oldravendale
Western Thunderer
Agreed. I've even seen one at Willesden depot, but a few years ago. (By that I mean 10 or so years, not 50!) And I freely admit that I have no knowledge about the liveries carried post 1968. However, I suspect that the locos to which you refer have, in fact, been repainted in to black with their "08" numbers. Certainly, when originally built in 1953 or thereabouts the 08s carried black and were in a number sequence of 13XXX which became D3XXX after about 1956, as they went through works. It was at about this time they started to be painted green. Pre 1956 none of the black locos carried any sort of warning stripes.
I agree that it's possible for an un-repainted and therefore black loco to have the stripes applied retrospectively but I find it difficult to believe that a loco which was black in the late '50s has never been repainted since.
All this simply points to one oft repeated truth. Ensure you have a dated photo of the loco you are modelling.
Brian
I agree that it's possible for an un-repainted and therefore black loco to have the stripes applied retrospectively but I find it difficult to believe that a loco which was black in the late '50s has never been repainted since.
All this simply points to one oft repeated truth. Ensure you have a dated photo of the loco you are modelling.
Brian