North British Railway wagons:
North British 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 North British 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.
North British Railway to 1923
Wagon body colour and iron work grey, brake van ends red with white lettering.
Iron below the solebar black. The shade of grey was geneally adark grey but
some wagons were painted a light frey. Refrigerator vans, yeast vans and fish
trucks brown with yellow lettering.
London and North Eastern Railway 1923 to 1948
Unfitted stock grey, black iron work beneath the solebar with white lettering.
Fittd stock red oxide with black iron work beneath the solebar.
British Railways from 1948
Many unfitted wagons bare timber or painted light 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 North British Railway wagons:
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Period
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| North British Railway general wagons |
P679
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Sheet 17
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4556**
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| North British Railway refrigerator, yeast and fish wagons |
n/a
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Sheet 17
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n/a
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| London and North Eastern Railway, unfitted stock |
P66
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Sheet 11
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Sheet 4702, 4707
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| London and North Eastern Railway, service stock |
P70
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Sheet 11
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Sheet 4702, 4707
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| London and North Eastern Railway, fitted stock |
P67
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Sheet 11
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n/a
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| British Railways unfitted stock |
(P126)
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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:** Not available yet (expected March 2004).
Paint and transfers may be obtained from 
along with many other products of interest to the 4mm modeller working in OO,
EM or P4 for details click
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