Highland Railway wagons:
Highland Railway wagons: |
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We have drawn up this page to list the paint and transfers required to complete your wagon. We have included details for all the liveries likely to have been used on Highland wagons during their life time. (Details of life span for a particular model is to be found on the product pages.) If you would like any additional information please email wagons@51l.co.uk and we will assist as far as we can.
Highland Railway to 1923
Wagon body colour indian red simialar to Caledonian brick red, roofs probably
white when new quickly degenerating to a grey colour, with black iron work and
white lettering. Fish trucks and meat vans were passenger green with chrome
yellow lettering.
London Midland and Scottish 1923 to 1948
Up to 1937 grey, black iron work beneath the solebar with white lettering.
From 1937 body colour was bauxite, black iron work beneath the solebar with
white lettering. The size of the lettering was reduced as an economy measure
during the Second World War.
British Railways from 1948
Many unfitted wagons bare timber or painted grey, lettering white on a black
patch. No body iron work was painted black. Fitted stock bauxite with solebars
often black, roofs dark grey; white lettering.
Suggested paint and transfers for Highland Railway wagons:
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Period
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| Highland Railway |
P436
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Sheet 20
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**
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| London Midland and Scottish to 1937 |
P38
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Sheet 11
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Sheet 4701, 4706
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| London Midland and Scottish from 1937 |
P39
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Sheet 11
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Sheet 4701
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| British Railways unfitted stock |
n/a
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Sheet 25, 26
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n/a
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| British Railways fitted stock |
P127
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Sheet 25, 26
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n/a
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Notes: ** Planned for future release
Paint and transfers may be obtained from 
along with many other products of interest to the 4mm modeller working in OO,
EM, P4 and S4 for details click
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