The LNER Encyclopedia

Can anyone please tell me what colours would have been used to paint station doors/windows on a rural branch line in the mid 1930s?

This website has a fair amount of info:https://www.stationcolours.info/london- ... n-railway/
However I'm uncertain as to how quickly rural stations would be repainted, it wouldn't surprise me if the odd station lasted into the 1930s still wearing NER colours.

I visited all ex NER stations in the 1970s and the empty stations on the Alnwick - Coldstream line were still in LNER paint 47 years after they closed to passengers. I believe Whittingham station is still empty and in LNER paintwork. Bendor Crossing signalbox was also still in LNER paintwork in the late 1990s.

PinzaC55 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 1:33 pm I visited all ex NER stations in the 1970s and the empty stations on the Alnwick - Coldstream line were still in LNER paint 47 years after they closed to passengers. I believe Whittingham station is still empty and in LNER paintwork. Bendor Crossing signalbox was also still in LNER paintwork in the late 1990s.

Whittingham station was 'renovated' approx 5+ years ago, it featured in one of those lifestyle programmes featuring the 'Architect' George Clarke. I only passed by yesterday.

I put 'Architect' as his contribution to the programmes is to say "Brilliant" a lot then don a new pair of rigger boots and swing a sledgehammer then promptly leaving before the clean up starts.

My nearest station is Mindrum and I understand the owners have spoken to Bill Fawcett (he lives in the adjacent village) for advice, so that any works are sympathetic to its origins.

Ah, I had a search and found a short video of Whittingham and it seems pretty tasteful compared to some I have seen, eg Smardale. I may put my photos of Kirknewton on Flickr tomorrow and the doors and bargeboards were in a medium green paint.

PinzaC55 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:14 am Ah, I had a search and found a short video of Whittingham and it seems pretty tasteful compared to some I have seen, eg Smardale. I may put my photos of Kirknewton on Flickr tomorrow and the doors and bargeboards were in a medium green paint.

If they were green then it is either representing a copy of the late (post-1937) LNER scheme or a copy of early Eastern Region examples, typically East Anglian. The North Eastern Region painting scheme was based on shades of blue.

I'm not sure what you mean by a "copy" unless you mean it was applied post closure to resemble LNER colours ? That's highly unlikely as Kirknewton had no living accommodation and gave every sign of not being used for any purpose since the last goods train ran in 1965. I never saw any BR blue and white paint or orange signage anywhere on the line, everything was in chocolate and cream. I have a photo of Kirknewton from maybe 1930 and the signalbox was painted white but by 1976 it had virtually no paint and was very derelict.
Edit here's a link to my Flickr pages. Note the green door, gutters and bargeboards, old looking paint.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/155871599@N08/