Poll - Favourite Passenger train livery

[Noel]

Just for fun - A really simple poll to find folks favourite passenger train livery that ran in ROI. Hope I haven't omitted any of the mainstream liveries used on main line rail and commuter rail services since the 1950s:

 

Poll Here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RSMK7NL

[Noel]

Poll Here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RSMK7NL

 

Will publish the results on Friday Thanks to all those who have already participated.

[RobertRoche]

Simple poll though before opening it I hadn't thought of anything after the orange carriages had left the rails!

[jhb171achill]

For GSR, I wonder if there's a preference for the initial extremely dark "crimson lake" (a dark purpley brown), chocolate & cream, or LMS-shade maroon?

[Noel]

For GSR, I wonder if there's a preference for the initial extremely dark "crimson lake" (a dark purpley brown), chocolate & cream, or LMS-shade maroon?

 

I know, I know, JB, but I had to start sometime and late 1950s like your wonderful books seem as good a time as any

[jhb171achill]

Haha, Noel, fair enough!!

 

No prizes for guessing my reply to your poll!

 

Actually, such polls must be helpful to our dedicated band of commercial model and kit makers..

[Glenderg]

The crimson lake, with a high gloss finish looks sublime/glorious. Add a few curtains and things internally and you're transported!

 

Hence why I chose other, but it didn't let me input a written response.

Edited August 29, 2017 by Glenderg

[jhb171achill]

GSR crimson days: interiors - varnished dark oak (1st & 2nd & some 3rds), mid brown painted to waist level, dark cream above for internal 3rds of older vintage, e.g. 6 wheelers. Curtains in firsts!

[Old Blarney]

I vaguely remember seeing some coaches that retained their Great Southern, Crimson Lake livery at Foxrock Station, however, I cannot be certain of the location! Were it Foxrock, then the date has to be before November, 1947. I was surprised to see coaches in this colour as all railway coaches were either green or brown as far as I was concerned at that stage of my life!

For me the original CIE coaching colours of dark green, eau-de-nile with white and black lining is my preferred livery. Why? Quite simply it was the only livery that I saw on a regular basis, I liked it and I liked the trains on which I saw it.

For me, that livery also offers realistic variety in the model trains trains that I can run. I can intermingle GSR coaches with CIE Coaches to represent the early years of CIE, alternatively I can run mixed CIE livery sets with their later variations of lighter greens. It is also worth remembering the first AEC railcars and Park Royal Coaches carried a darker shade of green and they too ran with the earliest CIE livery – so variety – or perhaps – many shades of green!

[jhb171achill]

That's a period very much neglected by modellers, Old Blarney. It would be good to see something based on the Cork main line around 1945-50....

[Noel]

Thanks to all those who responded to the simple one page survey. Depending on response traffic will close it tonight and publish the results tomorrow. Some interesting patterns so far.

[Warbonnet]

Looking forward to seeing the results, Noel!

[Noel]

Results are below. It was a brief and simple survey so don't take it too seriously. It was just for fun.

 

Pie Chart

 

Bar Chart - Original question sort order

 

Percentages - Original question sort order

[jhb171achill]

Interesting stuff.

 

Gives me ideas for the next colour book.......!

 

(That said, I'm an oul black'n'tan fogey.....too old to hear new chimes, etc etc.....!)

[Noel]

Interesting stuff.

 

Gives me ideas for the next colour book.......!

 

(That said, I'm an oul black'n'tan fogey.....too old to hear new chimes, etc etc.....!)

 

It does seem to correlate nicely with the feedback Fran posted from IRMs recent pool. Mk3's in IR/IE orange tippex (white lined) livery look like they might fly off the shelves. Tippex seems a clear favourite.