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Station signs.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:50 am
by hainaultandy
Does anyone know what colour running-in boards,station signs were painted by the LNER in the pre war period.Research so far drawing a blank , black and white pictures suggest white lettering on a black background! I know the Eastern region used white text on a deep blue background , was this based on the colours the LNER used?
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:35 pm
by richard
David Adair's "Modeller's Giude to the LNER" doesn't give a date range, but says:
Ground black with white inner border and black outer border, lettering of white.
Supporting posts: black for about 2ft 6in above ground/platform; the rest white.
Richard
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:06 pm
by hainaultandy
Thank you Richard.
I also have the Modellers guide to the LNER.
Brian Haresnape's LNER livery book states white on blue hence my confusion.
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:21 pm
by richard
I don't have Brian Haresnape's book. Could it be that they changed the colour at some point, or the blue was so dark that it looked like black on many pictures?
Richard