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Card section divider, typed 'Great Western Railway, Colours of Locomotives, Carriages...

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/505/13

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This record is about the Card section divider, typed 'Great Western Railway, Colours of Locomotives, Carriages... dating from 1909 - 1916 Apr in the series W E Hayward Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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ZSPC 11/505/13
Date
1909 - 1916 Apr
Description

Card section divider, typed 'Great Western Railway, Colours of Locomotives, Carriages and Wagons', six cuttings attached:

1) ['The Railway Magazine', April 1916, page 309], [report that Great Western Railway] 'goods and tank engines are appearing in khaki livery'.

2) ['The Railway Magazine', May 1915, page 419], '0-6-0 engine ... rebuilt as pannier side tank, has been painted a genuine brown'.

3) ['The Railway Magazine', July 1905, page 83], [complaints about changes to Great Western Railway coaches, praise for Maryport and Carlisle Railway green and cream colour scheme].

4) Unidentified, undated publication [c 1909], 'A New Livery for Small Great Western Engines', [0-4-2 tank engines for railway motor services] 'painted a reddish-brown'.

5) ['The Railway Magazine', September 1909, page 247], 'Great Western Locomotive Painted Lake' [4-4-2 tank engine No 2225 painted variation of 'crimson lake' red].

6) ['The Locomotive'], manuscript dated '15 [January] 1916', [report 0-6-0 good engines being repainted in khaki colour].

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Non record material
Access conditions
Open Immediately
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16740916/

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W E Hayward Collection

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