1992 - Sole Survivor, in the Sun..
North Eastern Railway DC 'Tyneside Electric' parcels van 3267 at the North Tyneside Railway in September 1992, with an ex-BR Class 03, and Peckett 0-6-0ST 'Ashington No.5' in the far distance.
Parcels van 3267 is the sole survivor of an entensive DC Electric suburban system opened by the NER in the early-1900s, and was converted to a loco-hauled de-icing vehicle in 1938, and finally withdrawn in 1966, after which time it deteriorated in storage.
Restoration began in the 1980s, and today (2019) the unit is in NER red/cream livery, as seen here, at the Stephenson Railway Museum, which is part of the NTR.
The red/cream livery was adopted by the LNER for the entire 'Tyneside Electric' fleet, but changed to blue/cream during the war, as the red was considered too visible.. The LNER-built Shenfield Units for the GE Line electrification were also turned out in blue/cream livery, but never entered service at that time due to the war, but were put into storage, and finally entered service in 1949, in drab BR EMU green.
Original slide - photographer unknown
1992 - Sole Survivor, in the Sun..
North Eastern Railway DC 'Tyneside Electric' parcels van 3267 at the North Tyneside Railway in September 1992, with an ex-BR Class 03, and Peckett 0-6-0ST 'Ashington No.5' in the far distance.
Parcels van 3267 is the sole survivor of an entensive DC Electric suburban system opened by the NER in the early-1900s, and was converted to a loco-hauled de-icing vehicle in 1938, and finally withdrawn in 1966, after which time it deteriorated in storage.
Restoration began in the 1980s, and today (2019) the unit is in NER red/cream livery, as seen here, at the Stephenson Railway Museum, which is part of the NTR.
The red/cream livery was adopted by the LNER for the entire 'Tyneside Electric' fleet, but changed to blue/cream during the war, as the red was considered too visible.. The LNER-built Shenfield Units for the GE Line electrification were also turned out in blue/cream livery, but never entered service at that time due to the war, but were put into storage, and finally entered service in 1949, in drab BR EMU green.
Original slide - photographer unknown