Crimson Lake & Cream (CLC) and Green liveries abounded on the Southern Region in the 1950s (along with Crimson Lake for non-corridor stock). 1959 was the last year for CLC-liveried Maunsell coaching sets although some loose coaches and Mk1 sets carried this livery into the early sixties.
After British Railways’ experiments with Plum & Spilt Milk and Chocolate & Cream (undertaken at Southern’s Lancing Carriage Works), the painting of coaches in Malachite Green had moved to Crimson Lake and Cream (coded CLC) by March 1949. Malachite Green coaches in for varnishing received BR’s Gill Sans font from this time.
Contrary to popular misbelief, British Railways never used the (erroneous) term ‘carmine’.
Changes happened in the mid-fifties, for on Sunday 3rd June 1956, Second-class travel was abolished on British Railways (it had already ceased on the corresponding continental boat train services). As part of its abolition, Third-class was simply renamed Second-class with the prices and accommodation unchanged.
The last Crimson Lake & Cream vehicle outshopped from Lancing Carriage Works appears to be loose-allocated High Window Maunsell SK on 17th July 1956 with the first coaching set in (the slightly darker) BR Green having already been outshopped on 11th July 1956.
18th July 1956 saw the first repaint from Crimson Lake & Cream into Green livery after which Green repaints from CLC frequently took place during varnishing instead of waiting for the 10-yearly repaint.
British Railways decided to adopt the UIC standards for 1st class yellow cantrail banding and in 1959 Southern Electric 4 CEP stock was being built with this (it was also being applied to green-liveried coaches used for boat-train services to the continent). By 1963 this UIC standard was being applied to all carriages across BR; usually when they went in for scheduled works.
After experiments in 1962 (including yellow vertical warning panels), Southern Electric multiple units started receiving yellow warning panels from December 1963.
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Merchant Navy 35017 'Belgian Marine' had just arrived same-day from The Model Centre having been expertly weathered by them!
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Ewhurst Green is a fictional BR(S) 4mm=1' scale model railway which has its basis on several planned (but never built) railway schemes in Surrey (from Dorking) that may have served the villages of Ewhurst and Ewhurst Green (as a junction for Cranleigh and Guildford) on its route down through Midhurst to conceivable join the railway from Brighton along the coast of Southern England near to Havant, thence onto Portsmouth and Southampton.
With thanks to the patient assistance of Rod who made this filming possible.
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