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Old 24th March 2011, 17:20
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Driver Uniforms....?

Hello - I am looking to find out what a Thames Train driver, and a FGW driver would have been wearing in the 1990s....is anyone able to help?? The basic clothing - colours and any accessories that they would have had

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Old 24th March 2011, 18:35
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Hello - I am looking to find out what a Thames Train driver, and a FGW driver would have been wearing in the 1990s....is anyone able to help?? The basic clothing - colours and any accessories that they would have had

Many Thanks!
About 1990 we were issued with the British Rail Coporate Collection.
As traincrew we were measured up for the basic issue of this new unifrom.
There was new cotton shirts with short /long sleeved shirts, which had blue and white stripes, with the BR logo on the breast pockets in red.
We had navy blue trousers, and jacket, with plastic buttons.
Also a blue car coat with zip in liner, and navy blue socks.
A leather belt and steel toe cap shoes in a nice shade of black.
This was all topped off with a nice black peaked hat with a silver BR logo badge, and a plastic cover in case it rained,
also a nice navy blue scarf with red end markings and a BR logo. If rember also a pair of sun glasses or clip ons.
These had to be sent back cos when worn on the loco they made the signals blurred.
If Imade any errors it was 21 yeards ago.
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Old 24th March 2011, 18:47
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Thanks very much - lots of blue!
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Old 24th March 2011, 22:39
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Thames Trains and First Great western came into existence at privatisation, that was April 1994, so B.R. uniform would have been phased out starting then.

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Old 24th March 2011, 23:16
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Drivers and trainmen had narrow lapels to their jackets, whilst revenue staff e.g. conductors, guards, ticket office had double breasted jackets. They would also have had Thames and Chiltern ties, Purple and a lighter purple thin diagonal stripe with Thames and Chiltern written on the bottom.............I think
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Old 27th March 2011, 01:50
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I was still wearing my BR gillet, with a nice big BR Logo on it untill quite recently.
The early gillets had pretend hi viz lining , the gillet I wear now has a blue lining to it.
This clothing is handy for carrying your diary, mobile phone and diagram in the breast pocket, and loose change in the side pockets.
The issue trousers alway spilled all your loose change out when you sat down.
My son made millions of £s from me spilling me brass all over the chairs at home.
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