KNOW YOUR… LIVERIES
PART 26: BR/Sulzer Class 25
Paul Chancellor presents an over view of the colour schemes carried by the popular Type 2s.
Above: The livery carried on the earliest Class 25s mirrored that applied to the Class 24, consisting of a drab, all-over green scheme, enlivened by an off-white horizontal band along the lower edge, as seen on D5162 at Middlesbrough in 1962. Although it’s now covered in a layer of grime, the roof was painted light grey. The cluttered bodysides left little room for the BR logos, so they were placed adjacent to the boiler compartment vents, while the ‘D’-prefixed numbers are carried on each cabside.
COLOUR RAIL
The BR/Sulzer Type 2 Bo ‐Bo locomotives, later known as Class 25, were built between 1961 and 1967, at BR’s Darlington and Derby Works, plus a portion of the final batch at Beyer, Peacock and Company in Manchester.