GER blue but I can't recall the details or even is this is correct? Either way I doubt it's noticeable today.
Pete
Re: 4470 Great Northern Livery
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:14 am
by 60526
Thanks for the details, sounds like it was never in wartime black.
Regards
Charlie
Re: 4470 Great Northern Livery
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:12 am
by greenglade
Hi Charlie
She was black from Feb 1942 until rebuilt and painted in GER royal blue Sep 1945
Cheers
Pete
Re: 4470 Great Northern Livery
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:54 pm
by NZRedBaron
Huh, I wonder how the other LNER Top Linkers might have looked in GER-style livery...