Below: Newcastle 114 is now beginning to wear a number of varied shades of primer and undercoat as the push to have it repainted in time for the GNSF carries on. There are some issues with the completion of the truck at present, which hopefully can be resolved so that it will also be completed in time.

A recent donation of material relating to Newcastle Corporation Tramways includes first hand testimony from Mr W. T . Dalton, a former Chief Engineer for NCT, stating that the Roker panels were cream (ivory) and the waist panels were the orange-yellow shade – further substantiating the decision to carry out this repaint and the research that you can down-load from the links to the right of this post. Phew!

We now have the paint on site and have agonised over the shades for some time – we are now happy with the colours selected and await feedback upon completion with interest!