Darjeeling Coaches
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Thanks everyone so far. It's getting very informative. The red liveried locomotive looks good also.
robsmorgan said:casey jones snr said:Other than the splendid blue, what other colours were the Darjeeling coaches painted in?nphone:
Probably not too helpful, but I did record the BBC4 series of progs on the Indian Railways recently - If you don't get any joy, I could 'grab' some stills and post them for you.
e.g.
Regards
Rob
Re post No 2. I know that this was an example of a screen shot. But it should be recorded that this is of the Ooty line.
JonD
I have opened my mouth here and got facts wrong so I will add these few observations as a layman and will happily stand corrected on any points of detail.
I have a pic in the book "The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway" By Richard Wallace which has a colour photo taken in 1989 and has the following caption:- "For a while in 1989 the North east Frontier Zone addopted a green and cream livery for the DHR's coaches" but of corse there were pulled by a blue loco. (I will happily PM the pic across but Lisa has warned us not to post copyright images on the site, and I do not wish to cause anyone any problems.)
I would think the green loco with the original DHR green livery (before indian railways took over) would mainly have pulled umber coloured rolling stock.
I have included a couple of pics I took in the Howrah railway museum (Calcutta) earlier this month.
Not the best shots. light was difficult sorry.
I have a pic in the book "The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway" By Richard Wallace which has a colour photo taken in 1989 and has the following caption:- "For a while in 1989 the North east Frontier Zone addopted a green and cream livery for the DHR's coaches" but of corse there were pulled by a blue loco. (I will happily PM the pic across but Lisa has warned us not to post copyright images on the site, and I do not wish to cause anyone any problems.)
I would think the green loco with the original DHR green livery (before indian railways took over) would mainly have pulled umber coloured rolling stock.
I have included a couple of pics I took in the Howrah railway museum (Calcutta) earlier this month.
Not the best shots. light was difficult sorry.
I guess the advantage of having a Loco in green if sticking to prototypical operations would be the freight rolling stock choice would be much greater. Of course the most important thing is It's your railways so do what pleases you.
As far as colour is concerned I love the blue! I am currently aspiring to aquire a roundhouse B Class and want to mod it to the " 782 Mountaineer" spec. Although I wouldnt have the heart to weather it to the extream that the real loco now enjoys!
(Taken earlier this month in Darjeeling).
As far as colour is concerned I love the blue! I am currently aspiring to aquire a roundhouse B Class and want to mod it to the " 782 Mountaineer" spec. Although I wouldnt have the heart to weather it to the extream that the real loco now enjoys!
Thanks for this post Garry, I was beginning to think I had totally missed the point by posting the video captures from BBC FOUR :thinking:
Regards
Rob
ROSS said:
I agree. Whereas I aspire to a live steam loco, I'd be happier dealing with a sparky one for the moment!
Great stuff.
I like the blue locomotive and coaches. One of the members of the CFR is considering a set.
I saw the green locomotive at the Roundhouse open day. I rather fancy one and whilst we run anything with anything, it is rather nice to run the correct stock now and then, especially if visiting another railway.
I like the blue locomotive and coaches. One of the members of the CFR is considering a set. I saw the green locomotive at the Roundhouse open day. I rather fancy one and whilst we run anything with anything, it is rather nice to run the correct stock now and then, especially if visiting another railway.