4470 Great Northern Livery

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60526
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4470 Great Northern Livery

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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?
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mick b
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Re: 4470 Great Northern Livery

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GER/Royal Blue and Doncaster Apple Green for LNER period.
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greenglade
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Re: 4470 Great Northern Livery

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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.

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Re: 4470 Great Northern Livery

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Thanks for the details, sounds like it was never in wartime black.
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Re: 4470 Great Northern Livery

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Hi Charlie

She was black from Feb 1942 until rebuilt and painted in GER royal blue Sep 1945

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NZRedBaron
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Re: 4470 Great Northern Livery

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Huh, I wonder how the other LNER Top Linkers might have looked in GER-style livery...
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