The LNER Encyclopedia

I'm slowly (because i've got about four other books on the go at once!) reading Cecil J Allen's 'North Eastern Railway'. This caused me quite a surprise when I read it, part of the description of the Stockton & Darlington Railway's opening day;

'Here Locomotion No 1, newly painted in green, and with George Stephenson in person as the driver, was waiting with steam up'

Now, like many of you no doubt, i'd always pictured Locomotion as she is currently at Darlington - black metal and with wood boiler covering, or perhaps as a more work-like black all over like the replica at Beamish, but i'd never imagined it as green - is there any other evidence to support this, and images to show what it would look like?

doesn't really help, but tomlinson north eastern railway, originally published in 1914
has a photo of locomotion with a couple of wagons, but being black and white does not show anything. no other mentions within the articles about the opening of the S&D mentions colour at all.

what about the s&d histories??

paul

When it was stood at the platform end of Darlington Bank Top in the early sixties it was as at is now

mmm , could it be the same shade of green as Henry Ford's ? remembering it a old book ( )


mr b