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Post by astock5000 on Dec 29, 2008 15:08:04 GMT
C69s were delivered with black roofs, but were the C77 roofs light grey or silver? Also, I have seen a photo of a C stock with a grey roof. Was this a C69 or a C77 that had its roof repainted (like how the first A stock units had black roofs, but were then repainted to grey)?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2008 15:58:39 GMT
A bit of a can of worms, this - nothing was ever standard, or things were changed mid-steam - so here goes:
All C69s were delivered with black roofs.
C77s were silver/white (unit 5701 definitely had a white roof with silver 'domes').
Replacement car 5585 also had a silver roof and trailer 6585 was painted to match.
Unit 5524, the first HO at Acton (9/78) was given a white roof. Unit 5567 (a collision repair) was also given a white roof, ex-Acton 8/1/75.
5719 was also a collision repair and received a black dome (ex-Acton 14/4/83) before refurbishment.
Units 5588 to 5594 inclusive were given white roofs on their first HO at Upminster between 9/87 and 4/88.
Units 5595 to 5605 inclusive were given grey roofs on their first HO at Upminster between 4/88 and 1/89.
Many C69 units were then given grey roofs on (their second) HO which was done at Upminster. The last HO done at Upminster was 5519 (1/93). Ho's in their proper sense on C Stock were then discontinued.
My notes say the following C69s only ever had one HO 'proper' (at Acton) and retained their black roofs until they went for refurb -
5501, 5513, 5522, 5523, 5525, 5532, 5533, 5539, 5543, 5550, 5552, 5553, 5556, 5557, 5558, 5562, 5566, 5569, 5572, 5573, 5575, 5577, 5578, 5580, 5581, 5582, 5583, 5584, 5586, 5587
All C77s retained their original roof colours (silver/white) until they went for refurb, apart from the 'dome' on 5719.
I think that's it - any other observations would be welcome.
P.S. The withdrawn unit 5606-6606 never had any overhaul and went away with its original black roof (albeit not then very 'shiny').
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2008 22:56:07 GMT
I should add that it was only DM 5524 that was painted white on first overhaul. Trailer 6524 remained in black.
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