Irish Railway PW wagon livery in the 1950 to 1960

[Colin R]

Hi guys imagine if you can the late 1950 early 1960's most Irish narrow gauge railways had gone by then, however lets assume for a while and a lets say that the West Clare had lived on for a few more years, so what I am after is would there have been a corporate livery for all PW wagons at this time and what sort of shade of gray would it have been?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Colin Rainsbury

   

[jhb171achill]

1 hour ago, Colin R said:

Hi guys imagine if you can the late 1950 early 1960's most Irish narrow gauge railways had gone by then, however lets assume for a while and a lets say that the West Clare had lived on for a few more years, so what I am after is would there have been a corporate livery for all PW wagons at this time and what sort of shade of gray would it have been?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Colin Rainsbury

   

Plain wagon grey at that stage. With extremely few exceptions, departmental stock at that time was standard wagon grey. The running number would typically end in “A”, thus 456A or 207A on the side, in standard wagon-style font.

Chassis same colour as wagon; if it was a crew coach, same plain grey (green with red ends later on), but with dark grey / black roof.

Flying Snails sometimes painted, usually stencilled, in white. After 1963, roundels which could variously be all-white or tan surround.

Many or most wagons had “PWD” stencilled on sides.

Steam cranes either wagon grey or black.