Blue & Grey pre-nationalisation design carriages

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LNER Gresley design Buffet Car W9135E carrying blue & grey livery. It is pictured departing from Sheffield Midland. Peter Fox

The blue & grey corporate livery started to be applied to existing carriages in 1965. With the exceptions of LM&SR & LNER design Sleeping Cars, LM&SR design Travelling Post Offices and L&NER design Buffet Cars, few carriages of pre-nationalisation design received the livery.

This conundrum is an attempt to compile a full listing of carriages that were painted into blue & grey livery. The listings below certainly contain some ommissions, thus additions and corrections would be very much welcomed by Peter Hall.

Great Western Railway design carriages

Travelling Post Office - 806, 813, 843, 847 (4)

Corridor Third - 1719, 2135, 2283 (3)

Saloons - 9005, 80970, 80975 (3)

Departmental vehicles - DW139, DW150354 (2)

Generator Van DW150354, converted from GWR (Hawksworth era) Gangwayed Passenger Brake 297, at Wolverton Works on 11th April 1981. This was usually paired with Cinema Coach DW150353. Peter Hall

Southern Railway design carriages

Travelling Post Office - 4919, 4920, 4921, 4922, 4958, 4959, 4960 (7)

Ambulance coach - 7920, 7923 (2)

Departmental vehicles - DS1308, DS1309 (2)

London, Midland & Scottish Railway design carriages

Sleeping Cars (First Class) - 376, 378-396, 398-402 (25)

Sleeping Cars (Third Class) - 601-604, 606-609, 611-624 (22)

Corridor Third - 12992, 13135, 13167 (3)

Corridor Composite - 24635 (1)

Corridor Brake Third - 26614, 26929, 26934, 26948, 26986, 27000, 27001, 27064, 27077, 27083, 27317 (11)

Gangwayed Full Brake - 31024, 31080, 31182, 31262 (4)

Travelling Post Office - 30269-30274, 30277-30279, 30281, 30282, 30290, 30295-30302, 30303, 30305-30310 (26)

Saloons - 45028, 45029, 45030, 45044, 45045 (5)

Departmental vehicles - DM395017, DM395280, DM395707 (3)

London & North Eastern Railway design carriages

Sleeping Car (First Class) - 1211, 1257, 1292 (3)

Sleeping Brake Car (Third Class) - 1690 (1)

Buffet Car (Thompson design) - 1705, 1706 (2)

Sleeping Car (Third Class) - 1760, 1761, 1767-1770 (6)

Buffet Car (Gresley design) - 9115, 9122, 9123, 9124, 9128, 9129, 9131, 9132, 9135, 9195 (10)

Travelling Post Office - 70294, 70299, 70641, 70644 (4)

Saloons - DE320042, DE900580, DE902260 (3)

Departmentals - DE320104 (1)

L&NER Saloon SC900580 at Fort William in 1982. Mike Jones

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