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malchoo
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 Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject: Westerns Original Liveries |
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As we all know D1000 was put into service in Sand but a friend of mine was under the impression that all other examples were put into service in Maroon with the exception of Champion D1015 which was in Ochre.
However, from some websites I have seen they imply that a crop of them were put out in Green. As is bourne out by the Models tht can be bought.
Does anyone have any photo's from the early days that show the westerns in their Green liveries (I can find some modern paint jobs but not original ones)
Also any truth to the rumour that one was painted Black but quickly repainted Blue!
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David
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, a few were painted green, though offhand I can't recall how many. Certainly one was Western Pioneer, that had red-backed name plates to it.
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D1012
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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All outshopped in maroon except for the following:
Desert Sand: 1000
Green: 1002, 1003 ,1004, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038
Golden Ochre: 1015
Green locos had red-backed nameplates, all others had black background.
Hope that helps.
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malchoo
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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Yes I have come across that info. Interestingly enough of the green westerns
1002,1003,1035,10387 received a maroon repaint prior to becoming BR Blue as did 1000 and 1015
Whereas 1004, 1036, 1037 remained green until they got BR Blue.
My original question is :- Does anyone have or know where I can find an original picture of a green western?
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D1012
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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There are original green Westerns on some of our DVDs. _________________ Steve
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David
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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Western fans that we are aside, does anyone else agree they all wore their various liveries well? Take the Deltics (well most contemporary diesels for that matter) - they looked great in the two-tone green but horrendous in blue. Yet the Westerns seemed to wear all their liveries with grace.
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D1012
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, I think I'd go along with that David.
I'm probably in the minority in choosing green as my favourite livery for a Western.
Amonst my other favorite liveries are 47s in original two-tone green, 40s in BR blue, and I also liked 56s in large logo blue.
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R Hargreaves
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:15 pm Post subject: Westerns Original Liveries |
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I like green too, but get lots of strange looks whenever I mention it at Bridgy 
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58paul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:50 am Post subject: |
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I like green as well, would like to see a western in this livery, I know non of the preserved diesels were ever green, but 1010 in 1035 disguise would be one, and 1048 was in green when first preserved...
But true, the westerns looked good in all there liveries, well, except 1000 in sand!
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D1056
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:32 am Post subject: |
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| 58paul wrote: | | But true, the westerns looked good in all there liveries, well, except 1000 in sand! |
Hmm, desert sand............
http://philtpics.fotopic.net/p48340371.html |
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Dave
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58paul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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Still dont think sand is nice, must be a mare to keep it clean looking!
So Ranger in green then, what ya reckon....
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D1048
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| Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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If she was green at least she would get her red plates back……  anyone else miss these… |
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David
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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| D1012 wrote: | Yes, I think I'd go along with that David.
I'm probably in the minority in choosing green as my favourite livery for a Western. |
I'm with you. Though I can only base opinion on photos, I think they looked at their most magnificent in green, even against Champion's golden ochre. Yes Champion looked great, but, I don't think I would like to have seen that as a standard livery oddly enough. |
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D1039
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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Yup, green was my favourite too.
I saw an advert for western models lately and it had models in TWO different greens. Can anyone shed any light on this?
Patrick
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