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The standard livery for most British Railways steam locomotives was black, often with a thin red, cream and grey trim; express passenger locomotives were not painted in the former middle chrome green colour of the Great Western Railway as is often stated, but were painted in British Standards: BS224 Deep Bronze Green also known as Land Rover ...
Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway: GWR and GCR; subsequent to the grouping the parent companies were the GWR and the LNER, but the title was not altered. Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway: LNWR and GCR; subsequent to the grouping the parent companies were the LMS and the LNER.
The whole company was rebranded Great Western Railway (GWR) on 20 September 2015, [28] with the introduction of a green livery in recognition of the former Great Western Railway which existed between 1835 and 1947. [29] [30] The new livery was introduced when HST interiors were refurbished, and on sleeper carriages and Class 57/6 locomotives. [31]
Great Western Railway 2-6-2 T: 1924 Numbered 1213 from delivery until gaining the No 9 in 1948. [5] Put through Swindon works as an overhaul of the original No 2, but is in fact a complete new locomotive. [6] As of November 2016 the locomotive carries No 1213 and GWR Green livery. Under Overhaul 60 Drakensberg: Hanomag 2-6-2+2-6-2: 1927
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838 with the initial route completed between London and Bristol in 1841.
The Great Western Railway was a railway that operated in Canada West, today's province of Ontario, Canada. It was the first railway chartered in the province, receiving its original charter as the London and Gore Railroad on March 6, 1834, before receiving its final name when it was rechartered in 1845.
Because of the degree of work needed to restore it as a tank locomotive, and because a small tender locomotive was thought to be more useful on the lengthy railway, it was decided in 2000 to convert it to the mooted 2-6-0 design. Work was completed in 2004 when it appeared in plain GWR green livery. [19] GWR 9400: 0-6-0: 9466 1952 2019
Livery Owner(s) Date Direction Photograph No. 5532 GWR 4575 Class 2-6-2 T: Currently undergoing restoration. GWR Green. Llangollen Great Western Locomotive Group. 1928 FW ~ No. 80072 BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T: Built at Brighton in November 1953. First restored in 2009, boiler ticket expired June 2019. Overhaul began in June 2021.