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Caledonian Railway Livery

Caledonian Railway Livery
Caledonian Railway Livery :
Published by LIGHTMOOR PRESS
in conjunction with
the CALEDONIAN RAILWAY ASSOCIATION
Price: £30.00

ISBN 13: 9781899889280
328 pages incl. 32 page colour section
Page size 275mm x 215mm
Printed on gloss art paper
Casebound with colour laminated board covers
Over 700 illustrations, incl. many detail close-ups plus original plans & works drawings
Extensive coverage of carriage, NPCS and goods wagon liveries (50 pages)
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This detailed and lavishly illustrated study of the livery of the Caledonian Railway is the culmination of many years of careful research, using publicly and privately held records, photographs and artefacts. In addition, paint technologies have been investigated; monochrome photographic processes have been examined and colour perception has been explored.

Covering the whole of the existence of the Company, from 1845 to 1923, colours and pigments, Crests, scrolls and lining, together with lettering and numbering details, are all fully explained and illustrated. The locomotive stock has been divided into groups and classes in order to illustrate the different livery styles.

Separate sections deal with early locomotives and the Drummond period, and there are individual chapters also on the coaching stock and the goods wagons.

The thorough investigations have challenged certain previously made statements and assumptions, which cannot be verified by the photographic evidence or archival records. To assist understanding the evolution of the liveries, the appendices include a brief company history, short biographies of the locomotive superintendents, a list of locomotive build orders, notes on the adoption of the Westinghouse brake and an index of wagon photographs.

This is a major study of the livery of the Caledonian, by a respected authority on what was Scotland’s premier pre-Grouping railway.
PUBLICATION DATE: 22 Feb 2008
Official launch by the Caledonian Railway Association at Model Rail Scotland, Scottish Exhibition Centre, Glasgow, 22-24 Feb 2008.

Books may be pre-ordered on this site for despatch after the publication date.

Caledonian Railway Livery - sample photographs


Caledonian Railway Livery

Plate 1                    
CR 767. Note the wheel splashers are lined on the top in addition to the side. The lining on the front sheet of the cab reflects the shape of the wheel splasher and is terminated by turning in towards the firebox. The coupling rod splashers are fully lined as panels, rather than being edged as in the Classic Livery, whilst the photograph suggests that the top surface of the running plate may also be blue. The valance has a white separating line along the top edge, in addition to the other edges, and this would become a standard feature on all future classes. The frame between the splasher and the smokebox is edged in black, with a white line separating the black from the blue. The lining of the wheels follows the style of the Classic Livery. In this photograph, taken at Kingmoor, the locomotive carries the final design of Crest (Chapter 2.2) and is in the light blue; it had been originally outshopped as a dark blue engine (Chapter 1). The semaphore route code is set for the main line to Carstairs.
CONTENTS
Introduction        page 7    
Prelude: The Colour of the Caledonian.    page 9
Chapter 1: Establishing a Starting Point.    page 27
Chapter 2: Key Aspects of the Locomotive Livery
    2.1    The Classic Caledonian Locomotive Livery    page 45
    2.2    Crests and Tender Scrolls    page 55            
    2.3    Lettering on Tenders and Tank Sides    page 71            
    2.4    Named Locomotives    page 83            
    2.5    Numberplates    page 93            
    2.6    Buffer Beams – Lining & Lettering    page 109
Chapter 3: Livery as Applied to Locomotive Groups and Classes
    3.1    Condensing Locomotives    page 131           
    3.2    Passenger Class Liveries – 4-4-0s    page 139        
    3.3    Passenger Class Liveries – 4-6-0s    page 151        
    3.4     Goods Tender Locomotives     page 171        
    3.5    Tank Engine Liveries    page 183
Chapter 4: Drummond Liveries
    4.1    Introduction    page 195
    4.2    Rebuilt Classes    page 199        
    4.3    New Builds and Exhibition Engines    page 213
Chapter 5: Early Locomotive Liveries 1845-1882    page 227        
Chapter 6: Rolling Stock Liveries
    6.1    Carriage and Non Passenger Coaching Stock     page 243
    6.2    Goods and Mineral Wagons     page 265
Appendices:
    7.1    Painting Specification    page 293        
    7.2    Blue Pigments and 1900 Paint Technology    page 295
    7.3    The Perception of Colour – A Cautionary Tale    page 299        
    7.4    Literature Search & Bibliography     page 301
    7.5    A Brief Chronology of the Caledonian Railway    page 307        
    7.6    Locomotive Superintendents of the Caledonian Railway    page 311        
    7.7    Locomotive Build Orders 1882-1922    page 315
    7.8    Adoption of Westinghouse as the Continuous Brake System    page 319        
    7.9    Locomotive Department Photographs of Engines at 1st Jan. 1897    page 321  
    7.10    Register of Wagon Plant with Photographs – 1900    page 323
    7.11    Caledonian Railway Association (CRA)    page 325
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