It was a particularly bright tangerine (the official term) orange, and being used to the dark brown on the Western, and also familiar with the dark red of the London Midland, first sight was coming over Standedge and seeing the stations down to Huddersfield and beyond, with enamel nameboards, double-sausage signs, etc, all in bright orange. At York, NER timetables were available to purchase at the W H Smith on the concourse. That had a bright orange cover as well, and unlike the WR timetable of the era, plain (brown) cover, there was a racy artwork drawing of a Deltic on the front.
The modern railway!