GWR Coach Livery ca. 1880-1908

Image courtesy Slater's Plastikard

This four-wheeler illustrates the general outline of the standard GWR coach livery from ca. 1880 - 1908. Note that the entwined letters on the coach below was used on Second and Third class coaches up to 1906, but First class coaches carried the GWR Garter Crests instead - two per side until 1904, then a single Garter flanked by two small crests. From 1906, this latter scheme was used on all classes.

Numbering was in the eaves panels until the end of the period, when it was moved to the waist. The superb model represents a 4-wheel Brake Third to diagram T34, built from a Slaters 7mm kit.

The Locomotive Volume 1, No. 3, March 1896 states: "The carriages are painted a light brown umber on the lower panels with black margins, a yellow line being run round on the edge; the upper panels are cream colour with a fine brown line drawn round inside. The lettering on the lower panels, doors, etc. is yellow, shaded black, whilst the numbers which appear along the upper portion are in yellow, shaded with brown. The underframe is painted black."