Barrow Road Depot "furniture"

Pines Alan · Post by **Pines Alan** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:34 pm

A bit quiet on the forum lately so hope no-one minds this light-hearted request for opinions and advice.
Many years ago I was bequeathed what at first glance looked like a porters barrow; however, carved or branded down one side (none to neatly) is BRISTOL RM BARROW ROAD. I believe this to be a genuine article.
I am afraid I did nothing with it and now nearly all the paint has gone so it's about time I did. What was left of the paint seemed to be brown (WR "chocolate"?) or was it LMS red having faded very badly?
So what colour should I paint it? Part of me thinks that WR chocolate might be correct with the branded letters picked out in cream, or should it be LMS red with letters in black?
Should the metal framework etc be black or the same colour as the woodwork? Alas, so far there seems to be no book entitled "Sacktrucks of the Big Four - a historical survey in colour" that I can refer to.
Regards

Alan

PS: as I type this I can hear GWR No. 5521 running round its train at Oldland Commopn (Avon Valley Railway).

jules · Post by **jules** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:07 pm

Could we have a picture of your esteemed vehicle?

My guess is it should be GW brown. Everything in Bristol was painted GW brown from my memory, even though TM was a joint station.

What do we think the letters "RM" stand for in the painted title?

Robin Summerhill · Post by **Robin Summerhill** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:32 pm

jules wrote: What do we think the letters "RM" stand for in the painted title?

Running & Maintenance (as in running & maintenance depot)

jules · Post by **jules** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 1:21 am

Running & Maintenance (as in running & maintenance depot)

Good guess!

Robin Summerhill · Post by **Robin Summerhill** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:30 pm

jules wrote: Good guess!

It wasn't a guess, it was a statement of fact