GWR Coach Livery 1922-1927

Churchward 'Toplight' in Gauge 1, built by the Finescale Locomotive Company. Image courtesy Keith Holman

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.

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]