BLACK BATTLE DRESS
FOR 20,000 BRITISH LOCOMOTIVES.
Twenty thousand British locomotives are putting on war paint “for the durntinn ” As each “loco comes m lot repair and overhaul, its gay crimson or green or blue for the individual railway, together with the emblems and other decorations are being hid den beneath a coat of uniform. blac-v Pa ßoth paint and labour arc also ing saved by the .decision not to paint new or repaired wagons except for single bottom board, which bears its number and ownership. . . Passenger carriages are being given coats of paint or varnish only when absolutely necessary for • protection against bad weather conditions, whil interior decoration must await the enct of the war.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 October 1942, Page 3
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116BLACK BATTLE DRESS Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 October 1942, Page 3
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