No.128 Maroon Diesels and ‘W’ Prefix Catering Vehicles
My layout is set in the period 1959/1961, give or take couple or years. With the arrival of the New Year I have taken the opportunity to move the time period forward and run a few models from say 1963/1964. I shall call it the British Railways Maroon era. British Rail WR Maroon Hydraulics – Bachmann Magpie and Heljan Western Talisman Western Talisman was outshopped in maroon in August 1962. A year or more would have to pass before any of the Warships were painted in maroon. British Rail WR Maroon Hydraulics – Bachmann Magpie and Heljan Western Talisman Prior to 1956 British Railways mainline coaching stock was supposed to be painted in crimson and cream (blood and custard). Seemingly the Western Region of British Railways did not always comply and the rolling stock for some named trains began to be painted in chocolate and cream. Certainly by the late 1950s when the first diesel hydraulics emerged from Swindon (without yellow warning panels) there wer...