NER coach liveries
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paullad1984
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NER coach liveries
What livery were NER coaches painted in? had a look through my books and cant find a mention anywhere!
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Bullhead
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You need to get yourself a copy of the HMRS "North Eastern Record" Volume 2 (ISBN 0 902 835 19 X) which deals with NER coaching and freight stock in considerable detail. It is lavishly illustrated and even includes some colour photographs. You may be able to find one on eBay.
At first, first and second class coaches were painted with white upper panels and dark plum lower panels, lined vermilion; thirds and brake vans had white upper panels and olive green lower panels lined yellow. The ends of brake vans were scarlet.
By the 1870s the white upper panels had been discontinued, with firsts and seconds now being all dark plum lined in vermilion and thirds and brakes all green lined in yellow.
In 1885 crimson lake became the colour for all carriages - this was applied to sides, ends, solebars, headstocks and buffer housings. Quarter-inch straw yellow lining was applied to moulding curves edged on the outside by a one-sixteenth inch vermilion line. Bolection mouldings round the windows were lined vermilion and the aperture in the doors for the droplight was lined in both colours.
At first, first and second class coaches were painted with white upper panels and dark plum lower panels, lined vermilion; thirds and brake vans had white upper panels and olive green lower panels lined yellow. The ends of brake vans were scarlet.
By the 1870s the white upper panels had been discontinued, with firsts and seconds now being all dark plum lined in vermilion and thirds and brakes all green lined in yellow.
In 1885 crimson lake became the colour for all carriages - this was applied to sides, ends, solebars, headstocks and buffer housings. Quarter-inch straw yellow lining was applied to moulding curves edged on the outside by a one-sixteenth inch vermilion line. Bolection mouldings round the windows were lined vermilion and the aperture in the doors for the droplight was lined in both colours.
So - did anyone dare tell Stephenson, "It's not Rocket science"?
