The varied worlds of CIE logos 1945-87

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CIE “Flying Snail” & “Roundel” / “Broken Wheel” Colour Guide

Colour	LOCOS	COACHES	WAGONS	BUSES / LORRIES
	Locos	Coaches	Wagons	Buses / Lorries
Pale Green “Snail”, lined dull gold   (“eau de nil”)	Steam loco tenders* (not locos, not tank locos at all). Same whether the tender was grey, green or black.   “A” Class diesels in silver or both green liveries	All coaches in 1945-55 dark green livery, most coaches repainted after the silver 1958-60, few if any repainted in 1960-62	Painted on, used on wagons 1945 to early 1950s. Some examples still to be seen, badly weathered, late 50s. No gold lining.	Cab sides* of lorries, middle of side of buses*
White “Snail”	None	None	All wagons after mid ‘50s until snail replaced in 1963	None
Yellow “Snail”	Only 121 class diesels when new. Never on steam.	None	None	Only grey and yellow touring coaches c.1960
White “Roundel”	071s only when new, non-standard shape	None	All wagons in grey livery 1963-70, except “Palvans” and some “H” vans. ALL wagons all-white logos after brown livery introduced 1970, right up to ferts, ballasts and all modern ones	Some lorries in later non-standard liveries
Off-white “Roundel” with gold lining transfer	None	None   Except Darts when new	None	Dublin buses in navy/cream, country buses in red/cream, road lorries. Also SOME Dublin buses in the “Desert Sand” livery (non-standard) and also some in 1984 “Dart” two-tone green
Tan roundel with white letters	Diesel locos in black, black’n’tan (all variations) and “Supertrain” liveries	None	“Palvans” 1965-70 in grey. All-white when repainted brown.	None
Orange roundel with white letters	Diesel locos repainted in later days of “Supertrain” livery	None	None	None
Black roundel with white letters	None	ONLY AEC / BUT Railcar power cars	None	None
Dark blue or red roundelwith black letters	None	None	None	Buses in “Desert Sand” livery

*  On the offside – driver’s side of road vehicles, and away-from-platform side on loco tenders, the “snail” was reversed in direction, with the upper part pointing right (towards the front of the vehicle) instead of left. Otherwise, always like this:  \O\ (see my avatar!)

Black, red, gold, tartan or any other “snails” were never put on anything road or rail. 

If I can think of anything more I will add it to this table.

 

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