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Afternoon all,

I'm in the process of repainting and numbering an A1 flying scotsman into wartime black and was wondering what carriages would be suitable for this time period for it? Would the Greasley LNER teak coaches still work or would they have pulled something different in ww2, any input or advice would be greatly appreciated

Cheers, Lee.

When my dad went to Edinburgh by train from Kings Cross during the war the coach he was in was full of adverts for Maidenhead and Eton in Bucks, so they were GWR coaches. Coincidence was he was from Eton. He slept on the luggage rack. So I reckon you could just about use any coach.

My guess would be quite probably BR Mk1 coaches in maroon livery but as I said it is only a guess

I think as suggested WTD during WW2 I guess anything was used? LNER teak carriages would have been around then.
Mk1 carriages were introduced from 1951, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Mark_1
BR didn't come into existence until 1948 when the Big Four were all amalgamated into one government owned railway.

Thank you for the information gentlemen, all good stuff, maybe a rake of GWR chocolate and cream carriages like the picture I've attached would be a possibility, any thoughts?

Cheers, Lee.

Why not. During the war they used what ever was available.

OOLee wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2024 3:35 pm Thank you for the information gentlemen, all good stuff, maybe a rake of GWR chocolate and cream carriages like the picture I've attached would be a possibility, any thoughts?

Cheers, Lee.

I think they are Mk1 carriages?

At a guess I would say teaks would be the most likely candidate for an LNER wartime Loco.
The older ones, although not up to rivet counter accuracy, can be had quite cheap and made half respectable with a small amount of work, I did a few for my father a few years back using this method with Vallejo brush paints and clears (no affiliation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la3PIWQXMG0

He is using Railroad versions, I got some of the older Hornby stock and ensured they had all metal wheels, which I am unsure is the case with railroad coaches ?

Ah ok Brian thanks for the info. What type of earlier GWR coaches should I be looking for in oo gauge to represent these?

Cheers, Lee.

Thank you for the link TT, I shall take a look at that. I already have a couple of hornby teak carriages so that's a possibility, it would be nice to have a different set to swap out for a bit of variation on the layout though so hopefully I can come across some

Cheers, Lee.