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Discussion in 'Steam Traction' started by acorb, Jul 26, 2009.

  1. free2grice

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    If the nameplates have been removed it won't be considered good timing. [BJ]
     
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    70/34027 will look like a pinky purple rebuilt West Country as it has for several months .
     
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    They're being repainted black according a post on SVR Facebook page this morning.
     
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    With an extension plate inscribed 1926-2022
     
  5. D1039

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    It will also carry a wreath and black flags.
     
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    Where is 1450 these days? I know its ticket expired but I haven't seen in mentioned in thr latest SVR news. Is it likely to return?
     
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    Went to Flour Mill I thought for overhaul
     
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    Flour Mill.
     
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  10. D1039

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    As I understand it there is no public agreement for 1450 to return to the SVR, but the relationship between the owners and Railway is good and when the overhaul is complete another agreement is possible. Their two auto coaches remain on the SVR

    Happy to be corrected

    The SVR Wiki has a page on the owning company https://www.svrwiki.com/Pull_Push_Limited#cite_ref-1
     
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    61306 has arrived for a period of test running.
     
  12. Matt37401

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    I’ve had the photos from my Dad, as ever I seem to keep missing Mr Thompson’s mixed traffic 4-6-0’s
     
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    61306 seen on test on the SVR webcams this morning.
     
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    The SVR has just announced that 34027 Taw Valley will be painted in the Southern wartime black during their winter shutdown, as with less than a year to go till withdrawal for overhaul they're opting for a low labour scheme. Concept picture and full statement at: https://www.svr.co.uk/2022/11/04/se...ls-wartime-livery-for-its-famous-purple-loco/

    It may be completely ahistorical for the engine, but I'm thinking it'll definitely be worth a trip to see.
     
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    I mean, why not? I dare say the owner(s) has been consulted.
    TV has a habit of being in 'interesting' liveries.
     
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    Any idea what colour an undercoat for BR green would usually be?
     
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    Not black, I wouldn't have thought!
     
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    Stroudley ‘Improved Engine Green’ ;)
     
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    As someone who was very against the purple, I quite like this. It might seem hypocritical and I probably am being so, but at least it's a livery which has a historical precedent (albeit not on these locomotives, and definitely not looking like this).
     
  20. D1039

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    You put an idea into my mind. The next incarnation....photographic grey!
     

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