I am trying to sort out illustrations for the 'know your enemy chart' in Appendix Four of the on the Goods and Not So Goods website.
I have done all the diesels and electrics and am currently on multiple units. I am having difficulty finding livery info on the early Tyneside EMUs.
The 1903 sets appear to be single car units which could operate in multiple. These were in a two-tone livery. The NER coach livery was a maroon similar to Midland red so I think they were red and cream.
In 1920 there was a fire that destoyed some units and the NER built some replacement units, I think these were two-car units, which appear to have been painted a single colour, presumably NER red.
In 1923 the LNER took over, I do not know if they changed the livery.
In 1937 the LNER built additional units for the expanding Tyneside suburban network, these were articulated two car sets but I have seen one photo showing a monochrome livery and another (in 1948) showing an a two tone livery. From black and white photos I think the two tone livery may have been red and cream, this may have been early BR.
In the early 1950s BR built some 2EPB units for this network, these ended up on Southern Region after BR de-electrified the Tyneside system in 1967. The only photo I have found of the 2EPB units shows a single colour with a lion on a unicycle logo, so they may have been either maroon or green.
If anyone happens to know anything about the liveries on these units I would be most grateful if they could post it.
Regards
Mike