Yellow Ends on BILs and HALs

[wimbledonpete]

Hi

Now that we have RTR models of both 2-BILs and 2-HALs, can anyone confirm whether or not it would have been possible, sometime in the 60s, to see a green unit with no yellow panel at the same time as a blue unit with full yellow ends? Would they have overlapped at all or would all of the greens have received small yellow panels before blue came in?

Thank you!

 

[bigdelboy]

I am reasonable certain from my flawed memory small yellow warning panels were in well before any blue painting.

I would even question if all ends were not complete yellow before blue painting began .... but I am far far far less certain on this point ... especially as small yellow panels were certainly extant in 1966.

unlike general repainting yellow panels are safety related. I suspect they may have been may have been prioritised even in those days before a repaint would have been otherwise required.

 

[wimbledonpete]

I am reasonable certain from my flawed memory small yellow warning panels were in well before any blue painting.

I would even question if all ends were not complete yellow before blue painting began .... but I am far far far less certain on this point ... especially as small yellow panels were certainly extant in 1966.

unlike general repainting yellow panels are safety related. I suspect they may have been may have been prioritised even in those days before a repaint would have been otherwise required.

Thank you - I think you're probably right on the first point but I just wondered if it was possible that not all of the units got done! But on your second point, blue came in just as full yellow ends were becoming general but some of the earliest blue liveries had a small yellow panel. (eg the earliest VEPs and the REPs and TCs). Some early blue SUBs, EPBs etc had small yellow panels.

 

[ChiefPlanner]

The ruling was 51% of front - was easier in the end to have 100% yellow front ends.