GWR Coach Livery 1922-1927
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Churchward "Toplight" in Gauge 1,
built by the Finescale Locomotive Company. Image courtesy Keith
Holman.
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This is the coach livery as introduced by
Collett in 1922, lasting until 1927.
The livery re-introduced the basic characteristics of the pre-World War
I years, although with various minor modifications. Most notably, the
earlier brown line inside the cream panels was abandoned.
Numbers, class designations and the lettering "GWR" was positioned in
the waist panels, and the Garter Crest with associated smaller crests
was carried.
Droplights were in indian red, also referred to as "Mahogany color" by
some sources (as opposed to the earlier, real mahogany). Mouldings were
lined in black. Incredibly, the new steel panneled coaches (without mouldings)
were also lined out with black, in order to imitate the mouldings of the
earlier coaches.
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57' Brake Composite to diagram E128,
introduced under Collett in 1925. Built from a 4mm Comet kit. Image
courtesy Comet
Models. Click for
large size image [40 kb]
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