Talk:BR 4345 Tourist Standard Open

For the record re the GE prefix. Colin Harsley on a Facebook page said: "As the person who painted the vehicle last year. When we sanded it back around the panel under the toilet window to do some weld repairs. The GE was still there under the many layers of paint." On the same post, Richard McCarthy wrote: "Parkin's Mk1 book suggests the application of GE prefixes started in 1960, but was never universally applied - it only appeared on new EMU stock of the era ir [sic] coaches as they were built/went through overhaul - and even then it seemed pretty ad-hoc. At about the same time, posters and handbills relevant to the area also started to be headed 'Great Eastern' rather than 'British Railways' (see attached - not mine, but a Google job). It seemed to be a period of gentle rebellion against the wider British Railways brand generally" https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1281485595722591&set=gm.5308873685886434 Parkin (’British Railways Mk.1 Coaches’ by Keith Parkin, published by the HMRS in association with Pendragon Books and AtlanticLocomotive with a 4-4-0 wheel configuration Publishing) isn't in the Wiki but I suspect Robin will add the book to his collection/the Bibliography?!--Patrick Hearn (talk) 10:23, 18 August 2022 (UTC)