Paul Chancellor turns his attention to the colour schemes worn by the venerable BR 350hp diesel-electric shunters in the years running-up to the mid-1970s.
By 1970, most of the first 300 or so locomotives had transitioned from black into post-1957 green, complete with later
BR crests. However, D3319 retains its original black livery and small D prefix, which was added upon renumbering from
11319 in the early 1960s. In some cases, a full stop was added between the D and the number. A handful of ‘08s’ retained black into the early 1970s although, unlike the others, D3319 sports a plain yellow nose, without the usual ‘wasp stripes’, that had begun appearing from the late 1950s.
COLOUR RAIL