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jlancasterd wrote:The TR turned its Fletcher Jennings 0-4-2ST 'Talyllyn' out in a lined black livery earlier this year.
http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/technology-industry/50005-black-beauty.html#post526100
The lining is very similar to that used by British Railways for its mixed traffic steam locomotives in the 1950s.
Maybe they should have gone the whole hog and applied the BR 'cycling lion' emblem to the saddle tank... 
John Dobson
Editor FR Magazine
Stephen Hussar replied:Beautiful!! (and so clean you could eat off it!)
Thanks for posting!
Stephen
petecosmob replied:It's magnificent!
Iterestingly, it has the same striping pattern as "Donald & Douglass" from the Thomas The Tank Engine show. 
