Red locomotive

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Hello folks,
This colour red came from the  Midland Railway where it was the standard
passenger engine colour  and was inherited by the LMS in 1923.  It was
called crimson lake.
Regards
Richard Hood
West Dorset
England

On Fri, 29 May 2020, 02:31 NW Mailing List, <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> I like the name.
>
> Gordon Hamilton
> On 5/27/2020 10:18 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>
> Our British cousins had a lot of red locomotives. The London, Midland and
> Scottish Railway’s streamlined Coronation class from the late 1930s were
> perhaps the prettiest. This is a photo of one of them, named “Duchess of
> Hamilton”:
>
>
>
> [image: A black and red train at a train station Description automatically
> generated]
>
>
>
> The passenger coaches were painted to match the color and stripes on the
> locomotive. The Coronation class made over 2500HP at the drawbar and were
> easily capable of more than 100MPH on their runs between London and
> Glasgow. “Duchess” and her matching coaches came to the US in 1939 for a
> national tour ending at the New York Worlds Fair. She was stuck in the US
> for the duration when WW2 broke out in Europe.
>
>
>
> The first five locomotives in the class were painted light blue with
> silver stripes as were their passenger cars. That color scheme was just
> spectacular.
>
>
>
> Rob Doorack
>
> North Andover, MA
>
>
>
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 26, 2020 4:05 PM
> *To:* NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> *Subject:* Re: Red locomotive
>
>
>
> Bill
>
>
>
> Along the lines of THIS South African 4-8-4.
>
> AKA The Red Devil,
>
> Built in 1981.  42 inch gauge.  91 ft 6 in
>
> Pretty hefty for narrow gauge
>
> [image: image1.JPG]
>
> However; You propose different striping.
>
> Sent from my digital telegraph key
>
> Jim S
>
>
> On May 26, 2020, at 15:30, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
> (snip)
>
> I've attached a photo of train 13 at Shenandoah Jct c. 1950. The BMh is
> coupled next to a PRR B60.  Interesting to see the resemblance of the two.
> This was a from a slide set sold by Audio-Visual Designs in the 1970's. The
> color has shifted with age.
>
>
>
> (snip)
>
> I know I will be chased out of town, but looking at this color-shifted
> photo again today got me thinking a red loco with a wide gold stripe would
> have looked nice.  Carry the stripe through the train and even better.
>
> OK, I will go back on my meds.
>
> Take care
> Bill
>
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