BLACK BATTLEDRESS

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXI, Issue 8835, 21 October 1942, Page 2

BLACK BATTLEDRESS

WAR PAINT FOR LOCOMOTIVES

20,000 DONE IN BRITAIN

Twenty thousand British locomotives are puttiug on war paint “for the duration.” As each locomotive comes in for repair and overhaul, its gay crimson or green or blue for the individual railway, together with the emblems and other decorations, are being hidden beneath a coat of uniform black paint.

Both paint and labour are also being saved by the decision not to paint new or repaired wagons for a 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, while interior decoration must await the end of the war.