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    Stunning Colour images of British railways in the steam era.

    The Transport Library is hosting the David P Williams Colour Archive. Some stunning colour images from the 1930s and earlier. Well worth a visit to: https://www.thetransportlibrary.co.uk/-/galleries/rail/david-p-williams-colour-archive
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    GWR Loco Liveries

    Thank very much for these comprehensive answers to my question. Much appreciated. (I still find it difficult to imagine a 28XX painted green -but I accept that they were!)
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    GWR Loco Liveries

    I have heard it said that the GWR painted all its own engines (those that it built itself) in GWR Brunswick green. Absorbed locos were painted in black. Is this true? If so did it remain true through the war years (WW2)? I suspect that it's not true as this would have resulted in goods eg 28XX...
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