Date of emblem change

Goathingham · Post by **Goathingham** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:26 am

Hello All,
Can anybody out there tell me about what date did BR change from the "Cycling Lion" to the "Ferret and Dartboard" tender emblem?
Thanks in advance,
Trevor, Bellingham Washington, USA

strang steel · Post by **strang steel** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:50 am

1956

See.... http://homepages.enterprise.net/iainlog ... y/br1.html

Goathingham · Post by **Goathingham** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:52 pm

Thanks. My layout is based on Whitby West Cliff in 1956, so my locos can have both emblems.
Prosperous 2012 to all.

JASd17 · Post by **JASd17** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:18 pm

The change took several years for the locomotive stock.

Most express types were completed over later 1956 to 1958. I would suggest few in 1956 itself.

I suggest for frequently photographed express types a dated photograph should be possible. There are excellent books by the RCTS and W B Yeadon which should be consulted. True of a lot of queries on this forum!

The more humble types took much longer.

John

strang steel · Post by **strang steel** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:22 pm

D3052 was reported to have lasted until withdrawal in 1973 with the pre-56 emblem, although that is of little use to a Whitby layout, as it was a Willesden shunting loco (sorry).

Blink Bonny · Post by **Blink Bonny** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:11 pm

Ay up!

Again, not much use to a Whitby layout but 41241 was withdrawn in 1967 still with the old crest.

Autocar Publicity · Post by **Autocar Publicity** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 6:22 pm

And this sort of delay was not confined to BR days. We think 3171, the sister autocar to the one we're restoring, was never painted into LNER colours, despite not being withdrawn until 1930.

strang steel · Post by **strang steel** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 8:04 pm

Getting further away from the Yorkshire coast, wasn't there supposed to be a pannier tank in the early 1960s still with GWR on the sides? (and I don't mean the preserved ones).

Postman Prat · Post by **Postman Prat** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 8:36 pm

Yes, I've a photo in one of my books, although I cannot remember which one!!

There was also a Manor running around with the tender in GW livery until 1965ish

50C · Post by **50C** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:10 am

Blink Bonny wrote:Ay up!

Again, not much use to a Whitby layout but 41241 was withdrawn in 1967 still with the old crest.

Malton-50F-had an allocation of this class of loco so could they have found their way into Whitby?

50c

Jades · Post by **Jades** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 10:58 pm

The last photo in 'LNER Locomotives in Colour 1936-1948' by Ron White and Norman Johnston is of a rather scruffy J69 no. 8568 still in LNER livery in November 1954. It was the last loco in LNER livery and was finally repainted in April 1956! It was withdrawn in 1958.

The LNER Encyclopedia

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