| This detailed and lavishly illustrated study of the livery of the Caledonian Railway is the culmination of many years ofcareful research, using publicly and privately held records, photographs and artefacts. In addition, paint technologieshave been investigated; monochrome photographic processes have been examined and colour perception has beenexplored.Covering the whole of the existence of the Company, from 1845 to 1923, colours and pigments, Crests, scrolls andlining, together with lettering and numbering details, are all fully explained and illustrated. The locomotive stockhas been divided into groups and classes in order to illustrate the different livery styles.Separate sections deal with early locomotives and the Drummond period, and there are individual chapters also onthe coaching stock and the goods wagons.The thorough investigations have challenged certain previously made statements and assumptions, which cannotbe verified by the photographic evidence or archival records. To assist understanding the evolution of the liveries,the appendices include a brief company history, short biographies of the locomotive superintendents, a list oflocomotive build orders, notes on the adoption of the Westinghouse brake and an index of wagon photographs.This is a major study of the livery of the Caledonian, by a respected authority on what was Scotland's premierpre-Grouping railway. |
