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
4470 Great Northern Livery
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Re: 4470 Great Northern Livery
GER/Royal Blue and Doncaster Apple Green for LNER period.
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greenglade
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Re: 4470 Great Northern Livery
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
Pete
Re: 4470 Great Northern Livery
Thanks for the details, sounds like it was never in wartime black.
Regards
Charlie
Regards
Charlie
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greenglade
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Re: 4470 Great Northern Livery
Hi Charlie
She was black from Feb 1942 until rebuilt and painted in GER royal blue Sep 1945
Cheers
Pete
She was black from Feb 1942 until rebuilt and painted in GER royal blue Sep 1945
Cheers
Pete
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Re: 4470 Great Northern Livery
Huh, I wonder how the other LNER Top Linkers might have looked in GER-style livery...