Jeff, thanks for that information. Details like these are so important to the history of an engine and I hope over time, changes of ownership etc. these stories do not get lost.
I've heard of engines being painted in Dulux before and lets face it, when the engines were built the paint would have been mixed by the coach painter himself. I am sure each painter would have had his own ideas as to what looked best and mixed the colour accordingly. Somewhere near the official colour was the aim I imagine. So adding black to the colour is not as extreme as it sounds - possibly history sort of repeating itself.
Michael
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