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Re: New German Loco: Green DB139 and more
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Date: 
Thu, 30 Mar 2000 11:40:13 GMT
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I recall the fine British diesels colored blue/yellow(?) nose from 1981 • when I
lived in Harlexton (sp?), Lincolnshire.  I think they looked like the • DB139 to
some extent.

In the 1970's, my 'trainspotting' era, everything was blue with yellow ends.
By 1974 I don't think anything was left in green, although several locos
have been 'restored' to their original green (but with part-yellow ends)
since and probably some still are.

Nowadays, thanks to privatisation, there's a plethora of liveries. Freight
locos are crimson/yellow. Try matching that in LEGO!


Huw



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  Re: New German Loco: Green DB139 and more
 
(...) Sorry if the pics took too long to load, Huw. Glad they may be helpful for you to use in your own model. I imagine that my likeness of the DB139 is far enough removed from looking exactly like a real DB139 that it could be claimed for (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)

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