Also, exactly how chonky did Hornby want to make the symbol?
Was there ever a nicer looking locomotive than 87006?
flic.kr/p/2r8rSUN (c/o David Hills, original photographer unknown)
I don’t understand why it was done 😂
Also such a weird choice to put red on the buffer pylons/stalks (or whatever they are called)
…this probably isn’t Nanking Blue
flic.kr/p/2s9DEYs (Paul Braybrook)
This is Nanking Blue (BS 5252/4800 18 E 53, which is now called Tartan Blue)…
Also the fact that this Leeds flag looks very thin and is not 2:1 in proportion suggests it is late-era and not a genuine BR artefact, may even be fairly recent in spite of of its ragged condition
This image is making me think that it’s not original as the parallel fourfoots (fourfeet?) look a little too heavy compared with the sixfoot