Graham Farish BR Ventilated Van Colours?

[Tom@Crewe]

I have just been browsing the catalouge and especially the BR Ventilated Vans.

What and where are the different colours used for?

Bauxite.
Olive Green
White
Light Blue

[Agrippa]

Possibly for perishables like meat and fruit, though I don't
know what the colours signified.

[NeMo]

Bauxite.

Equipped with brakes.

Olive Green

Departmental.

White

Insulated.

Light Blue

Not sure. Parcels maybe?

Cheers, NeMo

[steam-driven boy]

Hi,

White

Insulated.

Light Blue

Not sure. Parcels maybe?

Turning once again to the invaluable and often referenced Beginners Guide to Model Railway Goods Services:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gansg/4-rstock/04arstock5.htm

The insulated van used for meat and other chilled products.... These vans were originally painted white with black lettering. A few of the meat type insulated vans (which had hooks inside to hang the meat on) were painted in Southern Railway 'stone' in the early days (add a little white to Humbrol Dark Earth for this colour). All the insulated stock was re-painted 'ice blue' with white lettering after about 1957. I understand that these insulated vans were also used for fish but I have no definite information on this traffic.

relating to British Railways practise, there's an awful lot of material to read through - use the 'back' buttons (top left hand page corners to get to the beginning), and the modelling relates to N/2mm.

Regards, Gerry 

[Tom@Crewe]

Olive Green

Departmental.

[steam-driven boy]

Hi,

Olive Green

Departmental.

Infrastructure 'works' stock:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gansg/6-livy/br/9-br-dept.htm

Regards, Gerry 

[Bealman]

Thought I saw a one with "Izal" on it, once in a catalogue a long time ago... was that an English toilet roll brand? Anyway I think the van was olive green.

The livery was probably fictional, but the way my memory is these days, the whole thing might have been fictional. 

[steam-driven boy]

Hi,

Thought I saw a one with "Izal" on it, once in a catalogue a long time ago... was that an English toilet roll brand? Anyway I think the van was olive green.

The livery was probably fictional, but the way my memory is these days, the whole thing might have been fictional. 

http://www.stepo.net/images/Peco/NR_P56.jpg 
Very painful schooldays memories flooding back, I guess they used it to deter wasteful multi-sheeting  :'(
Often used for art class tracing paper 

Regards, Gerry 

[Agrippa]

As they used to say "You scratch my back and Izal scratch yours".

[Bealman]

Ha ha, thanks guys! You've no idea how much I appreciate your replies!

Perhaps I'm not going senile after all!